Electoral district of Bateman

Bateman is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

Bateman Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Bateman (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2008–present
MP	Dean Nalder
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Bateman
Electors	29,367 (2019)
Area	25 km^2 (9.7 sq mi)
Demographic	South Metropolitan

The district shares its name with the southern Perth suburb of Bateman, situated in the central part of the electorate. Both the electorate and the suburb are named after members of the Bateman family, who established their home, "Grasmere", at nearby Bulls Creek, in 1886.[1] The seat was created as a result of the 2007 electoral redistribution, largely replacing the former Murdoch electorate. Bateman is regarded as a safe Liberal seat, because Murdoch (itself largely replaced by Jandakot between 1989 and 1996[2]) had been held by the party since the seat's creation in 1977.

Members for Bateman

Member		Party	Term
	Christian Porter	Liberal	2008–2013
	Matt Taylor	Liberal	2013–2017
	Dean Nalder	Liberal	2017–present

Election results

2017 Western Australian state election: Bateman[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dean Nalder	11,515	51.0	−15.3
	Labor	Tomas Fitzgerald	6,469	28.7	+9.9
	Greens	Adie Wilmot	2,315	10.3	+1.4
	One Nation	Michelle Meyers	1,032	4.6	+4.6
	Christians	Don Huggins	698	3.1	+3.1
	Micro Business	Jonathan Masih	334	1.5	+1.5
	Matheson for WA	Adrian Arnold	206	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			22,569	96.6	+2.1
Informal votes			792	3.4	−2.1
Turnout			23,361	89.8	−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Dean Nalder	13,418	59.5	−13.7
	Labor	Tomas Fitzgerald	9,148	40.5	+13.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	−13.7

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. An examination of the electoral boundaries of Murdoch and the former seat of Jandakot shows them to be similar. The newly created seat of Jandakot, though it takes in some areas currently within the Murdoch boundary, is much larger than its previous incarnation during the period 1989-96. See http://www.boundarieswa.com/2007/Final-Boundaries/South_Metropolitan/Jandakot/.
3. Bateman District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)