Electoral district of Dawesville

Dawesville is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Dawesville is named for the southwestern Mandurah suburb of Dawesville which falls within its borders.

Dawesville Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Dawesville (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1996–present
MP	Zak Kirkup
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Dawesville
Electors	29,374 (2019)
Area	168 km^2 (64.9 sq mi)
Demographic	South West

History

Dawesville was created at the 1994 redistribution due to the rapid population growth in the Mandurah region. It had previously been part of the seat of Murray, with a small portion in Mandurah.[1] Its initial member following its first contest at the 1996 election was Arthur Marshall, the former member for Murray. At the 2005 election, it was won by former Court minister Dr Kim Hames, who had been the member for Yokine but lost to Labor's Bob Kucera in 2001. Despite being a smaller quota seat under the previous system of electoral malapportionment, the 2005 one vote one value reforms did not significantly affect the seat due to rapid population growth.

Geography

Dawesville takes in the southwestern suburbs of Mandurah between the Harvey Estuary and the Indian Ocean, crossing the Dawesville Cut and including the suburbs of Halls Head, Erskine, Falcon, Wannanup, Dawesville, Bouvard and Herron. As of the 2007 redistribution it now includes areas immediately south of Mandurah's city centre such as Dudley Park and part of Coodanup, an area which is historically more Labor-oriented than the rest of the electorate.[2]

Members for Dawesville

Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Marshall	Liberal	1996–2005
	Kim Hames	Liberal	2005–2017
	Zak Kirkup	Liberal	2017–present

Election results

2017 Western Australian state election: Dawesville[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Zak Kirkup	9,090	36.7	−19.3
	Labor	Adam Woodage	8,290	33.5	+4.5
	Independent	Dave Schumacher	2,494	10.1	+4.2
	One Nation	Lawrence Shave	2,311	9.3	+9.3
	Greens	Aeron Blundell-Camden	1,085	4.4	−0.7
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Russell McCarthy	641	2.6	+2.6
	National	Luke Pilkington	559	2.3	−0.1
	Micro Business	Alan Svilicic	169	0.7	+0.7
	Flux the System!	Liam Spence	126	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			24,765	95.1	+1.0
Informal votes			1,267	4.9	−1.0
Turnout			26,032	87.9	+4.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Zak Kirkup	12,547	50.7	−12.0
	Labor	Adam Woodage	12,204	49.3	+12.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−12.0

References

1. "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Six Electoral Regions and 57 Electoral Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners". Western Australia Government Gazette. 28 November 1994. p. 1994:6135-6327.
2. Western Australian Electoral Commission (29 October 2007). "2003 Electoral Distribution - Final Boundaries - North Metropolitan - Cottesloe". Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
3. Dawesville District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.

External links

• Green, Antony. "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.