Electoral district of Kalamunda

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

Kalamunda Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Kalamunda (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1974–1989; 2008–present
MP	Matthew Hughes
Party	Labor
Namesake	Kalamunda
Electors	28,890 (2019)
Area	244 km^2 (94.2 sq mi)
Demographic	East Metropolitan

Politically, the district is a marginal one. Based on the results of the 2005 state election, the seat was created with a Liberal Party majority of 50.2% to 49.8% versus the Labor Party.[1]

History

Kalamunda was first created for the 1974 election and abolished ahead of the 1989 election.[2] Despite the name, the seat was actually centred on Greenmount in the eastern Hills region, and Kalamunda itself was split between the Kalamunda seat and the neighbouring Darling Range. Despite being within the metropolitan area of Perth, it was regarded as non-metropolitan, and was assigned to the West Province in the Legislative Council. As a result, it had about half the enrolment of the neighbouring seat of Helena. Under the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, which reclassified "metropolitan" in the Electoral Act 1907 to include all land within the Metropolitan Region Scheme boundaries and at the same time increased overall metropolitan representation, Kalamunda was merged with Darling Range, and its member, Ian Thompson, won Darling Range on the new boundaries in 1989.

A new seat named Kalamunda was created for the 2008 state election when the number of metropolitan seats was increased in accordance with the new one vote one value legislation. The new district was drawn largely from Darling Range, but also from parts of Kenwick, Midland and Swan Hills.

Geography

Kalamunda is based in the eastern suburbs of Perth. Its boundaries cover two distinct areas. The northern area, centred on Kalamunda, includes Gooseberry Hill, Lesmurdie, Paulls Valley, Piesse Brook and Walliston along with tiny sections of Maida Vale and Forrestfield and all populated portions of Bickley and Carmel. A narrow section extends north to include all of Darlington. In the south, it includes much of Canning Mills, Martin and Orange Grove and the major residential portion of Maddington, excluding its commercial and industrial areas.[3]

The earlier incarnation included the districts of Boya, Darlington, Glen Forrest, Gooseberry Hill, Greenmount, Piesse Brook and Paulls Valley, as well as northern sections of the suburb of Kalamunda including its town centre.

Members for Kalamunda

Kalamunda (1974–1989)
Member		Party	Term
	Ian Thompson	Liberal	1974–1989
Kalamunda (2008–present)
	John Day	Liberal	2008–2017
	Matthew Hughes	Labor	2017–present

Election results

2017 Western Australian state election: Kalamunda[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Day	8,768	37.5	−12.2
	Labor	Matthew Hughes	8,683	37.1	+13.9
	Greens	Lee-Anne Miles	3,039	13.0	+3.6
	One Nation	Ray Gould	1,691	7.2	+7.2
	Christians	Brady Williams	653	2.8	+0.1
	Matheson for WA	Murray Bowyer	305	1.3	+1.3
	Micro Business	Evazelia Colyvas	234	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			23,373	96.1	+1.0
Informal votes			939	3.9	−1.0
Turnout			24,312	90.4	−1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matthew Hughes	12,268	52.5	+12.7
	Liberal	John Day	11,100	47.5	−12.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+12.7

References

1. Antony Green. "2007 Western Australia Redistribution". ABC.
2. "Electoral Districts Act 1947–1985 – Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 29 April 1988. p. 1988:1339–1527.
3. Western Australian Electoral Commission (29 October 2007). "Electoral Distribution – Final Boundaries – East Metropolitan – Kalamunda". Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
4. Kalamunda District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.

External links

• Antony Green. "2008 Election Profile: Kalamunda". ABC.