Electoral district of Landsdale

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

Landsdale
Western AustraliaLegislative Assembly
Location of Landsdale (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
StateWestern Australia
Dates current2021–present
MPMargaret Quirk
PartyLabor
NamesakeLandsdale
Electors31,040 (2021)
Area26 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Electorates around Landsdale:
Wanneroo Wanneroo Wanneroo
Kingsley Landsdale West Swan
Kingsley Mirrabooka West Swan

Geography

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Landsdale is located in Perth's northern suburbs. It is bounded to the west by the Wanneroo Road, to the south by the Hepburn Avenue and Marangaroo Drive, to the east by Alexander Drive. Its northernmost boundary is Elliot Road in Hocking. The districts includes the suburbs of Landsdale, Darch, Madeley, Alexander Heights, Wangara, Pearsall and Hocking.

History

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The district was created for the 2021 state election, essentially as a new name for the district of Girrawheen.[1][2] It is a notional fairly safe Labor seat.

Members for Landsdale

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Member Party Term
  Margaret Quirk Labor 2021–present

Election results

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2021 Western Australian state election: Landsdale[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Margaret Quirk 18,217 69.3 +19.4
Liberal Brett Raponi 5,293 20.1 −11.9
Greens Katrina House 1,090 4.1 −2.1
Western Australia Shailee Desai 878 3.3 +3.1
No Mandatory Vaccination Leah Beedham 579 2.2 +2.2
WAxit Sareeta Doobree 236 0.9 −0.7
Total formal votes 26,293 95.7 +0.8
Informal votes 1,183 4.3 −0.8
Turnout 27,476 88.5 +2.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Margaret Quirk 19,820 75.4 +15.8
Liberal Brett Raponi 6,471 24.6 −15.8
Labor hold Swing +15.8

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Districts in the metropolitan regions: Landsdale" (PDF). Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 Review of Western Australia's Electoral Boundaries - Final Boundaries" (PDF). Western Australian Electoral Commission. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  3. ^ 2021 State General Election – Landsdale District Results, WAEC
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