Warnbro is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
| Warnbro Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Location of Warnbro (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area | |||||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2008–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Paul Papalia | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Warnbro | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 30,904 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 93 km2 (35.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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The district is located in the outer south-western suburbs of Perth.
Politically, Warnbro is a safe Labor seat. At its creation, the district was calculated to have a Labor Party majority of 61.2% to 38.8% versus the Liberal Party.[1]
History edit
Warnbro was first created for the 2008 state election. It was essentially a truncation of the abolished district of Peel. All of Warnbro was previously covered by Peel, whilst Peel's northernmost suburbs became part of the new district of Kwinana.
Warnbro was won by Labor MP Paul Papalia, who was previously the member for Peel.
Geography edit
Warnbro is a coastal electorate situated in the south-western corner of the Metropolitan Region Scheme. It takes in the suburbs of Warnbro, Port Kennedy, Secret Harbour, Golden Bay, Karnup, Singleton, as well as parts of Baldivis and Waikiki.
Members for Warnbro edit
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Papalia | Labor | 2008–present | |
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Paul Papalia | 19,300 | 76.9 | +16.2 | |
| Liberal | Mark Jones | 3,324 | 13.2 | −2.7 | |
| Greens | Robert Delves | 1,016 | 4.0 | −2.9 | |
| One Nation | Liam Hall | 616 | 2.5 | −9.5 | |
| No Mandatory Vaccination | Brandon Suchalla-Young | 463 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| WAxit | Bob Velev | 218 | 0.9 | −0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Cameron McMaster | 171 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 25,108 | 96.4 | +0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 930 | 3.6 | −0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 26,038 | 84.3 | +3.1 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Paul Papalia | 20,945 | 83.4 | +9.7 | |
| Liberal | Mark Jones | 4,157 | 16.6 | −9.7 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +9.7 | |||
References edit
External links edit
- "Map of Warnbro (2015 redistribution)" (PDF). Office of the Electoral Distribution Commissioners. November 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2017.