Electoral district of Forrestfield

Forrestfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia, based in the eastern suburbs of Perth.

Forrestfield
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Forrestfield (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
StateWestern Australia
Dates current2008–present
MPStephen Price
PartyLabor
NamesakeForrestfield
Electors28,005 (2021)
Area58 km2 (22.4 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates32.00°S 115.99°E / -32.00; 115.99
Electorates around Forrestfield:
Belmont Midland Midland
Belmont Forrestfield Kalamunda
Cannington Thornlie Kalamunda

Geography

Based in the eastern suburbs of Perth, the district has a north–south elongation covering three separate built up areas. In the north, the district takes in the suburbs of High Wycombe, Maida Vale and a small part of Gooseberry Hill; in the middle it covers most of Forrestfield, Wattle Grove and part of Kewdale; whilst to the south is the suburb of Kenwick plus part of Maddington and Orange Grove.

History

Forrestfield was first contested at the 2008 state election. It was a new seat created as a result of the one vote one value reforms. A plurality of the new district's voters came from the district of Darling Range, which was radically redrawn. The northernmost part of the electorate was constructed from parts of Belmont and Midland, whilst the voters in the southern part of the district were drawn in from Kenwick.

Members for Forrestfield
MemberPartyTerm
  Andrew Waddell Labor 2008–2013
  Nathan Morton Liberal 2013–2017
  Stephen Price Labor 2017–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Forrestfield
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Forrestfield.[edit]
2021 Western Australian state election: Forrestfield[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Stephen Price 15,770 68.6 +22.3
Liberal George Tilbury 4,438 19.3 −10.7
Greens Beth McMullan 1,008 4.4 −2.1
Christians Peter Lampard 604 2.6 −0.2
One Nation Roger Barnett 518 2.3 −7.8
No Mandatory Vaccination Cameron Peters 339 1.5 +1.5
Western Australia Owen Doye 207 0.9 +0.9
WAxit Mohammod Shahalam 99 0.4 −0.6
Total formal votes 22,983 96.1 +1.3
Informal votes 927 3.9 −1.3
Turnout 23,910 85.4 −1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Stephen Price 17,349 75.5 +16.1
Liberal George Tilbury 5,629 24.5 −16.1
Labor hold Swing+16.1

References
  1. 2021 State General Election – Forrestfield District Results, WAEC
  • Antony Green. "2008 Election Profile: Forrestfield". ABC.
  • "Map of Forrestfield". boundarieswa.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008.
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