Electoral district of Kwinana

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

Kwinana
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Kwinana (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
StateWestern Australia
Dates current2008–present
MPRoger Cook
PartyLabor
NamesakeCity of Kwinana
Electors28,992 (2021)
Area150 km2 (57.9 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The district is located in the south-western suburbs of Perth.

History

Kwinana was first created for the 2008 state election. It was a new urban seat created as a result of the one vote one value reforms. For the most part it combined the southern portion of the district of Cockburn with the northern part of the district of Peel; it also took in territory previously covered by the districts of Rockingham and Serpentine-Jarrahdale.

At its creation, Kwinana was calculated to have a Labor Party majority of 69.2% to 30.8% versus the Liberal Party,[1] making it a very safe Labor seat. However, Labor candidate Roger Cook won the seat only narrowly against independent challenger Carol Adams, prevailing 50.79% to 49.21%.[2] Adams, the mayor of Kwinana, launched her independent candidacy after unsuccessfully contesting Labor preselection for the seat.[3] Adams sought a rematch in 2013, but Cook won with a slightly increased majority.

However, Kwinana was a very safe Labor seat in "traditional" two-party matchups between Labor and the Liberals; Cook would have easily won it with well over 60 percent of the two-party vote in 2008 and 2013. Proving this, Cook was easily reelected in 2017 with 68 percent of the two-party vote.

Geography

Kwinana includes all the local government area of the City of Kwinana as well as a parts of the City of Rockingham and the City of Cockburn. The district takes in the suburbs of Henderson, Wattleup, Hammond Park, Aubin Grove, Banjup, Naval Base, Hope Valley, Mandogalup, Wandi, Kwinana Beach, Postans, The Spectacles, Anketell, Medina, Orelia, Calista, Kwinana Town Centre, Parmelia, Bertram, Casuarina, Leda, as well as parts of Wellard and East Rockingham

Members for Kwinana
MemberPartyTerm
  Roger Cook Labor 2008–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Kwinana
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Kwinana.[edit]
2021 Western Australian state election: Kwinana[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roger Cook 17,936 76.9 +19.8
Liberal Bianca Talbot 2,533 10.9 −8.5
Greens Lauren Rickert 1,189 5.1 −2.7
One Nation Steven Summerell 699 3.0 −6.2
No Mandatory Vaccination Connie Portelli 405 1.7 +1.7
WAxit Christopher Burnet 208 0.9 −0.6
Liberal Democrats Christopher Vellnagel 175 0.8 +0.7
Western Australia Venkat Devarapalli 165 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 23,310 96.1 +1.0
Informal votes 949 3.9 −1.0
Turnout 24,259 83.7 +2.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Cook 19,754 84.8 +14.0
Liberal Bianca Talbot 3,550 15.2 −14.0
Labor hold Swing+14.0

References
  1. Antony Green. "2007 Redistribution". ABC.
  2. "District of Kwinana Two Candidate Preferred Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
  3. "Kwinana Mayor lashes out at ALP". ABC. 21 May 2008.
  4. 2021 State General Election – Kwinana District Results, WAEC
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