Electoral district of Bicton

Bicton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It is located in Perth's southern suburbs, and named after the riverside suburb of Bicton.

Bicton Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Bicton (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2017–present
MP	Lisa O'Malley
Party	Labor
Namesake	Bicton
Electors	28,293 (2021)
Area	20 km2 (7.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	31.95°S 115.96°E / -31.95; 115.96

Bicton was created by the Western Australian Electoral Commission in a 2015 redistribution, and elected its first member at the 2017 state election. It incorporates areas that previously fell into the seats of Alfred Cove, Bateman, Fremantle and Willagee.

Geography

At the 2017 state election, Bicton includes the suburbs of Attadale, Bicton, and Melville in their entireties, most of East Fremantle and Palmyra, and smaller portions of Alfred Cove, Fremantle, and Myaree. It is bounded by Stirling Highway to the west, High Street and Leach Highway to the south, North Lake Road to the east and the Swan River to the north.^[1]

Members for Bicton

Bicton was created as a notionally safe Liberal seat with a majority of 10 percent over Labor, and was reckoned as the successor to the safe Liberal seat of Alfred Cove. However, in 2017, it was swept up in a massive Labor wave that swept through Perth, with Labor's Lisa O'Malley winning the seat on a swing of 13 percent. She defeated Matt Taylor, who had been the Liberal member for Bateman.

At the 2021 state election, O'Malley saw her margin swell to 15.6 percent, turning Bicton into a safe Labor seat in one stroke.

Member		Party	Term
	Lisa O'Malley	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bicton

2021 Western Australian state election: Bicton^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lisa O'Malley	13,556	55.1	+15.2
	Liberal	Nicole Robins	7,559	30.7	−11.6
	Greens	Annie Hill Otness	2,450	10.0	−1.1
	One Nation	Jonathon Graham	297	1.2	+1.2
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Silvia Hirsbrunner	293	1.2	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Prinz	267	1.1	+1.1
	Christians	Deonne Kingsford	185	0.8	−0.3
Total formal votes			24,607	97.5	+0.5
Informal votes			628	2.5	−0.5
Turnout			25,235	89.2	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lisa O'Malley	16,136	65.6	+11.9
	Liberal	Nicole Robins	8,466	34.4	−11.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.9

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bicton.[edit]

References

1. 2015 Final Boundaries by Region and District, Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
2. 2021 State General Election – Bicton District Results, WAEC

External links

• ABC election profiles: 2017
• WAEC district maps: 2015