Electoral district of Dawesville

Dawesville is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Dawesville is named for the southwestern Mandurah suburb of Dawesville, which falls within its borders.

Dawesville Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
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State	Western Australia
Dates current	1996–present
MP	Lisa Munday
Party	Labor
Namesake	Dawesville
Electors	31,293 (2021)
Area	66 km2 (25.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Coordinates	32.54°S 115.85°E / -32.54; 115.85
Electorates around Dawesville: Indian Ocean Indian Ocean Mandurah Indian Ocean Dawesville Murray-Wellington Indian Ocean Murray-Wellington Murray-Wellington

History

Dawesville was created at the 1994 redistribution due to the rapid population growth in the Mandurah region. It had previously been part of the seat of Murray, with a small portion in Mandurah.^[1] Its initial member following its first contest at the 1996 election was Arthur Marshall, the former member for Murray. At the 2005 election, it was won by former Court minister Kim Hames, who had been the member for Yokine but lost to Labor's Bob Kucera in 2001. Despite being a smaller quota seat under the previous system of electoral malapportionment, the 2005 one vote one value reforms did not significantly affect the seat due to rapid population growth. In the 2021 state elections Lisa Munday defeated the sitting Liberal opposition leader, Zak Kirkup, turning it on paper into a safe Labor seat in one stroke.^[2] Munday became the first Labor member ever to win the seat. She won the seat on first preferences, receiving 57% of first preference votes in the electorate.

Geography

Dawesville takes in the southwestern suburbs of Mandurah between the Harvey Estuary and the Indian Ocean, crossing the Dawesville Cut and including the suburbs of Halls Head, Erskine, Falcon, Wannanup, Dawesville, Bouvard and Herron. As of the 2007 redistribution it now includes areas immediately south of Mandurah's city centre such as Dudley Park and part of Coodanup, an area which is historically more Labor-oriented than the rest of the electorate.^[3]

Members for Dawesville

Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Marshall	Liberal	1996–2005
	Kim Hames	Liberal	2005–2017
	Zak Kirkup	Liberal	2017–2021
	Lisa Munday	Labor	2021–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Dawesville

2021 Western Australian state election: Dawesville^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lisa Munday	15,024	57.7	+24.4
	Liberal	Zak Kirkup	8,400	32.3	−4.6
	Greens	Stewart Godden	820	3.2	−1.2
	One Nation	Kerry Gilmour	398	1.5	−7.8
	Legalise Cannabis	Mark Charles	363	1.4	+1.4
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Peter Stacey	337	1.3	−1.3
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Elijah Stonehouse	238	0.9	+0.9
	National	Patricia Leake	178	0.7	−1.5
	Sustainable Australia	Karen Oborn	125	0.5	+0.5
	WAxit	Melissa Oancea	74	0.3	−0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Bradley Chalke	62	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			26,019	96.2	+1.1
Informal votes			1,017	3.8	−1.1
Turnout			27,036	86.4	+3.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lisa Munday	16,633	63.9	+14.7
	Liberal	Zak Kirkup	9,378	36.1	−14.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.7

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

References

1. "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 – Division of the State into Six Electoral Regions and 57 Electoral Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners". Western Australia Government Gazette. 28 November 1994. p. 1994:6135-6327.
2. "Zak Kirkup quits politics after crushing defeat in Dawesville electorate". 97.3 Coast FM. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
3. Western Australian Electoral Commission (29 October 2007). "2003 Electoral Distribution – Final Boundaries – North Metropolitan – Cottesloe". Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2008.
4. 2021 State General Election – Dawesville District Results, WAEC

External links

• Green, Antony. "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.