Electoral district of Willagee
State electoral district of Perth, Western Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
State electoral district of Perth, Western Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Willagee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. The district is located in the southern suburbs of Perth.
| Willagee Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
Location of Willagee (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area | |
| State | Western Australia |
| Dates current | 1996–present |
| MP | Peter Tinley |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Willagee |
| Electors | 28,393 (2021) |
| Area | 35 km2 (13.5 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
Willagee has at all times been a safe Labor seat.
Willagee is an electorate in Perth's south, to the east and south-east of Fremantle. It includes:
Willagee was first created at the 1994 redistribution ahead of the 1996 state election. It was won by Labor candidate Alan Carpenter, who later served as Minister for Education and other portfolios in the Gallop Ministry. Following Geoff Gallop's retirement from politics in January 2006, Carpenter became Premier, which he remained until the 2008 state election, at which Labor lost its majority. He retired from politics effective 2 October 2009 and the resulting by-election, held on 28 November, was won by Labor candidate Peter Tinley.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Carpenter | Labor | 1996–2009 | |
| Peter Tinley | Labor | 2009–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Peter Tinley | 15,576 | 66.1 | +11.3 | |
| Liberal | Barry Jones | 4,525 | 19.2 | −9.3 | |
| Greens | Felicity Townsend | 2,197 | 9.3 | −1.9 | |
| No Mandatory Vaccination | Susan Poole | 507 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| One Nation | Mark Dalrymple | 434 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Mitchell | 310 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,549 | 96.3 | +1.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 906 | 3.7 | −1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 24,455 | 86.1 | −2.8 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Peter Tinley | 18,156 | 77.1 | +9.5 | |
| Liberal | Barry Jones | 5,387 | 22.9 | −9.5 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +9.5 | |||
