Electoral district of Bateman

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

Bateman Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Bateman (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2008–present
MP	Kim Giddens
Party	Labor
Namesake	Bateman
Electors	30,328 (2021)
Area	27 km2 (10.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	32.05°S 115.84°E / -32.05; 115.84

The district shares its name with the southern Perth suburb of Bateman, situated in the central part of the electorate. Both the electorate and the suburb are named after members of the Bateman family, who established their home, "Grasmere", at nearby Bulls Creek, in 1886.^[1] The seat was created as a result of the 2007 electoral redistribution, largely replacing the former Murdoch electorate. Bateman was regarded as a safe Liberal seat, because Murdoch (itself largely replaced by Jandakot between 1989 and 1996^[2]) had been held by the party since the seat's creation in 1977.

Members for Bateman

Member		Party	Term
	Christian Porter	Liberal	2008–2013
	Matt Taylor	Liberal	2013–2017
	Dean Nalder	Liberal	2017–2021
	Kim Giddens	Labor	2021–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bateman

2021 Western Australian state election: Bateman^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kim Giddens	12,106	45.8	+15.5
	Liberal	Matt Woodall	9,762	37.0	−12.8
	Greens	Adam Abdul Razak	1,815	6.9	−3.5
	Independent	Steve Kepert	856	3.2	+3.2
	Christians	Fiona McKenzie-Brown	774	2.9	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Leech	341	1.3	+1.3
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Christina Tseng	314	1.2	+1.2
	Western Australia	Bill Koul	228	0.9	+0.1
	One Nation	Barry Mason	213	0.8	−3.2
Total formal votes			26,409	97.2	+0.7
Informal votes			762	2.8	−0.7
Turnout			27,171	89.6	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kim Giddens	14,963	56.7	+14.5
	Liberal	Matt Woodall	11,436	43.3	−14.5
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.5

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

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. An examination of the electoral boundaries of Murdoch and the former seat of Jandakot shows them to be similar. The newly created seat of Jandakot, though it takes in some areas currently within the Murdoch boundary, is much larger than its previous incarnation during the period 1989-96. See http://www.boundarieswa.com/2007/Final-Boundaries/South_Metropolitan/Jandakot/.
3. 2021 State General Election – Bateman District Results, WAEC

External links

• Electorate profile (Antony Green, ABC)