Electoral district of Armadale

Armadale is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district is named for the southeastern Perth suburb of Armadale which falls within its borders.

Armadale Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Armadale (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1983–present
MP	Tony Buti
Party	Labor
Namesake	Armadale
Electors	29,460 (2019)
Area	47 km^2 (18.1 sq mi)
Demographic	East Metropolitan

History

Armadale was created at the 1982 redistribution out of parts of the seats of Dale and Gosnells.[1] It was first contested in the 1983 election at which Labor member Bob Pearce, who had previously represented Gosnells, was successful.[2] The seat has been regarded as very safe for the Labor Party since its creation, and at the 2001 election, the Liberal Party did not even field a candidate for the seat. It was held from 1996 until 2010 by Alannah MacTiernan, the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure in the Gallop and Carpenter governments.

On 25 June 2010, MacTiernan resigned from the Western Australian Legislative Assembly to run for the federal seat of Canning. A by-election occurred on 2 October 2010 and Labor candidate Tony Buti was elected. Buti was re-elected at the state elections in 2013 and 2017. In the latter election, he increased his majority to 25.2 percent, making Armadale the safest seat in the legislature.

Geography

Armadale is bounded by the Tonkin Highway to the northwest, the Canning River to the northeast, and the limits of the Armadale suburban area to the south and southeast. Its boundaries include the suburbs of Armadale, Brookdale, Champion Lakes, Mount Nasura, Mount Richon, Seville Grove and Camillo, as well as Kelmscott west of the Canning River.[3]

The 2007 redistribution, which took effect at the 2008 election, resulted in the seat losing eastern Kelmscott as well as Wungong and Forrestdale.[4]

Members for Armadale

Member		Party	Term
	Bob Pearce	Labor	1983–1993
	Kay Hallahan	Labor	1993–1996
	Alannah MacTiernan	Labor	1996–2010
	Tony Buti	Labor	2010–present

Election results

2017 Western Australian state election: Armadale[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tony Buti	15,091	66.7	+13.0
	Liberal	Wendy Jeffery	3,814	16.9	−15.9
	Greens	Anthony Pyle	1,456	6.4	−0.2
	Christians	Nitasha Naidu	1,448	6.4	−0.6
	Independent	Cameron Huynh	556	2.5	+2.5
	Micro Business	Edward Flaherty	269	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			22,634	94.5	+1.7
Informal votes			1,325	5.5	−1.7
Turnout			23,959	84.6	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Buti	17,008	75.2	+15.5
	Liberal	Wendy Jeffery	5,619	24.8	−15.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+15.5

See also

• Armadale, Western Australia
• City of Armadale

References

1. "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1981 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 20 January 1982. p. 1982:113-173.
2. Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth: Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. pp. 11–12. ISBN 0-7309-8409-5.
3. Western Australian Electoral Commission (29 October 2007). "2007 Electoral Distribution - Final Boundaries - East Metropolitan - Armadale". Archived from the original on 2008-10-16. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
4. Western Australian Electoral Commission (4 August 2003). "2003 Electoral Distribution - Final Boundaries - East Metropolitan - Armadale". Archived from the original on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
5. Armadale District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)