Electoral district of Blackwood-Stirling

Blackwood-Stirling was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. It took parts of the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.

Blackwood-Stirling
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
StateWestern Australia
Dates current2008–2013
MPTerry Redman
PartyNational
NamesakeBlackwood River; Stirling Range
Area24,934 km2 (9,627.1 sq mi)
DemographicSouth West

Politically, Blackwood-Stirling was a conservative seat. It was theoretically competitive between the two conservative forces in Western Australian politics, namely the Liberal Party and the National Party.

History

Blackwood-Stirling was first created for the 2008 state election. It was essentially an amalgamation of the Liberal-held district of Warren-Blackwood and the National-held district of Stirling, although parts of each ended up in neighbouring districts. Of the new district's voters, 52% came from the former district, while 37% came from the latter. The remaining 11% was previously a part of the National-held district of Wagin. The former member for Stirling, National MP Terry Redman, won the seat at the election.

Prior to the 2013 state election, an electoral redistribution shifted the district to the west, moving many of the former Stirling voters into the district of Wagin and adding voters from the district of Collie-Preston. The realigned district was now essentially an expanded version of the old Warren-Blackwood district and the former name was resumed.

Geography

Blackwood-Stirling incorporated the following government councils: Shire of Boyup Brook, Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Shire of Cranbrook, Shire of Denmark, Shire of Manjimup, Shire of Nannup, Shire of Plantagenet, and a southern portion of the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River.

Members for Blackwood-Stirling
MemberPartyTerm
  Terry Redman National 2008–2013

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Blackwood-Stirling
2008 Western Australian state election: Blackwood-Stirling[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Terry Redman 8,003 44.91 +28.4
Liberal Wade de Campo 4,518 25.35 −15.6
Labor Raymond Phillips 2,527 14.18 −4.7
Greens Luke Petersen 1,837 10.31 +1.1
Christian Democrats Graham Lawn 350 1.96 +0.3
Family First Stephen Carson 264 1.48 −1.0
Independent Ken Gunson 176 0.99 +0.99
Independent Keith Smith 145 0.81 +0.81
Total formal votes 17,820 96.14
Informal votes 715 3.86
Turnout 18,535 89.44
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Terry Redman 11,992 67.34 N/A
Liberal Wade de Campo 5,816 32.66 N/A
National hold SwingN/A

References
  1. "2008 State General Election Details: District of Blackwood-Stirling Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
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