Electoral district of Kingsley

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

Kingsley Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Kingsley (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1989–present
MP	Jessica Stojkovski
Party	Labor
Namesake	Kingsley
Electors	29,573 (2019)
Area	23 km^2 (8.9 sq mi)
Demographic	North Metropolitan

The district is located in the northern suburbs of Perth.

Geography

Located in the northern suburbs of Perth, the district of Kingsley is a north–south elongated electorate bordered by four major roads. It is bounded to the west by the Mitchell Freeway, to the north by Ocean Reef Road, to the east by Wanneroo Road and to the south by Beach Road. The district covers the entirety of four suburbs: Kingsley, Greenwood, Warwick and Woodvale.

History

Kingsley was first created ahead of the 1989 state election and won by Liberal candidate Cheryl Edwardes. Edwardes held the seat until her retirement at the 2005 state election, when her husband Colin Edwardes ran to succeed her as the new Liberal candidate, but was defeated by Labor candidate Judy Hughes. Kingsley was the only seat the Labor Party took from the Liberal Party at the 2005 election.

A redistribution ahead of the 2008 state election mostly wiped out the Labor margin in Kingsley. Accordingly, Hughes was defeated after one term by Liberal candidate Andrea Mitchell. Mitchell was re-elected in 2013, but was defeated in 2017 by Labor candidate Jessica Stojkovski.

Members for Kingsley

Member		Party	Term
	Cheryl Edwardes	Liberal	1989–2005
	Judy Hughes	Labor	2005–2008
	Andrea Mitchell	Liberal	2008–2017
	Jessica Stojkovski	Labor	2017–present

Election results

2017 Western Australian state election: Kingsley[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrea Mitchell	9,814	43.1	−16.2
	Labor	Jessica Stojkovski	9,305	40.9	+11.1
	Greens	Matthew Ward	2,208	9.7	+1.2
	Christians	Gilbert Burnside	655	2.9	+0.5
	Matheson for WA	John McNair	473	2.1	+2.1
	Micro Business	Dominic Staltari	323	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			22,778	95.9	+1.4
Informal votes			963	4.1	−1.4
Turnout			23,741	91.0	−1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jessica Stojkovski	11,541	50.7	+14.7
	Liberal	Andrea Mitchell	11,234	49.3	−14.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+14.7

References

1. Kingsley District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.

External links

• ABC Election Profiles: 2005 2008
• WAEC District Maps: 1996–2005 2005–2008 2008–