Electoral district of Wanneroo

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

Wanneroo Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Wanneroo (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1989–present
MP	Sabine Winton
Party	Labor
Namesake	Wanneroo
Electors	29,481 (2019)
Area	389 km^2 (150.2 sq mi)
Demographic	North Metropolitan

The district is located in the northern suburbs of Perth.

Wanneroo is a marginal seat; it has been held by the government of the day on every occasion since its creation in 1989.

Geography

Wanneroo is based in the outer northern suburbs of Perth. It includes the suburbs of Ashby, Banksia Grove, Carramar, Gnangara, Hocking, Jandabup, Madeley, Mariginiup, Pearsall, Sinagra, Tapping, Wangara and Wanneroo.

History

Wanneroo was first created for the 1989 state election. It replaced the abolished seat of Joondalup, and was won by Labor MP Jackie Watkins, then the member for Joondalup. Watkins lost the seat one term later when Labor lost government at the 1993 state election. The seat remained in Liberal Party hands for two terms until the party lost government at the 2001 state election. This pattern asserted itself again at the 2008 state election when Labor's two term hold on the seat ended with the defeat of the Labor government.

Members for Wanneroo

Member		Party	Term
	Jackie Watkins	Labor	1989–1993
	Wayde Smith	Liberal	1993–1996
	Iain MacLean	Liberal	1996–2001
	Dianne Guise	Labor	2001–2008
	Paul Miles	Liberal	2008–2017
	Sabine Winton	Labor	2017–present

Election results

2017 Western Australian state election: Wanneroo[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sabine Winton	10,930	46.8	+14.5
	Liberal	Paul Miles	7,017	30.1	−25.5
	One Nation	Joseph Darcy	2,288	9.8	+9.8
	Greens	Robyn Treacy	1,552	6.6	−0.9
	Christians	Linley Pass	629	2.7	+0.1
	Independent	Max Wilson	595	2.5	+2.5
	Micro Business	Peter Rosengrave	173	0.7	+0.7
	Matheson for WA	Greg Macpherson	160	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			23,344	95.9	+2.5
Informal votes			996	4.1	−2.5
Turnout			24,340	88.1	+3.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sabine Winton	13,361	57.3	+18.2
	Liberal	Paul Miles	9,975	42.7	−18.2
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+18.2

References

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

External links

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