Electoral district of Armadale
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The Electoral district of 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.
and Gosnells
. It was first contested in the 1983 election
at which Labor
member Bob Pearce
, who had previously represented Gosnells, was successful. 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, Alannah MacTiernan resigned from the Western Australian Legislative Assembly to run for the federal seat of Canning
. The by-election
occurred on 2 October 2010 and the Labor Party
candidate, Tony Buti, was elected.The district has always been held by the Labor Party
.
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 Westfield
, as well as Kelmscott
west of the Canning River.
The 2007 redistribution, which took effect at the 2008 election
, resulted in the seat losing eastern Kelmscott
as well as Wungong
and Forrestdale
.
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth....
electorate
Electoral districts of Western Australia
The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as electorates or seats....
in the state
States and territories of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia is a union of six states and various territories. The Australian mainland is made up of five states and three territories, with the sixth state of Tasmania being made up of islands. In addition there are six island territories, known as external territories, and a...
of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. The district is named for the southeastern Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
suburb of Armadale
Armadale, Western Australia
Armadale is a suburb within the City of Armadale, located on the south-eastern edge of Perth's metropolitan area. The major junction of the South Western and Albany Highways, which connect Perth with the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia respectively, is located within the...
which falls within its borders.
History
Armadale was created at the 1982 redistribution out of parts of the seats of DaleElectoral district of Dale
Dale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1989.Dale was a predominately rural based to the east of Perth. It was a safe seat for the Liberal Party. The district was abolished ahead of the 1989 state election, whence its last...
and Gosnells
Electoral district of Gosnells
Gosnells is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is based in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth. It includes almost all of the suburb of Gosnells, large parts of the suburbs of Huntingdale and Thornlie and a small part of the...
. It was first contested in the 1983 election
Western Australian state election, 1983
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 19 February 1983 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and 18 members to the 34-seat Legislative Council....
at which Labor
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
member Bob Pearce
Bob Pearce
Robert John Pearce was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1977 until 1993 representing the seats of Gosnells and Armadale.-Biography:...
, who had previously represented Gosnells, was successful. The seat has been regarded as very safe for the Labor Party since its creation, and at the 2001 election
Western Australian state election, 2001
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 10 February 2001 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council...
, the Liberal Party
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
did not even field a candidate for the seat. It was held from 1996 until 2010 by Alannah MacTiernan
Alannah MacTiernan
Alannah Joan Geraldine Cecilia MacTiernan is an Australian politician. She was an ALP member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 1996, representing the electorate of Armadale until her resignation from the Western Australian Parliament on 19 July 2010...
, the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure in the Gallop
Gallop Ministry
The Gallop Ministry was the 33rd Ministry of the Government of Western Australia, and was led by Labor Premier Geoff Gallop and his deputy, Eric Ripper. It succeeded the Court-Cowan Ministry on 16 February 2001, following the defeat of the Liberal-National coalition government at the 2001 election...
and Carpenter
Carpenter Ministry
The Carpenter Ministry was the 34th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia, and was led by Labor Premier Alan Carpenter and his deputy Eric Ripper...
governments. On 25 June 2010, Alannah MacTiernan resigned from the Western Australian Legislative Assembly to run for the federal seat of Canning
Division of Canning
The Division of Canning is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Alfred Canning, the Western Australian government surveyor who surveyed the Canning Stock Route...
. The by-election
Armadale state by-election, 2010
The Armadale state by-election, 2010 was held on 2 October 2010 for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Armadale in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth...
occurred on 2 October 2010 and the Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
candidate, Tony Buti, was elected.The district has always been held by the Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
.
Geography
Armadale is bounded by the Tonkin HighwayTonkin Highway
Tonkin Highway, at , is a limited access dual carriageway in Perth, Western Australia, connecting Reid Highway in the north with Thomas Road in the south. Mostly a 4 lane highway, some sections of the highway are to a 4 to 6 lane freeway standard; the remainder of the highway has been designed to...
to the northwest, the Canning River
Canning River (Western Australia)
The Canning River is a major tributary of the Swan River in south western Western Australia.-Source and route:With headwaters on the Darling Scarp, the Canning meanders through suburbs of Perth on the Swan Coastal Plain, including Cannington, Thornlie, Riverton, Shelley, Rossmoyne and Mount...
to the northeast, and the limits of the Armadale suburban area to the south and southeast. Its boundaries include the suburbs of Armadale
Armadale, Western Australia
Armadale is a suburb within the City of Armadale, located on the south-eastern edge of Perth's metropolitan area. The major junction of the South Western and Albany Highways, which connect Perth with the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia respectively, is located within the...
, Brookdale
Brookdale, Western Australia
Brookdale is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Armadale. Formerly part of the suburb of Wungong, Brookdale was gazetted in 1997....
, Champion Lakes
Champion Lakes, Western Australia
Champion Lakes is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Armadale.The suburb was originally part of Westfield, but was renamed along with the proposal for a large water-based recreation facility to be constructed in the area....
, Mount Nasura
Mount Nasura, Western Australia
Mount Nasura is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Armadale. During the 1980s and 1990s, residents successfully campaigned to have the name of the area changed from Armadale to Mount Nasura. Within the suburb is the Armadale-Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital....
, Mount Richon
Mount Richon, Western Australia
Mount Richon is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Armadale. Formerly part of Armadale and Wungong, Mount Richon was approved as a suburb in 2003. It is named after a former vineyard in the area....
, Seville Grove
Seville Grove, Western Australia
Seville Grove is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Armadale.Seville Grove used to be part of Armadale proper but was renamed in 2002....
and Westfield
Westfield, Western Australia
Camillo is a southeastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Armadale and it was part of Kelmscott until 1978. Until mid-2008, it was named Westfield....
, as well as Kelmscott
Kelmscott, Western Australia
Kelmscott is a southeastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Armadale, and it is located southeast of Perth along Albany Highway....
west of the Canning River.
The 2007 redistribution, which took effect at the 2008 election
Western Australian state election, 2008
A general election was held in the state of Western Australia on Saturday 6 September 2008 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council...
, resulted in the seat losing eastern Kelmscott
Kelmscott, Western Australia
Kelmscott is a southeastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Armadale, and it is located southeast of Perth along Albany Highway....
as well as Wungong
Wungong, Western Australia
Wungong is a semi-rural south-eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located midway between Armadale and Byford and under the administration of the City of Armadale....
and Forrestdale
Forrestdale, Western Australia
Forrestdale is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Armadale.- Natural history :Forrestdale is home to Forrestdale Lake, a nature reserve important for waterbirds, many of which breed there. It usually fills in winter and dries out in summer...
.
Members for Armadale
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Pearce Bob Pearce Robert John Pearce was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1977 until 1993 representing the seats of Gosnells and Armadale.-Biography:... |
Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1983 Western Australian state election, 1983 Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 19 February 1983 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and 18 members to the 34-seat Legislative Council.... –1993 Western Australian state election, 1993 Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 6 February 1993 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council... |
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| Kay Hallahan Kay Hallahan Elsie Kay Hallahan , commonly known as Kay Hallahan, is an Australian politician. A member of the Labor Party, she served as a minister in the Burke, Dowding and Lawrence ministries in Western Australia, and was the first woman ever to sit in both the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and the... |
Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1993 Western Australian state election, 1993 Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 6 February 1993 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council... –1996 Western Australian state election, 1996 Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 14 December 1996 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council... |
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| Alannah MacTiernan Alannah MacTiernan Alannah Joan Geraldine Cecilia MacTiernan is an Australian politician. She was an ALP member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 1996, representing the electorate of Armadale until her resignation from the Western Australian Parliament on 19 July 2010... |
Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1996 Western Australian state election, 1996 Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 14 December 1996 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council... –2010 Armadale state by-election, 2010 The Armadale state by-election, 2010 was held on 2 October 2010 for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Armadale in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth... |
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| Tony Buti Tony Buti Antonio De Paulo "Tony" Buti is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the seat of Armadale since 2 October 2010, when he was elected in a by-election.... |
Australian Labor Party Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
2010 Armadale state by-election, 2010 The Armadale state by-election, 2010 was held on 2 October 2010 for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Armadale in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth... –present |
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Election results
External links
- Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)