Innaloo was an electoral district

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....

 of the Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of Western Australia

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 from 1996 to 2005.

The district was based in the northern suburbs of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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, and named for the suburb of Innaloo

Innaloo, Western Australia

Innaloo is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and it is located 9 km from Perth's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling....

. It also included all or parts of the suburbs of Balcatta

Balcatta, Western Australia

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, Doubleview

Doubleview, Western Australia

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, Gwelup

Gwelup, Western Australia

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, Karrinyup

Karrinyup, Western Australia

Karrinyup is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located 12 km north of Perth's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling...

, Osborne Park

Osborne Park, Western Australia

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, Scarborough

Scarborough, Western Australia

Scarborough is a coastal suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located approximately 14 km northwest of the city centre in the local government area of the City of Stirling...

, Stirling

Stirling, Western Australia

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 and Trigg

Trigg, Western Australia

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.

History

Innaloo was created in the 1994 redistribution, essentially replacing the abolished seat of Scarborough

Electoral district of Scarborough

Scarborough is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is a coastal electorate based in the northern suburbs of Perth and is named for the suburb of Scarborough...

 and incorporating part of the former Glendalough

Electoral district of Glendalough

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, and was first contested at the 1996 state election

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...

. Hence, Innaloo was contested, and won, by incumbent Scarborough MP George Strickland.

Innaloo, as with Scarborough before it, was a seat generally seen as a Liberal seat, but winnable by Labor at elections where Labor received well over 50% of the overall two-party preferred votes. This occurred in 1983 and 1986, and again in 2001.

Innaloo was abolished just two terms after its creation, taking effect at the 2005 election

Western Australian state election, 2005

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 26 February 2005 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council...

. Its territory was divided between the existing seats of Carine

Electoral district of Carine

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 and Churchlands

Electoral district of Churchlands

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, and the new seat of Balcatta

Electoral district of Balcatta

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. Sitting MP John Quigley

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 opted to contest the new seat of Mindarie

Electoral district of Mindarie

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 in the outer northern suburbs of Perth.

Members for Innaloo

Member		Party	Term
	George Strickland	Liberal 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...	1996–2001
	John Quigley John Quigley (politician) John Robert Quigley LL.B. is an Australian barrister, solicitor and politician in Western Australia. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he has served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from the 2001 election until the present, initially as the Member for Innaloo until...	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...	2001–2005