Electoral district of Kalamunda
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Kalamunda is an electoral district
of the Legislative Assembly
in the Australia
n state of Western Australia
.
Politically, the district is a marginal one. Based on the results of the 2005 state election
, the seat was created with a Liberal Party
majority of 50.2% to 49.8% versus the Labor Party
.
and abolished ahead of the 1989 election
. Despite the name, the seat was actually centred on Greenmount
in the eastern Hills region, and Kalamunda
itself was split between the Kalamunda seat and the neighbouring Darling Range
. Despite being within the metropolitan area
of Perth, it was regarded as non-metropolitan, and was assigned to the West Province in the Legislative Council
. As a result, it had about half the enrolment of the neighbouring seat of Helena
. Under the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, which reclassified "metropolitan" in the Electoral Act 1907 to include all land within the Metropolitan Region Scheme boundaries and at the same time increased overall metropolitan representation, Kalamunda was merged with Darling Range, and its member, Ian Thompson
, won Darling Range on the new boundaries in 1989.
A new seat named Kalamunda was created for the 2008 state election
when the number of metropolitan
seats was increased in accordance with the new one vote one value
legislation. The new district was drawn largely from Darling Range
, but also from parts of Kenwick
, Midland
and Swan Hills
.
. Its boundaries cover two distinct areas. The northern area, centred on Kalamunda
, includes Gooseberry Hill
, Lesmurdie
, Paulls Valley
, Piesse Brook
and Walliston
along with tiny sections of Maida Vale
and Forrestfield
and all populated portions of Bickley and Carmel
. A narrow section extends north to include all of Darlington
. In the south, it includes much of Canning Mills
, Martin
and Orange Grove
and the major residential portion of Maddington
, excluding its commercial and industrial areas.
The earlier incarnation included the districts of Boya
, Darlington, Glen Forrest
, Gooseberry Hill
, Greenmount
, Piesse Brook
and Paulls Valley
, as well as northern sections of the suburb of Kalamunda
including its town centre.
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
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....
in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state 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...
.
Politically, the district is a marginal one. Based on the results of the 2005 state 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...
, the seat was created with a 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...
majority of 50.2% to 49.8% versus 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...
.
History
Kalamunda was first created for the 1974 electionWestern Australian state election, 1974
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 30 March 1974 to elect all 51 members to the Legislative Assembly and 15 members to the 30-seat Legislative Council...
and abolished ahead of the 1989 election
Western Australian state election, 1989
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 4 February 1989 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council...
. Despite the name, the seat was actually centred on Greenmount
Greenmount, Western Australia
Greenmount is a locality and a geographical feature in the Shire of Mundaring, Western Australia, on the edge of the Darling Scarp. It is a vital point in the transport routes from the Swan Coastal Plain into the hinterland of Western Australia....
in the eastern Hills region, and Kalamunda
Kalamunda, Western Australia
-Transport:Kalamunda Road serves as a major access road for Perth Airport, and provides the foothills suburbs with access to the Perth central business district....
itself was split between the Kalamunda seat and the neighbouring Darling Range
Electoral district of Darling Range
Darling Range is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is based to the east and south-east of Perth.-Geography:Darling Range is situated in the outer east and south-east of Perth...
. Despite being within the metropolitan area
Metropolitan Region Scheme
The Metropolitan Region Scheme is the legal land plan covering urban planning throughout the Perth Metropolitan Region. It classifies land into broad zones and reservations and is administered by the Western Australian Planning Commission....
of Perth, it was regarded as non-metropolitan, and was assigned to the West Province in the Legislative Council
Western Australian Legislative Council
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the Legislative Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state...
. As a result, it had about half the enrolment of the neighbouring seat of Helena
Electoral district of Helena
Helena was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1983 to 1996.Based in the outer eastern suburbs of Perth, the district was first contested at the 1983 state election...
. Under the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, which reclassified "metropolitan" in the Electoral Act 1907 to include all land within the Metropolitan Region Scheme boundaries and at the same time increased overall metropolitan representation, Kalamunda was merged with Darling Range, and its member, Ian Thompson
Ian Thompson (politician)
Ian David Thompson was an Australian politician who served as Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly....
, won Darling Range on the new boundaries in 1989.
A new seat named Kalamunda was created for the 2008 state 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...
when the number of metropolitan
Metropolitan Region Scheme
The Metropolitan Region Scheme is the legal land plan covering urban planning throughout the Perth Metropolitan Region. It classifies land into broad zones and reservations and is administered by the Western Australian Planning Commission....
seats was increased in accordance with the new one vote one value
One vote one value
In Australia, one vote one value is a legislative principle of democracy whereby each electorate has the same population within a specified percentage of variance. In the case of the Commonwealth, the maximum variance for the House of Representatives is 10% above or below the mean...
legislation. The new district was drawn largely from Darling Range
Electoral district of Darling Range
Darling Range is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is based to the east and south-east of Perth.-Geography:Darling Range is situated in the outer east and south-east of Perth...
, but also from parts of Kenwick
Electoral district of Kenwick
Kenwick was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1989 to 1996 and again from 2005 to 2008....
, Midland
Electoral district of Midland
-External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:...
and Swan Hills
Electoral district of Swan Hills
-External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:...
.
Geography
Kalamunda is based in the eastern suburbs of PerthPerth, 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....
. Its boundaries cover two distinct areas. The northern area, centred on Kalamunda
Kalamunda, Western Australia
-Transport:Kalamunda Road serves as a major access road for Perth Airport, and provides the foothills suburbs with access to the Perth central business district....
, includes Gooseberry Hill
Gooseberry Hill, Western Australia
Gooseberry Hill is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda. It is the site of Gooseberry Hill National Park....
, Lesmurdie
Lesmurdie, Western Australia
Lesmurdie is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda.It is viewed as being a rival suburb to the neighbouring suburb of Kalamunda directly to the north. The main access to the suburb from the Swan Coastal Plain is via Welshpool Road, that snakes its way up the...
, Paulls Valley
Paulls Valley, Western Australia
Paulls Valley is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda. It was officially named in 1973 and commemorates an early orchardist in the district....
, Piesse Brook
Piesse Brook, Western Australia
Piesse Brook is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda. It was officially named in 1972, although the name had been in use since 1890 for a watercourse in the area which itself honoured William Roper Piesse, a prominent citizen with a large family who were at...
and Walliston
Walliston, Western Australia
Walliston is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda.Prior to 1949 it was a stopping place on the Upper Darling Range Railway. It was named after John and Emma Wallis, the area's first settlers who arrived in the 1880s...
along with tiny sections of Maida Vale
Maida Vale, Western Australia
Maida Vale is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda. Kalamunda Road runs through the suburb.Within the suburb there is a primary school , a golf course, numerous parks/ovals , small shops including a BP Petrol station and a heated swimming pool...
and Forrestfield
Forrestfield, Western Australia
Forrestfield is a suburb of the Shire of Kalamunda in Western Australia. It lies 15 km to the southeast of Perth at the base of the Darling Scarp and the Southern border of the International Airport. There is authority to suggest it is named after Western Australia's first premier, John Forrest...
and all populated portions of Bickley and Carmel
Carmel, Western Australia
Carmel is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda.Prior to 1949 it was a stopping place on the Upper Darling Range Railway. The railway siding was originally known as Green's Landing after Perth businessman Levi Green, who had moved into the area in 1844...
. A narrow section extends north to include all of Darlington
Darlington, Western Australia
Darlington, Western Australia, is a locality in the Shire of Mundaring on the Darling Scarp, dissected by Nyaania Creek and north of the Helena River.- Location :...
. In the south, it includes much of Canning Mills
Canning Mills, Western Australia
Canning Mills is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda. Canning Mills is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda. Canning Mills is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda. (incorrect!...
, Martin
Martin, Western Australia
Martin is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Gosnells. It was named in 1974 after a pioneer family of the Gosnells district, and in particular Edward Victor Martin who had served for 37 years on the council....
and Orange Grove
Orange Grove, Western Australia
Orange Grove is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Gosnells.In 2006, the local primary school, Orange Grove Primary School, became the first school in Western Australia to produce a podcast, with its show entitled Podkids Australia.Despite the name, Bickley Dam is...
and the major residential portion of Maddington
Maddington, Western Australia
Maddington is a suburb 20 kilometres southeast of the central business district of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, within the City of Gosnells local government area...
, excluding its commercial and industrial areas.
The earlier incarnation included the districts of Boya
Boya, Western Australia
Boya is a locality on the Darling Scarp, in the Shire of Mundaring, Western Australia. On the south side of Greenmount Hill, and just west of Darlington....
, Darlington, Glen Forrest
Glen Forrest, Western Australia
Glen Forrest is a suburb within the Shire of Mundaring, south of John Forrest National Park, west of Mahogany Creek, east of Darlington, and north of the Helena River...
, Gooseberry Hill
Gooseberry Hill, Western Australia
Gooseberry Hill is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda. It is the site of Gooseberry Hill National Park....
, Greenmount
Greenmount, Western Australia
Greenmount is a locality and a geographical feature in the Shire of Mundaring, Western Australia, on the edge of the Darling Scarp. It is a vital point in the transport routes from the Swan Coastal Plain into the hinterland of Western Australia....
, Piesse Brook
Piesse Brook, Western Australia
Piesse Brook is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda. It was officially named in 1972, although the name had been in use since 1890 for a watercourse in the area which itself honoured William Roper Piesse, a prominent citizen with a large family who were at...
and Paulls Valley
Paulls Valley, Western Australia
Paulls Valley is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the Shire of Kalamunda. It was officially named in 1973 and commemorates an early orchardist in the district....
, as well as northern sections of the suburb of Kalamunda
Kalamunda, Western Australia
-Transport:Kalamunda Road serves as a major access road for Perth Airport, and provides the foothills suburbs with access to the Perth central business district....
including its town centre.
Members for Kalamunda
| Kalamunda (1974–1989) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Ian Thompson Ian Thompson (politician) Ian David Thompson was an Australian politician who served as Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.... |
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... |
1974–1989 | |
| Kalamunda (2008–present) | |||
| John Day John Day (Australian politician) The Hon. John Howard Dadley Day MLA is the current Member for Kalamunda in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the 34th Parliament in 1993 and has been re-elected at every state election since.- Early life :... |
Liberal | 2008–present | |