Karrinyup 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

Western Australian Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of Western Australia

Western Australia

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 from 1962 to 1989.

The district was based in the beachside northern suburbs of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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. First contested at the 1962 state election

Western Australian state election, 1962

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, it was won by Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

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 candidate Les Nimmo, who was at the time member for the abolished Wembley Beaches

Electoral district of Wembley Beaches

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Karrinyup was abolished ahead of the 1989 state 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...

. The then sitting member, Liberal MP Jim Clarko

Jim Clarko

Jim Clarko is a former Australian Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Karrinyup between 1974 and 1989, when the seat was abolished, and for Marmion from 1989 to the seat's abolition in 1996. From May 1982, he was Australia's Minister for Education.-References:...

, successfully contested the new seat of Marmion

Electoral district of Marmion

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Members for Karrinyup

Member		Party	Term
	Les Nimmo	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...	1962–1968
	Stan Lapham	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...	1968–1974
	Jim Clarko Jim Clarko Jim Clarko is a former Australian Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Karrinyup between 1974 and 1989, when the seat was abolished, and for Marmion from 1989 to the seat's abolition in 1996. From May 1982, he was Australia's Minister for Education.-References:...	Liberal	1974–1989