Mirrabooka 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

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 from 1968 to 1974.

The district was based in the 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 Doug Cash of the Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Australia

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. Cash was defeated one term later by Labor

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 candidate Arthur Tonkin. Mirrabooka was abolished at the 1974 state election

Western 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 Tonkin went on to become member for the new seat of Morley

Electoral district of Morley

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Members for Mirrabooka

Member		Party	Term
	Doug Cash	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...	1968–1971
	Arthur Tonkin	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...	1971–1974