Electoral district of Wanneroo

Wanneroo Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1989–present
MP	Paul Miles
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Wanneroo
Area	114 km^2 (44.0 sq mi)
Demographic	North Metropolitan

Wanneroo is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district is located in the northern suburbs of Perth.

Wanneroo is a marginal seat; it has been held by the government of the day on every occasion since its creation in 1989.

Geography

Wanneroo is based in the outer northern suburbs of Perth. It includes the suburbs of Ashby, Banksia Grove, Carramar, Gnangara, Hocking, Jandabup, Madeley, Mariginiup, Pearsall, Sinagra, Tapping, Wangara and Wanneroo.

History

Wanneroo was first created for the 1989 state election. It replaced the abolished seat of Joondalup, and was won by Labor MP Jackie Watkins, then the member for Joondalup. Watkins lost the seat one term later when Labor lost government at the 1993 state election. The seat remained in Liberal Party hands for two terms until the party lost government at the 2001 state election. This pattern asserted itself again at the 2008 state election when Labor's two term hold on the seat ended with the defeat of the Labor government.

Members for Wanneroo

Member		Party	Term
	Jackie Watkins	Labor	1989–1993
	Wayde Smith	Liberal	1993–1996
	Iain MacLean	Liberal	1996–2001
	Dianne Guise	Labor	2001–2008
	Paul Miles	Liberal	2008–present

Election results

Western Australian state election, 2013: Wanneroo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Paul Miles	11,932	55.7	+11.8
	Labor	Brett Treby	6,887	32.1	–7.4
	Greens	Rob Phillips	1,611	7.5	–1.5
	Christians	Meg Birch	550	2.6	+0.2
	Family First	Moyna Rapp	446	2.1	–1.0
Total formal votes			21,426	93.4	-1.4
Informal votes			1,504	6.6	+1.4
Turnout			22,930	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Paul Miles	13,089	61.1	+10.2
	Labor	Brett Treby	8,328	38.9	–10.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.2

References

External links

• ABC Election Profiles: 2005 2008
• WAEC District Maps: 1996–2005 2005–2008 2008–