Electoral district of Kwinana

Kwinana Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2008–present
Namesake	City of Kwinana
Area	201 km^2 (77.6 sq mi)
Demographic	South Metropolitan

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

The district is located in the south-western suburbs of Perth.

History

Kwinana was first created for the 2008 state election. It was a new urban seat created as a result of the one vote one value reforms. For the most part it combined the southern portion of the district of Cockburn with the northern part of the district of Peel; it also took in territory previously covered by the districts of Rockingham and Serpentine-Jarrahdale.

At its creation, Kwinana was calculated to have a Labor Party majority of 69.2% to 30.8% versus the Liberal Party,^[1] making it a very safe Labor seat. However, Labor candidate Roger Cook won the seat only narrowly against independent challenger Carol Adams, prevailing 50.79% to 49.21%.^[2] Adams, the mayor of Kwinana, launched her independent candidacy after unsuccessfully contesting Labor preselection for the seat.^[3]

Geography

Kwinana includes all the local government area of the City of Kwinana as well as a part of the City of Rockingham. The district takes in the suburbs of Naval Base, Hope Valley, Mandogalup, Wandi, Kwinana Beach, Postans, The Spectacles, Anketell, Medina, Orelia, Calista, Kwinana Town Centre, Parmelia, Bertram, Casuarina, Leda, Wellard, Hillman, as well as parts of Cooloongup, Waikiki and Baldivis.

Members for Kwinana

Member		Party	Term
	Roger Cook	Labor	2008–present

Election results

Western Australian state election, 2013: Kwinana^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Roger Cook	9,819	43.8	+2.3
	Independent	Carol Adams	5,406	24.1	+2.0
	Liberal	John Jamieson	5,330	23.8	+3.6
	Greens	Iwan Boskamp	1,340	6.0	-4.7
	Christians	Stephen Wardell-Kohnson	536	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			22,431	93.2	-1.2
Informal votes			1,633	6.8	+1.2
Turnout			24,064	87.85
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Cook	13,869	61.8	-4.6
	Liberal	John Jamieson	8,560	38.2	+4.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Roger Cook	11,783	52.6	+2.5
	Independent	Carol Adams	10,633	47.4	-2.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.5

References

1. Antony Green. "2007 Redistribution". ABC.
2. "District of Kwinana Two Candidate Preferred Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. 2008.
3. "Kwinana Mayor lashes out at ALP". ABC. 21 May 2008.
4. "Kwinana District Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 18 March 2013.

External links

• "Map of Kwinana". boundarieswa.com.
• Antony Green. "2008 Election Profile: Kwinana". ABC.