| Southern River Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Location of Southern River (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area | |||||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1996–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Terry Healy | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Southern River | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 29,655 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 35 km2 (13.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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Southern River is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Western Australia.
The district is a marginal seat based in the southern suburbs of Perth.
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Geography
Southern River is an electorate situated in Perth's southern suburbs. The district includes the suburbs of Southern River and Huntingdale, as well as parts of the suburbs of Canning Vale and Gosnells.
History
Southern River was first contested at the 1996 state election. The seat was won by Liberal Party candidate Monica Holmes who defeated Labor candidate Judyth Watson, the latter being at the time member for the abolished Kenwick. Holmes was defeated at the 2001 state election by Labor candidate Paul Andrews.
The redistribution ahead of the 2005 state election shifted Southern River eastward, making the seat safer for the Labor Party. That election saw Paul Andrews defeat Monica Holmes a second time, with a much wider margin in large part due to the redistribution changes. The next redistribution saw much of the previous changes reversed, making Southern River once again a marginal seat. With Labor's hold on the seat now much more tenuous, Andrews was defeated at the 2008 state election by Liberal candidate Peter Abetz. Abetz held the seat through the 2013 state election but lost to Labor's Terry Healy at the 2017 state election.
Members for Southern River
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monica Holmes | Liberal | 1996–2001 | |
| Paul Andrews | Labor | 2001–2008 | |
| Peter Abetz | Liberal | 2008–2017 | |
| Terry Healy | Labor | 2017–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Terry Healy | 18,718 | 76.0 | +26.3 | |
| Liberal | Ruben Zandman | 2,879 | 11.7 | −27.2 | |
| Greens | Simone Collins | 875 | 3.6 | −2.8 | |
| Christians | Gerard Spoelstra | 799 | 3.2 | +3.2 | |
| One Nation | Malcolm Heffernan | 334 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| No Mandatory Vaccination | Katie Hawkes | 307 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| WAxit | Shazi Siddiqui | 283 | 1.1 | +0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Wesley Du Preez | 257 | 1.0 | +0.4 | |
| Independent | Julia Walsh | 188 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 24,640 | 96.0 | +0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,039 | 4.0 | −0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 25,679 | 86.6 | +1.0 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Terry Healy | 20,472 | 83.1 | +25.3 | |
| Liberal | Ruben Zandman | 4,155 | 16.9 | −25.3 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +25.3 | |||
References
External links
- ABC election profiles: 2005 2008
- WAEC district maps: current boundaries, previous distributions
This page was last edited on 10 May 2023, at 23:57