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East Metropolitan Region
Very Safe Labor 13.2%
New Margin: ALP 13.6%
Sheila McHale (ALP) since 1996. She is currently represents the similar but abolished electorate of Thornlie. Minister for Community Development, Women's Interests, Seniors and Youth, Disability Services, Culture and the Arts
Suburban electorate extending along the Albany Highway in Perth's south-east corridor. It includes the suburbs of East Cannington, Beckenham, Kenwick, Maddington and parts of Langford, Thornlie and Gosnells. Covers 44 square kilometres.
A complete re-arrangement of the boundaries around Gosnells has seen the electorate of Kenwick created while Thornlie has been abolished. The changes have been much more complex than this simple swap, as the new seat of Kenwick is mainly based on Maddington and parts of Gosnells previously in Roleystone, augmented by parts of Gosnells and Thornlie previously in Southern River. The numbers are made up with Beckenham and East Cannington transferred from Belmont, and Langford and parts of Thornlie from Thornlie. The margin in the new seat of Kenwick is 13.2%, where the Labor margins in the old seats were 10.4% in Thornlie, 4.9% in Roleystone and 3.4% in Southern River.
Kenwick previously existed as an electorate between 1989 and 1996, when it was represented by Dr Judyth Watson, who served as a Minister in the Lawrence government. After the abolition of her seat, Watson was defeated contesting the new electorate of Southern River in 1996.
2-Party Booth Result
Labor majorities in all 13 booths used in 2001 and contained within the new boundaries for Kenwick. The best Labor booth was 76.0% at Langford Primary School, the worst 56.9% at Gosnells Civic Centre.
Safe Labor retain.
|Lloyd BOON||One Nation|
|John KENNEBURY||Liberal Party|
|Moyna RAPP||Family First|
|Sheila McHALE*||Australian Labor Party|
|Lukas J BUTLER||Christian DemocratIc Party|
|2-Candidate Preferred Result|
|Candidate||Party||Primary %||TCP %|
Information compiled by ABC Election Analyst Antony Green.
Last Update: 5 April 2005