Electoral district of Forrestfield

Forrestfield
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State Western Australia
Dates current 2008–present
MP Nathan Morton
Party Liberal
Namesake Forrestfield
Area 57 km2 (22.0 sq mi)
Demographic East Metropolitan

Forrestfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia, based in the eastern suburbs of Perth.

Politically, the district is a marginal one.

Geography

Based in the eastern suburbs of Perth, the district has a north–south elongation covering three separate built up areas. In the north, the district takes in the suburbs of High Wycombe, Maida Vale and a small part of Gooseberry Hill; in the middle it covers most of Forrestfield, Wattle Grove and part of Kewdale; whilst to the south is the suburb of Kenwick plus part of Maddington.

History

Forrestfield was first contested at the 2008 state election. It was a new seat created as a result of the one vote one value reforms. A plurality of the new district's voters came from the district of Darling Range, which was radically redrawn. The northernmost part of the electorate was constructed from parts of Belmont and Midland, whilst the voters in the southern part of the district were drawn in from Kenwick.

Members for Forrestfield

MemberPartyTerm
  Andrew Waddell Labor 2008–2013
  Nathan Morton Liberal 2013–present

Election results

Western Australian state election, 2013: Forrestfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Nathan Morton 9,866 46.4 +5.5
Labor Andrew Waddell 8,656 40.7 +1.2
Greens Peter Burrell 1,434 6.7 –5.7
Family First Mike Munro 678 3.2 –0.6
Christians Troy Eikelboom 633 3.0 –0.4
Total formal votes 21,267 93.0 -0.5
Informal votes 1,600 7.0 +0.5
Turnout 22,867 89.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Nathan Morton 11,076 52.1 +2.3
Labor Andrew Waddell 10,185 47.9 –2.3
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +2.3

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