Electoral district of Darling Range
Darling Range Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |
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![]() Location of Darling Range (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area | |
State | Western Australia |
Dates current | 1950–1974; 1977–present |
MP | Alyssa Hayden |
Party | Liberal |
Namesake | Darling Range |
Electors | 29,181 (2019) |
Area | 1,395 km2 (538.6 sq mi) |
Demographic | East Metropolitan |
Darling Range is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
The district is based to the east and south-east of Perth.
Geography
Darling Range is situated in the outer east and south-east of Perth. It is a mixture of suburbia and hinterland, falling inside the Metropolitan Region Scheme and running along most of its southern and eastern boundary. The district covers all of the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale as well as the less urbanised parts of the city of Armadale.
History
Darling Range was first created for the 1950 state election. The seat's first member was Country MP Ray Owen, who was previously the member for Swan. The district was abolished ahead of the 1974 state election. By this time its member was Liberal MP Ian Thompson, who went on to represent the new district of Kalamunda. Darling Range was recreated just one term later for the 1977 state election.
The seat was radically redistributed ahead of the 2008 state election, with just 15% of the voters in the redrawn district coming from its former configuration. Half of the district's voters—and indeed the vast majority of its territory—previously belonged to the abolished district of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, with the remainder coming from Armadale and Swan Hills. Thus, sitting Serpentine-Jarrahdale member, Liberal MP Tony Simpson became the new member for Darling Range at the 2008 election, whilst the former member for Darling Range, Liberal MP John Day, successfully contested the new seat of Kalamunda.
Simpson served as the MP for Darling Range until his defeat by Barry Urban at the 2017 state election. This result marked the first time that the Labor Party had ever won the seat. In May 2018, Urban resigned from parliament as the privileges committee recommended his expulsion over a series of false claims of his credentials.[1] The Liberals regained the seat at the 2018 by-election.[2]
Members for Darling Range
Darling Range (1950–1974) | |||
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Member | Term | Party | |
Ray Owen | Land | 1950–1962 | |
Ken Dunn | Liberal Country League | 1962–1968 | |
Liberal | 1968–1971 | ||
Ian Thompson | Liberal | 1971–1974 | |
Darling Range (1977–present) | |||
Member | Term | Party | |
George Spriggs | Liberal | 1977–1987 | |
Bob Greig | Liberal | 1987–1989 | |
Ian Thompson | Liberal | 1989–1990 | |
Independent | 1990–1993 | ||
John Day | Liberal | 1993–2008 | |
Tony Simpson | Liberal | 2008–2017 | |
Barry Urban | Labor | 2017 | |
Independent | 2017–2018 | ||
Alyssa Hayden | Liberal | 2018–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Alyssa Hayden | 8,418 | 34.5 | +4.1 | |
Labor | Tania Lawrence | 7,809 | 32.0 | −9.5 | |
One Nation | Rod Caddies | 1,894 | 7.8 | −1.0 | |
Greens | Anthony Pyle | 1,427 | 5.8 | −1.8 | |
Western Australia | Russell Goodrick | 1,413 | 5.8 | +5.8 | |
Christians | Eric Eikelboom | 1,145 | 4.7 | +0.3 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Stuart Ostle | 1,112 | 4.6 | +0.3 | |
Animal Justice | Jehni Thomas-Wurth | 803 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Independent | Doug Shaw | 146 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Independent | George O'Byrne | 137 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Fluoride Free WA | John Watt | 106 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 24,410 | 95.6 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 1,126 | 4.4 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 25,536 | 78.4 | −11.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Alyssa Hayden | 13,039 | 53.5 | +9.3 | |
Labor | Tania Lawrence | 11,331 | 46.5 | −9.3 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +9.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Barry Urban | 11,012 | 41.5 | +12.5 | |
Liberal | Tony Simpson | 8,056 | 30.4 | −25.2 | |
One Nation | Sharon Polgar | 2,313 | 8.7 | +8.7 | |
Greens | Iwan Boskamp | 2,033 | 7.7 | −1.8 | |
Christians | Derek Bruning | 1,174 | 4.4 | −0.5 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Stuart Ostle | 1,123 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Micro Business | Craig Ballinger | 317 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Flux the System! | Chris Barker | 194 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jake McCoull | 163 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Independent | Manamal Froumis | 134 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 26,519 | 95.1 | +1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 1,357 | 4.9 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 27,876 | 89.5 | +6.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Barry Urban | 14,788 | 55.8 | +18.9 | |
Liberal | Tony Simpson | 11,712 | 44.2 | −18.9 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +18.9 |
References
- ^ Hondros, Nathan (8 May 2018). "Barry Urban quits WA parliament after committee moves for expulsion". WAtoday. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Commentary, 2018 Darling Range by-election". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ 2018 Darling Range By-election results: WAEC
- ^ Green, Antony. "2018 Darling Range By-election results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ^ Darling Range District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.