Electoral district of Forrestfield

Forrestfield; Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Forrestfield (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2008–present
MP	Stephen Price
Party	Labor
Namesake	Forrestfield
Electors	27,120 (2019)
Area	59 km2 (22.8 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

	Party	Term
Andrew Waddell	Labor	2008–2013
Nathan Morton	Liberal	2013–2017
Stephen Price	Labor	2017–present

Election results

2017 Western Australian state election: Forrestfield[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Price	10,357	46.3	+5.8
	Liberal	Nathan Morton	6,709	30.0	−16.4
	One Nation	Jenny Bennett	2,244	10.0	+10.0
	Greens	Eugene Marshall	1,443	6.5	−0.4
	Animal Justice	Ashley Jago	747	3.3	+3.3
	Christians	Brett Crook	631	2.8	−0.2
	Micro Business	M. Shahalam	222	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			22,353	94.8	+1.8
Informal votes			1,217	5.2	−1.8
Turnout			23,570	87.3	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stephen Price	13,281	59.4	+11.6
	Liberal	Nathan Morton	9,067	40.6	−11.6
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+11.6

References

Forrestfield District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.

External links

Antony Green. "2008 Election Profile: Forrestfield". ABC.
"Map of Forrestfield". boundarieswa.com. Archived from the original on 2008-10-08.

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[1] Forrestfield District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.