Electoral district of Willagee

Willagee; Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Willagee (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1996–present
MP	Peter Tinley
Party	Labor
Namesake	Willagee
Electors	27,173 (2019)
Area	34 km2 (13.1 sq mi)
Demographic	South Metropolitan

Willagee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. The district is located in the southern suburbs of Perth.

Willagee has at all times been a safe Labor seat.

Geography

Willagee is an electorate in Perth's south, to the east and south-east of Fremantle. It includes:

Willagee was first created at the 1994 redistribution ahead of the 1996 state election. It was won by Labor candidate Alan Carpenter, who later served as Minister for Education and other portfolios in the Gallop Ministry. Following Geoff Gallop's retirement from politics in January 2006, Carpenter became Premier, which he remained until the 2008 state election, at which Labor lost its majority. He retired from politics effective 2 October 2009 and the resulting by-election, held on 28 November, was won by Labor candidate Peter Tinley.

Member		Party	Term
	Alan Carpenter	Labor	1996–2009
	Peter Tinley	Labor	2009–present

2017 Western Australian state election: Willagee[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Tinley	11,229	52.7	+9.8
	Liberal	Rebecca Aubrey	6,547	30.7	−13.2
	Greens	Felicity McGeorge	2,470	11.6	+0.7
	Christians	Robin Hosking	514	2.4	+2.4
	Micro Business	Paul Potter	334	1.6	+1.6
	Socialist Alliance	Corina Abraham	212	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			21,306	95.7	+2.1
Informal votes			957	4.3	−2.1
Turnout			22,263	88.5	−2.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Peter Tinley	13,948	65.5	+13.0
	Liberal	Rebecca Aubrey	7,351	34.5	−13.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.0

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