Electoral district of Kingsley

Kingsley Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1989–present
MP	Andrea Mitchell
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Kingsley
Area	20 km2 (7.7 sq mi)
Demographic	North Metropolitan

Kingsley is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district is located in the northern suburbs of Perth.

Kingsley was a marginal seat; but has been made safe under current MP Andrea Mitchell, who is well known in her local community.

Geography

Located in the northern suburbs of Perth, the district of Kingsley is a north–south elongated electorate bordered by four major roads. It is bounded to the west by the Mitchell Freeway, to the north by Ocean Reef Road, to the east by Wanneroo Road and to the south by Warwick Road. The district covers the entirety of three suburbs: Kingsley, Greenwood and Woodvale.

History

Kingsley was first created ahead of the 1989 state election and won by Liberal candidate Cheryl Edwardes. Edwardes held the seat until her retirement at the 2005 state election, when her husband Colin Edwardes ran to succeed her as the new Liberal candidate, but was defeated by Labor candidate Judy Hughes. Kingsley was the only seat the Labor Party took from the Liberal Party at the 2005 election.

A redistribution ahead of the 2008 state election mostly wiped out the Labor margin in Kingsley. Accordingly, Hughes was defeated after one term by Liberal candidate Andrea Mitchell.

Members for Kingsley

Member		Party	Term
	Cheryl Edwardes	Liberal	1989–2005
	Judy Hughes	Labor	2005–2008
	Andrea Mitchell	Liberal	2008–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Kingsley

Western Australian state election, 2013: Kingsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Andrea Mitchell	13,030	60.0	+12.0
	Labor	Brian Corr	6,326	29.1	–6.3
	Greens	Diana MacTiernan	1,846	8.5	–2.9
	Christians	Sophie Ann Mason	510	2.3	–0.3
Total formal votes			21,712	94.7	-0.3
Informal votes			1,207	5.3	+0.3
Turnout			22,919	5.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Andrea Mitchell	14,056	64.8	+10.2
	Labor	Brian Corr	7,640	35.2	–10.2
	Liberal hold		Swing	+10.2

External links

• ABC Election Profiles: 2005 2008
• WAEC District Maps: 1996–2005 2005–2008 2008–