Electoral district of Ocean Reef

Ocean Reef Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2008–present
MP	Albert Jacob
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Ocean Reef
Area	22 km2 (8.5 sq mi)
Demographic	North Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Ocean Reef is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district is named for the outer northern Perth suburb of Ocean Reef which falls within its borders.

History

Ocean Reef was created at the 2007 redistribution out of most of the Mindarie electorate and parts of Joondalup and Hillarys. Its creation reflected both the growth of the City of Wanneroo region which now required three full electorates (Wanneroo, Mindarie and Girrawheen), and the increase in the number of metropolitan seats in accordance with the new one vote one value legislation.

It was a notional Labor seat upon its creation, but was one of a number of marginal seats that fell to the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2008 election. Liberal candidate Albert Jacob won it on a swing of six percent. He picked up a massive 16-point swing in 2013 amid the Liberals' landslide reelection victory.

Geography

Ocean Reef extends from the Wanneroo-Joondalup coastal boundary southwards, taking in the suburbs of Burns Beach, Iluka, Kallaroo, Kinross, Mullaloo, Ocean Reef and most of Currambine.

In the redistribution of 2011, the suburb of Mindarie was moved from the district of Mindarie into the district of Ocean Reef, effective at the 2013 election. The district of Mindarie was renamed Butler as a result.

Members for Ocean Reef

Member		Party	Term
	Albert Jacob	Liberal	2008–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Ocean Reef

Western Australian state election, 2013: Ocean Reef

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Albert Jacob	13,700	65.1	+18.8
	Labor	Philippa Taylor	5,384	25.6	–13.1
	Greens	Mary O'Byrne	1,409	6.7	–3.5
	Christians	Lyn Kennedy	301	1.4	–0.6
	Family First	Aliné Croll	243	1.2	–1.7
Total formal votes			21,037	93.6	-1.3
Informal votes			1,430	6.4	+1.3
Turnout			22,467	90.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Albert Jacob	14,507	69.0	+16.3
	Labor	Philippa Taylor	6,527	31.0	–16.3
	Liberal hold		Swing	+16.3