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Electoral district of Willagee

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Willagee
Western AustraliaLegislative Assembly
Location of Willagee (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
StateWestern Australia
Dates current1996–present
MPPeter Tinley
PartyLabor
NamesakeWillagee
Electors28,393 (2021)
Area35 km2 (13.5 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

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

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

History

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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.

Members for Willagee

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

Election results

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2021 Western Australian state election: Willagee[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Tinley 15,576 66.1 +11.3
Liberal Barry Jones 4,525 19.2 −9.3
Greens Felicity Townsend 2,197 9.3 −1.9
No Mandatory Vaccination Susan Poole 507 2.2 +2.2
One Nation Mark Dalrymple 434 1.8 +1.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Mitchell 310 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 23,549 96.3 +1.1
Informal votes 906 3.7 −1.1
Turnout 24,455 86.1 −2.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Peter Tinley 18,156 77.1 +9.5
Liberal Barry Jones 5,387 22.9 −9.5
Labor hold Swing +9.5

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