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Electoral district of Girrawheen

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Girrawheen
Western AustraliaLegislative Assembly
Location of Girrawheen (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
StateWestern Australia
Created1996
Abolished2021
MPMargaret Quirk
PartyLabor
NamesakeGirrawheen
Electors28,422 (2017)
Area22 km2 (8.5 sq mi)

Girrawheen was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1996 to 2021.

The district was based in Perth's northern suburbs. Politically, it was a safe Labor seat.

Geography

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Girrawheen was located in Perth's northern suburbs. It was bounded to the west by the Mitchell Freeway, to the south by the Reid Highway and to the east by Mirrabooka Avenue. Its northernmost boundary was Hepburn Avenue. The district included the suburbs of Girrawheen, Marangaroo, Balga, Warwick and a large section of Hamersley.

History

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Girrawheen was first created for the 1996 state election. It largely replaced the abolished district of Marangaroo. Subsequently, it was replaced by Landsdale in time for the 2021 state election.

Members for Girrawheen

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Member Party Term
  Ted Cunningham Labor 1996–2001
  Margaret Quirk Labor 2001–2021

Election results

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2017 Western Australian state election: Girrawheen[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Margaret Quirk 13,452 56.5 +12.0
Liberal Dame Krcoski 6,484 27.2 −14.9
Greens Mushfiq Shah 1,353 5.7 +0.1
Christians David Phillips 905 3.8 +0.1
Family First Che Tam Nguyen 662 2.8 −1.3
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Raymond Roach 607 2.5 +2.5
Micro Business Sahaj Singh 356 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 23,819 94.5 +2.3
Informal votes 1,375 5.5 −2.3
Turnout 25,194 88.6 +6.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Margaret Quirk 15,883 66.7 +14.0
Liberal Dame Krcoski 7,927 33.3 −14.0
Labor hold Swing +14.0

References

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  1. ^ Girrawheen District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.
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