Electoral district of Forrestfield

Forrestfield Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Forrestfield (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2008–present
MP	Stephen Price
Party	Labor
Namesake	Forrestfield
Electors	28,005 (2021)
Area	58 km^2 (22.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	32.00°S 115.99°E / -32.00; 115.99
Electorates around Forrestfield: Belmont Midland Midland Belmont Forrestfield Kalamunda Cannington Thornlie Kalamunda

Forrestfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia, based in the eastern suburbs of Perth.

Geography

Based in the eastern suburbs of Perth, the district has a north–south elongation covering three separate built up areas. In the north, the district takes in the suburbs of High Wycombe, Maida Vale and a small part of Gooseberry Hill; in the middle it covers most of Forrestfield, Wattle Grove and part of Kewdale; whilst to the south is the suburb of Kenwick plus part of Maddington and Orange Grove.

History

Forrestfield was first contested at the 2008 state election. It was a new seat created as a result of the one vote one value reforms. A plurality of the new district's voters came from the district of Darling Range, which was radically redrawn. The northernmost part of the electorate was constructed from parts of Belmont and Midland, whilst the voters in the southern part of the district were drawn in from Kenwick.

Members for Forrestfield

Member		Party	Term
	Andrew Waddell	Labor	2008–2013
	Nathan Morton	Liberal	2013–2017
	Stephen Price	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Forrestfield

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Forrestfield.[edit]

2021 Western Australian state election: Forrestfield^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Price	15,770	68.6	+22.3
	Liberal	George Tilbury	4,438	19.3	−10.7
	Greens	Beth McMullan	1,008	4.4	−2.1
	Christians	Peter Lampard	604	2.6	−0.2
	One Nation	Roger Barnett	518	2.3	−7.8
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Cameron Peters	339	1.5	+1.5
	Western Australia	Owen Doye	207	0.9	+0.9
	WAxit	Mohammod Shahalam	99	0.4	−0.6
Total formal votes			22,983	96.1	+1.3
Informal votes			927	3.9	−1.3
Turnout			23,910	85.4	−1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stephen Price	17,349	75.5	+16.1
	Liberal	George Tilbury	5,629	24.5	−16.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+16.1

References

1. 2021 State General Election – Forrestfield District Results, WAEC

External links

• Antony Green. "2008 Election Profile: Forrestfield". ABC.
• "Map of Forrestfield". boundarieswa.com. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008.