Electoral district of Willagee
| Willagee Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2021 state election to 2025 | |
| State | Western Australia |
| Dates current | 1996–2025 |
| Namesake | Willagee |
| Electors | 28,393 (2021) |
| Area | 35 km2 (13.5 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
Willagee was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. The district was located in the southern suburbs of Perth. It existed from 1996 to 2025, when it was replaced by the electoral district of Bibra Lake.
Willagee was at all times a safe Labor seat.
Geography
Willagee is an electorate in Perth's south, to the east and south-east of Fremantle. It includes:
- the suburbs of Willagee, Kardinya and Murdoch from the City of Melville;
- the suburbs of O'Connor and Samson from the City of Fremantle;
- the suburbs of Coolbellup, Bibra Lake, North Lake and South Lake from the City of Cockburn.
History
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.
The electoral district of Willagee was abolished at the 2025 state election, and replaced by the electoral district of Bibra Lake.[1]
Members for Willagee
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Carpenter | Labor | 1996–2009 | |
| Peter Tinley | Labor | 2009–2025 | |
Election results
| 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 | |||
References
- ^ "Bibra Lake - WA Election 2025". ABC News. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ 2021 State General Election – Willagee District Results, WAEC
External links
- ABC election profiles: 2005 2008
- WAEC district maps: current boundaries, previous distributions