Electoral district of Armadale

Armadale is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district is named for the southeastern Perth suburb of Armadale, which falls within its borders.

Armadale
Western AustraliaLegislative Assembly
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries
StateWestern Australia
Dates current1983–present
MPTony Buti
PartyLabor
NamesakeArmadale
Electors32,680 (2025)
Area40 km2 (15.4 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates32°08′S 116°01′E / 32.13°S 116.01°E / -32.13; 116.01
Electorates around Armadale:
Southern River Thornlie
Southern River
Thornlie
Oakford Armadale Darling Range
Oakford Darling Range Darling Range

History

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Armadale was created at the 1982 redistribution out of parts of the seats of Dale and Gosnells.[1] It was first contested in the 1983 election, in which Labor member Bob Pearce, who had previously represented Gosnells, was successful.[2] The seat has been regarded as very safe for the Labor Party since its creation, and at the 2001 election, the Liberal Party did not field a candidate for the seat. It was held from 1996 until 2010 by Alannah MacTiernan, the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure in the Gallop and Carpenter governments.

On 25 June 2010, MacTiernan resigned from the Western Australian Legislative Assembly to run for the federal seat of Canning. A by-election occurred on 2 October 2010 and Labor candidate Tony Buti was elected. Buti was re-elected at the state elections in 2013 and 2017. In the latter election, he increased his majority to 25.2 percent, making Armadale the safest seat in the legislature.

Geography

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As of 2025 Armadale is based mostly around the built-up Armadale suburban area, with Tonkin Highway forming a boundary to the northwest.[3] The boundaries contain the suburbs of Armadale, Camillo, Champion Lakes, Kelmscott, Mount Nasura and Seville Grove as well as parts of Mount Richon.

The 2007 redistribution, which took effect at the 2008 election, resulted in the seat losing eastern Kelmscott as well as Wungong and Forrestdale.[4] At the time Armadale was bounded by the Tonkin Highway to the northwest, the Canning River to the northeast, and the limits of the Armadale suburban area to the south and southeast. Its boundaries included the suburbs of Armadale, Brookdale, Champion Lakes, Hilbert, Mount Nasura, Mount Richon, Seville Grove and Camillo, as well as Kelmscott west of the Canning River.[5]

Armadale was left unchanged until the 2023 redistribution, where population growth in the south-western part of the seat accelerated to the point that a new seat was created in the form of Oakford. The suburbs of Brookdale, Haynes and Hilbert were transferred to the new seat while regaining the part of Kelmscott east of the Canning River from Darling Range.[6]

Members for Armadale

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Member Party Term
  Bob Pearce Labor 1983–1993
  Kay Hallahan Labor 1993–1996
  Alannah MacTiernan Labor 1996–2010
  Tony Buti Labor 2010–present

Election results

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2025 Western Australian state election: Armadale[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tony Buti 13,141 52.5 −20.6
Liberal Jason McNamara 4,374 17.5 +8.4
Greens Shelley Harrington 3,033 12.1 +7.4
One Nation Elizabeth Ierardi 2,060 8.2 +5.6
Christians Arthur Kleyn 1,750 7.0 +1.5
Stop Pedophiles C. Ling 673 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 25,031 94.6 −0.8
Informal votes 1,441 5.4 +0.8
Turnout 26,472 81.0 +2.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Tony Buti 17,223 68.9 −15.0
Liberal Jason McNamara 7,792 31.1 +15.0
Labor hold Swing −15.0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1981 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 20 January 1982. p. 1982:113-173.
  2. ^ Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth: Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. pp. 11–12. ISBN 0-7309-8409-5.
  3. ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (1 December 2023). "2023 Electoral Distribution - Final Boundaries - Armadale" (PDF). Archived from the original on 21 March 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  4. ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (4 August 2003). "2003 Electoral Distribution - Final Boundaries - East Metropolitan - Armadale". Archived from the original on 19 November 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  5. ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (29 October 2007). "2007 Electoral Distribution - Final Boundaries - East Metropolitan - Armadale". Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  6. ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (1 December 2023). "2023 Electoral Distribution - Final Boundaries - Armadale" (PDF). Archived from the original on 21 March 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  7. ^ 2025 State General Election – Armadale District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
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