Electoral district of Midland

Midland is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

Midland Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1996–present
MP	Steve Catania
Party	Labor
Namesake	Midland
Electors	32,809 (2025)
Area	57 km2 (22.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	31.89°S 116.03°E / -31.89; 116.03
Electorates around Midland: West Swan Swan Hills Kalamunda Bassendean Midland Kalamunda Belmont Forrestfield Kalamunda

The district is located in the eastern suburbs of Perth.

Midland has been held by the Labor since its creation, however it was retained by Labor at the 2013 election by 23 votes, which made it the most marginal seat in the Western Australian parliament during the 2013–2017 term.

Geography

Midland is based in the outer eastern suburbs of Perth. It includes the communities of Bellevue, Boya, Greenmount, Guildford, Hazelmere, Helena Valley, Jane Brook, Koongamia, Midland, Midvale, Stratton, Swan View, Viveash, Woodbridge, as well as parts of the communities of Darlington, Middle Swan, Red Hill, and South Guildford.

History

Midland was first created for the 1996 state election. It largely replaced the abolished seat of Helena, with another portion coming from the abolished seat of Glendalough. The district's first representative was Labor's Michelle Roberts, the last member for Glendalough. Roberts has held the seat ever since.

The seat was originally created as a marginal Labor seat, and remained so in the 1996 election. However, Roberts picked up a healthy swing of nine percent in 2001 as her party won government. She was reelected in 2005 with only a small swing against her even as her party was convincingly reelected. She served as a prominent minister in the Gallop and Carpenter governments.

A redistribution ahead of the 2008 election made Midland slightly more secure for Roberts, and she was reelected even as her party narrowly lost government. In 2013, however, Roberts was nearly defeated by Liberal challenger Daniel Parasiliti, with only Green preferences allowing her to survive by 24 votes. Roberts saw off Parasiliti with somewhat less difficulty in a 2017 rematch as her party regained government on the strength of a strong showing in Perth, picking up enough of a swing to make Midland a safe Labor seat in one stroke. She consolidated that swing in 2021 amid the massive Labor wave that swept through the state that year, and now sits on a margin of 25.5 percent. She was elected as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the first woman to hold the post.

Members for Midland

Member		Party	Term
	Michelle Roberts	Labor	1996–2025
	Steve Catania	Labor	2025–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Midland

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Midland.[edit]

2025 Western Australian state election: Midland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Steve Catania	10,514	40.4	−26.6
	Liberal	Mike Matich	6,942	26.7	+8.7
	Greens	Sarah Nielsen-Harvey	2,616	10.1	+3.5
	Independent	Sarah Howlett	1,895	7.3	+7.3
	One Nation	Julie Anne Cottam	1,529	5.9	+3.7
	Legalise Cannabis	Jane-Marie Southworth	1,287	4.9	+4.9
	Christians	Brian Warburton	657	2.5	−0.2
	Animal Justice	Delia Richardson	562	2.2	+2.2
Total formal votes			26,002	95.1	−0.5
Informal votes			1,350	4.9	+0.5
Turnout			27,352	83.4	+5.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Steve Catania	15,818	60.9	−16.0
	Liberal	Mike Matich	10,155	39.1	+16.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−16.0

External links

• ABC election profiles: 2005 2008
• WAEC district maps: current boundaries, previous distributions