Electoral district of Bassendean

Bassendean Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1996–present
MP	Dave Kelly
Party	Australian Labor Party
Namesake	Bassendean
Area	21 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
Demographic	East Metropolitan

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

The district is based in the eastern suburbs of Perth. It is a safe Labor seat.

Geography

Bassendean is a compact electorate situated east of the Perth CBD. The district is bordered to the south by Swan River, to the east by the Tonkin Highway and Beechboro Road North, to the north by the Reid Highway and to the west by Lord Street. It includes the suburbs of Bassendean, Ashfield, Eden Hill, Kiara, Lockridge, as well as parts of Beechboro, Bayswater and Morley.

History

Bassendean was first contested at the 1996 state election. The seat was won by Labor candidate Clive Brown, previously the member for Morley, which had been abolished. Brown was succeeded at the 2005 state election by Martin Whitely, previously member for the abolished Roleystone. Whitely retired at the 2013 election and was succeeded by union official Dave Kelly.

Members for Bassendean

Member		Party	Term
	Clive Brown	Labor	1996–2005
	Martin Whitely	Labor	2005–2013
	Dave Kelly	Labor	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bassendean

Western Australian state election, 2013: Bassendean

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dave Kelly	9,663	46.7	–0.7
	Liberal	Bob Brown	8,167	39.5	+9.6
	Greens	Jennie Carter	2,119	10.2	–4.9
	Christians	Paul Mewhor	733	3.5	–1.8
Total formal votes			20,682	91.8	-0.7
Informal votes			1,854	9.1	+0.7
Turnout			22,536	90.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dave Kelly	11,397	55.1	–5.2
	Liberal	Bob Brown	9,273	44.9	+5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	–5.2

External links

• ABC Election Profiles: 2005 2008
• WAEC District Maps: 1996–2005 2005–2008 2008–