Electoral district of Gosnells

Gosnells Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1977–1989; 2008–present
MP	Chris Tallentire
Party	Labor
Namesake	Gosnells
Area	24 km2 (9.3 sq mi)
Demographic	East Metropolitan

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

The district is based in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth. It includes almost all of the suburb of Gosnells, large parts of the suburbs of Huntingdale and Thornlie and a small part of the suburb of Martin.

Politically, Gosnells appears to be a safe Labor seat. Based on the results of the 2005 state election, the district was created with a Labor Party majority of 61.5% to 38.5% versus the Liberal Party. At the next state election in 2008 the majority dropped to 55.9% with the Australian Labor Party. and 44.5% with the Liberal Party of Australia.

History

Gosnells was first created for the 1977 state election and abolished ahead of the 1989 state election. It was largely replaced by the district of Thornlie, which sitting Gosnells MP Yvonne Henderson contested and won. Gosnells was held at all times by the Labor Party.

A new seat named Gosnells was created for the 2008 state election when the number of metropolitan seats was increased in accordance with the new one vote one value legislation. The new district was drawn from large parts of the electorates of Kenwick, which was abolished, and Southern River as well as a small part of Armadale.

Members for Gosnells

Gosnells (1977–1989)
Member		Party	Term
	Bob Pearce	Labor	1977–1983
	Yvonne Henderson	Labor	1983–1989
Gosnells (2008–present)
	Chris Tallentire	Labor	2008–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Gosnells

Western Australian state election, 2013: Gosnells

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	9,237	44.8	+2.1
	Liberal	David Goode	8,040	39.0	+2.6
	Greens	Luke Edmonds	1,207	5.9	–6.4
	Independent	Chris Fernandez	850	4.1	+4.1
	Christians	Mark Staer	782	3.8	–0.7
	Independent	Debbie Butler	501	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			20,617	92.5	-1.6
Informal votes			1,682	7.5	+1.6
Turnout			22,299	89.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Tallentire	10,896	52.9	–1.9
	Liberal	David Goode	9,701	47.1	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	–1.9