Electoral district of Bateman

Bateman
Western AustraliaLegislative Assembly
State or territory: Western Australia
Dates current: 2008–present
MP: Christian Porter
Party: Liberal
Namesake: Bateman
Area: 18 km² (7 sq mi)
Demographic: South Metropolitan

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

The district shares its name with the southern Perth suburb of Bateman, situated in the central part of the electorate. Both the electorate and the suburb are named after members of the Bateman family who established their home ‘Grasmere’ at nearby Bulls Creek in 1886.[1] The seat was created as a result of the 2007 electoral redistribution, largely replacing the former Murdoch electorate. Bateman is regarded as a safe Liberal seat, as Murdoch (itself largely replaced by Jandakot between 1989 and 1996[2]) had been held by the party since the seat's creation in 1977.

Bateman is bounded by North Lake Road to the west, South Street to the south, Karel Avenue and Fifth Avenue to the east, Bull Creek and the Canning River to the northeast, with its northern boundary running through the suburbs of Booragoon and Mount Pleasant, including the Blue Gum Reserve but excluding Garden City shopping centre. Its boundaries include the suburbs of Bateman, Brentwood, Bull Creek, Rossmoyne and Winthrop, along with Kardinya east of North Lake Road, Murdoch north of South Street, and parts of Booragoon, Mount Pleasant and Myaree.[3]

Contents

Members for Bateman

Member Party Term
  Christian Porter Liberal 2008–present

Election results

Western Australian state election, 2008: Bateman[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Christian Porter 10,541 53.40 +5.1
Labor Tony Stokes 5,538 28.05 -5.8
Greens WA Andrea Callaghan 2,562 12.98 +6.0
Christian Democrats Ka-ren Chew 750 3.80 +0.3
Independent Won-Sik Choi 350 1.77 +1.77
Total formal votes 19,741 95.67
Informal votes 893 4.33
Turnout 20,634 89.59
Two-candidate preferred result
Liberal Christian Porter 12,116 61.39 +4.5
Labor Tony Stokes 7,620 38.61 -4.5
Liberal hold Swing +4.5

References

  1. ^ http://www.melvillecity.com.au/about/city-profile/suburb-fact-sheets/Bateman.pdf
  2. ^ An examination of the electoral boundaries of Murdoch and the former seat of Jandakot shows them to be have similar boundaries. The newly created seat of Jandakot, though it takes in some areas currently within the Murdoch boundary, is much larger than its previous incarnation in the period 1989-96. See http://www.boundarieswa.com/2007/Final-Boundaries/South_Metropolitan/Jandakot/.
  3. ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (29 October 2007). "2007 Electoral Distribution > Final Boundaries - South Metropolitan > Bateman". http://www.boundarieswa.com/2007/Final-Boundaries/South_Metropolitan/Bateman. Retrieved 2008-08-08. 
  4. ^ "2008 State General Election Details: District of Bateman Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. http://www.waec.wa.gov.au/elections/state_elections/election_results/2008_State_General_Election/District_of_Bateman/District_results.php. Retrieved 3 December 2011. 

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