| Willagee Western Australia—Legislative Assembly |
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| State or territory: | Western Australia |
| Dates current: | 1996–present |
| MP: | Peter Tinley |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Willagee |
| Area: | 21 km² (8 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | South Metropolitan |
Willagee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. The district is located in the southern suburbs of Perth.
Willagee has at all times been a safe Labor seat.
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Willagee is a north–south elongated electorate in Perth's south, to the east and south-east of Fremantle. It includes:
Willagee was first created at the 1994 redistribution ahead of the 1996 state election. It was won by Labor candidate Alan Carpenter, who later served as Minister for Education and other portfolios in the Gallop Ministry. Following Geoff Gallop's retirement from politics in January 2006, Carpenter became Premier, which he remained until the 2008 state election, at which Labor lost its majority. He retired from politics effective 2 October 2009 and the resulting by-election, held on 28 November, was won by Labor candidate Peter Tinley.
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Alan Carpenter | Labor | 1996–2009 | |
| Peter Tinley | Labor | 2009–present | |
| Willagee state by-election, 2009[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Peter Tinley | 9,160 | 53.80 | +2.15 | |
| Greens | Hsien Harper | 5,162 | 30.32 | +12.90 | |
| Independent | Gerry Georgatos | 1,529 | 8.98 | +8.98 | |
| Christian Democrats | Henri Chew | 1,175 | 6.90 | +6.90 | |
| Total formal votes | 17,026 | 95.48 | +1.87 | ||
| Informal votes | 863 | 4.82 | −1.87 | ||
| Turnout | 17,889 | 77.50 | −8.62 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Peter Tinley | 10,316 | 60.61 | −3.97 | |
| Greens | Hsien Harper | 6,664 | 39.39 | +39.39 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
| Western Australian state election, 2008: Willagee[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Alan Carpenter | 9,718 | 51.7 | +3.6 | |
| Liberal | Matt Taylor | 5,820 | 30.9 | +5.6 | |
| Greens | Robert Delves | 3,277 | 17.4 | +8.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 18,815 | 93.3 | +0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,350 | 6.7 | -0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 20,165 | 86.1 | |||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Alan Carpenter | 12,150 | 64.6 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal | Matt Taylor | 6,664 | 35.4 | -0.9 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +0.9 | |||
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