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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian electorate |
|name     = Hillarys
|state    = wa
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|From the [[2021 Western Australian state election|2021 state election]] to 2025
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|From the [[2025 Western Australian state election|2025 state election]]
|default=2
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|caption  = Interactive map of district boundaries
|lifespan = 1996–present
|mp       = [[Caitlin Collins]]
|mp-party = [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
|namesake = [[Hillarys, Western Australia|Hillarys]]
|electors = 33245
|electors_year = 2025
|area     = 25
|class    = Metropolitan
|near-n   = [[Electoral district of Joondalup|Joondalup]]
|near-ne  = [[Electoral district of Joondalup|Joondalup]]
|near-nw  = ''[[Indian Ocean]]''
|near-e   = [[Electoral district of Kingsley|Kingsley]]
|near-w   = ''[[Indian Ocean]]''
|near-s   = [[Electoral district of Carine|Carine]]
|near-se  = [[Electoral district of Carine|Carine]]
|near-sw  = ''[[Indian Ocean]]''
|coordinates = {{coord|31.78|S|115.75|E|display=inline,title}}
}}
{{Short description|State elecrtoral district in Western Australia}}
'''Hillarys''' is an [[Electoral districts of Western Australia|electoral district]] of the [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] in the Australian state of [[Western Australia]].

The district is based in Perth's northern suburbs. Politically, it is typically a safe Liberal seat but [[Caitlin Collins]] won it for the [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor Party]] for the first time at the [[2021 Western Australian state election|2021 election]].

==Geography==
Hillarys is an outer northern suburban seat in [[Perth]]. It is bounded to the north by [[Ocean Reef Road]], to the east by the [[Mitchell Freeway]], to the west by the [[Indian Ocean]] and to the south by [[Hepburn Avenue]]. The district includes the suburbs of [[Hillarys, Western Australia|Hillarys]], [[Padbury, Western Australia|Padbury]], [[Kallaroo, Western Australia|Kallaroo]], [[Mullaloo, Western Australia|Mullaloo]], [[Beldon, Western Australia|Beldon]] and [[Craigie, Western Australia|Craigie]].

==History==
The district was first contested at the [[1996 Western Australian state election|1996 state election]], essentially replacing the seat of [[Electoral district of Whitford|Whitford]]. It was held by Liberal MP [[Rob Johnson (Australian politician)|Rob Johnson]] from its creation until his 2017 defeat, after resigning from the party to sit as an independent. The district boundaries were redistributed in 2019 and saw the suburb of Sorrento being removed while the suburbs of Beldon and Mullaloo added.<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 November 2019|title=State election boundary shake-up|url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/eastern-reporter/commissioners-shake-up-electoral-boundaries-for-2021-wa-election-c-895316|access-date=24 February 2021|website=Community News|language=en}}</ref>

==Members for Hillarys==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Member!!Party!!Term
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| rowspan="2"|[[Rob Johnson (Australian politician)|Rob Johnson]]
| [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]]
| [[1996 Western Australian state election|1996]]–2016
|-
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|&nbsp; 
| [[Independent politician|Independent]] 
| 2016–2017
|-
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|&nbsp;
| [[Peter Katsambanis]]
| Liberal
| [[2017 Western Australian state election|2017]]–2021
|-
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|&nbsp;
| [[Caitlin Collins]]
| [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
| [[2021 Western Australian state election|2021]]–present
|}

==Election results==
{{main|Electoral results for the district of Hillarys}}

{{Excerpt|Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)|section=Hillarys}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* ABC election profiles: [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2005/guide/hill.htm 2005] [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2008/guide/hill.htm 2008]
* WAEC district maps: [http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/electoral-distribution/current-boundaries current boundaries], [http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/electoral-distribution previous distributions]

{{Electoral districts of Western Australia}}

[[Category:Electoral districts of Western Australia|Hillarys]]