Electoral district of Wanneroo

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

The district is located in the northern suburbs of Perth.

Wanneroo is a traditionally a marginal seat; it has been held by the government of the day on every occasion since its creation in 1989. However, at the 2021 state election, which resulted in a second consecutive landslide for Mark McGowan, the marginal trend was broken and Wanneroo became a very safe seat for the Labor Party. Despite this, the seat still retains its status as a bellwether seat.

Geography

Wanneroo is based in the outer northern suburbs of Perth. It includes the suburbs of Ashby, Banksia Grove, Carramar, Gnangara, Hocking, Jandabup, Madeley, Mariginiup, Pearsall, Sinagra, Tapping, Wangara and Wanneroo.

History

Wanneroo was first created for the 1989 state election. It replaced the abolished seat of Joondalup, and was won by Labor MP Jackie Watkins, then the member for Joondalup. Watkins lost the seat one term later when Labor lost government at the 1993 state election. The seat remained in Liberal Party hands for two terms until the party lost government at the 2001 state election. This pattern asserted itself again at the 2008 state election when Labor's two term hold on the seat ended with the defeat of the Labor government.

Members for Wanneroo

Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian party style|	Jackie Watkins	Labor	1989–1993
Template:Australian party style|	Wayde Smith	Liberal	1993–1996
Template:Australian party style|	Iain MacLean	Liberal	1996–2001
Template:Australian party style|	Dianne Guise	Labor	2001–2008
Template:Australian party style|	Paul Miles	Liberal	2008–2017
Template:Australian party style|	Sabine Winton	Labor	2017–present

External links

• ABC election profiles: 2005 2008
• WAEC district maps: current boundaries, previous distributions