Electoral district of Burns Beach

State electoral district of Western Australia

33°20′S 115°40′E / 33.33°S 115.66°E / -33.33; 115.66

Burns Beach is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It is located in Perth's northern suburbs, and named after the suburb of Burns Beach.

Geography

Burns Beach includes the suburbs of Burns Beach, Mindarie, Quinns Rocks, Clarkson, Tamala Park, Kinross, as well as portions of Currambine and Neerabup. It is bounded by Hampshire Drive, Marmion Avenue and Hester Avenue to the north; Wanneroo Road to the east; Joondalup Drive, Moore Drive and Burns Beach Road to the south; and the Indian Ocean to the west.[1]

History

Burns Beach was created by the Western Australian Electoral Commission in a 2015 redistribution, and gained its first member at the 2017 state election. It incorporates areas that previously fell into the seats of Butler, Joondalup and Ocean Reef.

The district boundaries were redistributed in 2019 and saw the suburbs of Iluka and part of Joondalup being removed while the suburb Quinns Rocks was added.[2]

Members for Burns Beach

Member Party Term
  Mark Folkard Labor 2017–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Burns Beach.[edit]
2021 Western Australian state election: Burns Beach[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Mark Folkard 17,193 70.1 +25.8
Liberal Trish Botha 4,545 18.5 −19.0
Greens Louis Marchant 1,355 5.5 −3.6
Christians Graeme Offereins 625 2.5 +0.5
No Mandatory Vaccination Meredith Campbell 585 2.4 +2.4
WAxit Peter Rosengrave 223 0.9 −0.3
Total formal votes 24,526 96.4 +1.7
Informal votes 916 3.6 −1.7
Turnout 25,442 84.9 +1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Mark Folkard 18,849 76.9 +21.5
Liberal Trish Botha 5,669 23.1 −21.5
Labor hold Swing +21.5

References

  1. ^ 2019 Final Boundaries by Region and District, Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  2. ^ "State election boundary shake-up". Community News. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  3. ^ 2021 State General Election – Burns Beach District Results, WAEC

External links

  • ABC election profiles: 2017
  • WAEC district maps: 2015