Electoral district of Carine

State electoral district of Perth, Western Australia

31°51′S 115°46′E / 31.85°S 115.77°E / -31.85; 115.77

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

The district is based in Perth's northern suburbs. Politically, it has been a safe Liberal seat but Paul Lilburne won it for the Labor Party for the first time at the 2021 election.

Geography

Carine is a beachside electorate located in Perth's northern suburbs. It is bounded to the east by the Mitchell Freeway, to the south by North Beach Road, Karrinyup Road and Reid Highway and to the west by the Indian Ocean. Its northern boundary consists of Hepburn Avenue. The districts includes the suburbs of Carine, Watermans Bay, Sorrento, Duncraig, Marmion and Karrinyup.

History

Carine was first created for the 1996 state election. It largely replaced the abolished district of Marmion.

The district boundaries were redistributed in 2019 and saw the suburbs of North Beach and Gwelup being removed while the suburb of Sorrento was added.^[1]

Members for Carine

	Party	Term
Katie Hodson-Thomas	Liberal	1996–2008
Tony Krsticevic	Liberal	2008–2021
Paul Lilburne	Labor	2021–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Carine.[edit]

2021 Western Australian state election: Carine^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tony Krsticevic	12,012	44.4	−5.8
	Labor	Paul Lilburne	11,993	44.3	+17.1
	Greens	Nicholas D'Alonzo	2,369	8.8	−1.7
	No Mandatory Vaccination	A. Cox	490	1.8	+1.8
	WAxit	Marilyn Tringas	197	0.7	−0.7
Total formal votes			27,061	97.2	+0.8
Informal votes			793	2.8	−0.8
Turnout			27,854	90.7	−3.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Lilburne	14,195	52.5	+12.7
	Liberal	Tony Krsticevic	12,864	47.5	−12.7
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+12.7

References

^ "State election boundary shake-up". Community News. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
^ 2021 State General Election – Carine District Results, WAEC