Electoral district of Jandakot

State electoral district of Western Australia

Jandakot
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly

Location of Jandakot (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area

State

Western Australia

Dates current

1989–1996; 2008–present

Yaz Mubarakai

Party

Labor

Namesake

Jandakot

Electors

32,121 (2021)

Area

91 km² (35.1 sq mi)

Demographic

Metropolitan

Electorates around Jandakot:
Bateman	Riverton Cannington	Thornlie Southern River
Willagee Cockburn	Jandakot	Southern River Armadale
Kwinana	Darling Range	Armadale

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

The district is based in the southern suburbs of Perth and is named for the suburb of Jandakot. It also includes the suburbs of Canning Vale (part), Forrestdale, Harrisdale, Leeming, Piara Waters and Treeby.

Politically, the district is a marginal one. Based on the results of the 2005 state election, the district was created with a Labor Party majority of 53.6% to 46.4% versus the Liberal Party.^[1]

History

Jandakot was first created in 1988 for the 1989 state election, largely replacing the abolished seat of Murdoch. It contained the suburbs of Bull Creek, Leeming and western and southern Willetton, as well as part of Canning Vale and Jandakot Airport.^[2]

Its first member was the then Liberal Opposition Leader, Barry MacKinnon. MacKinnon retired from politics in 1993 after being ousted as leader in favour of Richard Court a year earlier, and Mike Board, who later became a Minister in the Court government, won the seat in his stead. The name Murdoch was restored by the 1994 redistribution, taking effect at the 1996 state election.^[3]

A new seat named Jandakot was created ahead of the 2008 state election when the number of metropolitan seats was increased in accordance with the new one vote one value legislation on 29 October 2007. The new district was drawn from parts of the existing electorates of Cockburn, Murdoch, Riverton, Serpentine-Jarrahdale and Southern River.

Population growth on Perth's outer predicated re-drawing of the state electoral boundaries again in 2015 ahead of the 2017 State Election, with the seat of Jandakot shifting eastward.^[4]

Members for Jandakot

Jandakot (1989–1996)
Member		Party	Term
	Barry MacKinnon	Liberal	1989–1993
	Mike Board	Liberal	1993–1996
Jandakot (2008–present)
	Joe Francis	Liberal	2008–2017
	Yaz Mubarakai	Labor	2017–present

Election results

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

2021 Western Australian state election: Jandakot^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Yaz Mubarakai	17,950	64.5	+24.1
	Liberal	Mihael McCoy	6,460	23.2	−15.2
	Greens	Heather Lonsdale	1,347	4.8	−1.9
	Christians	Marianne Pretorius	921	3.3	−0.3
	One Nation	Dominic Kelly	388	1.4	−5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Damon Miles	265	1.0	+1.0
	No Mandatory Vaccination	P. Hallifax	262	0.9	+0.9
	WAxit	Jagdip Singh	251	0.9	−0.9
Total formal votes			27,844	96.8	+0.7
Informal votes			914	3.2	−0.7
Turnout			28,758	89.5	+5.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Yaz Mubarakai	19,773	71.0	+19.2
	Liberal	Mihael McCoy	8,067	29.0	−19.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+19.2

References

^ Antony Green. "2007 Western Australia Redistribution". ABC.
^ "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 29 April 1988. p. 1988:1339-1527.
^ "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Six Electoral Regions and 57 Electoral Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners". Western Australia Government Gazette. 28 November 1994. p. 1994:6135-6327.
^ "Electoral Boundaries | Electoral Boundaries WA". www.boundaries.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
^ 2021 State General Election – Jandakot District Results, WAEC