Mandurah – WA 2017

ALP 7.7%

Incumbent MP
David Templeman, since 2001.

Geography
Southern coastal fringe of Perth. The seat of Mandurah covers northern parts of the Mandurah council area, including the suburbs of Mandurah, Meadow Springs, Lakelands, Parklands, Greenfields, Silver Sands, San Remo, Madora Bay and Barragup.

Redistribution
No change.

History
The seat of Mandurah has existed since 1983. The seat has swung back and forth between the parties, with a Liberal period from 1989 to 2001 dividing two periods of Labor holding the seat.

Mandurah was first won in 1983 by Labor candidate John Read. Read was re-elected in 1986.

Liberal candidate Roger Nicholls defeated Read in 1989. Nicholls joined the Liberal frontbench in 1990 and after winning a second term in 1993 he became a minister in the new government. He stepped down from the ministry in 1997.

Labor’s David Templeman defeated Nicholls in 2001. Templeman was re-elected in 2005, 2008 and 2013, and served as a minister from 2006 to 2008.

Candidates

  • Seb Carrie-Wilson (Flux)
  • Lynne Rowlands (Liberal)
  • Doug Shaw (One Nation)
  • Paul Batsioudis (Micro Business Party)
  • Jason Turner (Nationals)
  • David Templeman (Labor)
  • Jodie Moffat (Greens)

Assessment
Mandurah is a reasonably safe Labor seat, and is likely to get safer in 2017.

2013 result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
David Templeman Labor 10,507 52.5 -0.4
Tony Solin Liberal 7,531 37.6 +3.5
Chilla Bulbeck Greens 724 3.6 -2.5
Andrew Newhouse Family First 527 2.6 -1.2
Jake Ash Nationals 367 1.8 +1.8
John Hughes Independent 261 1.3 +1.3
Charles Bryant Independent 102 0.5 +0.5
Informal 957 4.6

2013 two-party-preferred result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
David Templeman Labor 11,550 57.7 -2.8
Tony Solin Liberal 8,465 42.3 +2.8

Booth breakdown

Booths have been divided into three parts: north, south-east and south-west.

Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 56% in the south-east to 62.5% in the south-west.

Voter group ALP 2PP % Total votes % of votes
North 57.5 5,424 27.1
South-East 56.1 4,872 24.3
South-West 62.5 4,347 21.7
Other votes 53.8 3,072 15.3
Pre-poll 57.4 2,304 11.5

Two-party-preferred votes in Mandurah at the 2013 WA state election

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