ALP 11.4%
Incumbent MP
Cassie Rowe, since 2017.
Geography
Inner-eastern Perth. Belmont covers suburbs on the south side of the Swan River, including the suburbs Rivervale, Kewdale, Belmont, Cloverdale, Redcliffe, Ascot, Hazelmere and part of South Guilford. Belmont also covers the Burswood peninsula. The seat covers the entirety of Belmont council area, and parts of Victoria Park, Canning and Swan council areas.
Redistribution
No change.
History
Belmont has existed continuously since 1989, and previously from 1962 until 1974. The seat was held continuously by Labor until 2013.
The seat was won in 1989 by Eric Ripper.
Ripper had won a by-election in the seat of Ascot in 1988, after the resignation of former Deputy Premier Mal Bryce.
In 1989, Ascot was abolished and most of the population was put into Belmont.
Ripper served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition under Geoff Gallop from 1996 to 2001, and then Deputy Premier in the Gallop and Carpenter governments until 2008.
After the ALP lost power in 2008, Ripper became Leader of the Opposition. He held the position until early 2012, when he resigned and was replaced by Mark McGowan.
Ripper retired at the 2013 election, and Belmont was won by Liberal candidate Glenys Godfrey with a 7.6% swing.
Godfrey lost to Labor’s Cassie Rowe in 2017.
Candidates
- Cassie Rowe (Labor)
- Shaun Rose (No Mandatory Vaccination)
- Chris Fenech (One Nation)
- Mohammed Boksmati (Waxit)
- Nitasha Naidu (Australian Christians)
- Charlotte Butler (Liberal)
- Clint Uink (Greens)
Assessment
The Liberal Party won Belmont in 2013 but that was at the peak of Liberal support. Labor would be favourites here.
2017 result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Cassie Rowe | Labor | 10,547 | 49.2 | +6.9 |
| Glenys Godfrey | Liberal | 6,500 | 30.3 | -17.0 |
| Bhuwan Khadka | Greens | 1,621 | 7.6 | -0.6 |
| Julie Mitchell | One Nation | 1,397 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| Sue Fraser | Australian Christians | 394 | 1.8 | -0.4 |
| Brigit Anderson | Animal Justice | 355 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Ian Blevin | Shooters, Fishers & Farmers | 356 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Miral Soboh | Micro Business | 280 | 1.3 | +1.3 |
| Informal | 1,169 | 5.2 |
2017 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Cassie Rowe | Labor | 13,162 | 61.4 | +12.4 |
| Glenys Godfrey | Liberal | 8,273 | 38.6 | -12.4 |
Booth breakdown
Booths have been divided into three parts: central, north and south.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, with just over 62% in the centre and north and almost 65% in the south.
| Voter group | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 62.4 | 5,706 | 26.6 |
| Central | 62.3 | 4,353 | 20.3 |
| South | 64.7 | 3,730 | 17.4 |
| Pre-poll | 58.7 | 2,452 | 11.4 |
| Other votes | 58.3 | 5,209 | 24.3 |
Two-party-preferred votes in Belmont at the 2017 WA state election
My home seat in inner eastern Perth, will no doubt be held by Labor. Long term it is slowly trending away from Labor, as was seen by the Liberals winning Belmont at the 2013 election but it remains a fairly safe Labor seat that is only won by the Liberals at their high-water mark.