Electoral district of Forrestfield

Electoral district of Forrestfield

Infobox Australian Electorate
name = Forrestfield
state = wa


caption =
lifespan = 2008–present
mp = Andrew Waddell
mp-party = Labor
namesake = Forrestfield
area = 57
class = East Metropolitan

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

The district is based in the eastern suburbs of Perth.

Politically, the district is a marginal one. Based on the results of the 2005 state election, the newly drawn district was created with a Labor Party majority of 54.5% to 45.5% versus the Liberal Party.cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2009/redistribution.htm | title=2007 Western Australia Redistribution | publisher=ABC | author=Antony Green] It was narrowly retained by Labor.

Geography

Based in the eastern suburbs of Perth, the district has a north–south elongation covering three separate built up areas. In the north, the district takes in the suburbs of High Wycombe, Maida Vale and a small part of Gooseberry Hill; in the middle it covers most of Forrestfield, Wattle Grove and part of Kewdale; whilst to the south is the suburb of Kenwick plus part of Maddington.

History

Forrestfield was first contested at the 2008 state election. It was a new seat created as a result of the one vote one value reforms. A plurality of the new district's voters came from the district of Darling Range, which was radically redrawn. The northern most part of the electorate was constructed from parts of Belmont and Midland, whilst the voters in the southern part of the district were drawn in from Kenwick.

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