Electoral district of Bassendean

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Bassendean is an Electoral district of Western Australia. As in other districts, the Bassendean district elects a single person to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The elected person is then known as the Member for Bassendean, and is said to hold the seat of Bassendean. As of 2005, the Member for Bassendean is Martin Whitely who holds the seat for the Labor Party by a margin of 13.7%. The seat in 2009 is expected to be retained by the Labor Party.

Covers suburbs and some rural districts in an area bounded by the Swan River, the Tonkin Highway and Beechboro Road. It covers 84 km² and includes the suburbs of Ashfield, Bassendean, Eden Hill, Kiara, part of Morley, Lockridge, Beechboro, Caversham and West Swan.

Bassendean was created as a new seat for the 1996 election, roughly replacing the abolished electorate of Morley. It recorded a 7.1% swing to Labor in 2001.

Legislative Assembly 2001
  Labor 56.1%
  Liberals 19.5%
  One Nation 9.2%
  Greens 8.2%
Legislative Assembly 2005
  Labor 52.9%
  Liberals 27.6%
  Greens 8.6%
  Family First 5.1%


 
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Albany | Alfred Cove | Armadale | Avon | Balcatta | Ballajura | Bassendean | Belmont | Bunbury | Capel | Carine | Central Kimberley-Pilbara | Churchlands | Cockburn | Collie-Wellington | Cottesloe | Darling Range | Dawesville | Fremantle | Geraldton | Greenough | Girrawheen | Hillarys | Joondalup | Kalgoorlie | Kenwick | Kimberley | Kingsley | Leschenault | Mandurah | Maylands | Merredin | Midland | Mindarie | Moore | Murchison-Eyre | Murdoch | Murray | Nedlands | North West Coastal | Peel | Perth | Riverton | Rockingham | Roe | Serpentine-Jarrahdale | Southern River | South Perth | Stirling | Swan Hills | Vasse | Victoria Park | Wagin | Wanneroo | Warren-Blackwood | Willagee | Yokine
Abolished: (incomplete)

Brown Hill | Brown Hill-Ivanhoe | Central Murchison | Coolgardie North-east | Ivanhoe | Leederville | Nannine | Roebourne | Subiaco | South Murchison
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