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Electoral district of Warnbro

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State
  
Western Australia

MP
  
Paul Papalia

Area
  
92 km²

Namesake
  
Warnbro

Dates current
  
2008–present

Electors
  
28,051 (2017)

Member of parliament
  
Paul Papalia

Party
  
Australian Labor Party

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Demographic
  
Electoral region of South Metropolitan

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

Contents

The district is located in the outer south-western suburbs of Perth.

Politically, Warnbro is a safe Labor seat. At its creation, the district was calculated to have a Labor Party majority of 61.2% to 38.8% versus the Liberal Party.

History

Warnbro was first created for the 2008 state election. It was essentially a truncation of the abolished district of Peel. All of Warnbro was previously covered by Peel, whilst Peel's northern most suburbs became part of the new district of Kwinana.

Warnbro was won by Labor MP Paul Papalia, who was previously the member for Peel.

Geography

Warnbro is a coastal electorate situated in the south-western corner of the Metropolitan Region Scheme. It takes in the suburbs of Warnbro, Port Kennedy, Secret Harbour, Golden Bay, Karnup, Singleton, as well as parts of Baldivis and Waikiki.

References

Electoral district of Warnbro Wikipedia