The electoral district of Capel was a
Legislative Assembly electorate
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in the
state
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of
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. The district was named for the
South West
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town of
Capel, located between
Bunbury and
Busselton, which fell within its borders. The seat was abolished after only one term at the 2007 redistribution, taking effect from the
2008 election due to the
one vote one value
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legislation. Most parts of the seat now fall within the new seat of
Collie-Preston, which is regarded as a marginal Labor seat by
Antony Green
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Early years and background
Born in Warrington, Lancashire, in northern England, Gre ...
based on 2005 figures, with the Busselton portions becoming part of
Vasse.
Capel was created out of parts of
Collie
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,
Mitchell
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and Vasse, accounting for significant population growth in the
Busselton-
Dunsborough area which had seen Vasse contract to those areas. The seat was first contested in the
2005 election at which
Liberal
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member
Steve Thomas was successful.
Geography
Capel included some outer southern and southeastern suburbs of
Bunbury, as well as most of the inland
Shire of Busselton and all of the Shires of
Capel and
Donnybrook-Balingup. Major centres included the Bunbury suburbs of
College Grove,
Dalyellup,
Davenport,
Gelorup,
Usher and the southern parts of
Withers
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, and the towns of
Balingup,
Boyanup,
Capel,
Carbunup River
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,
Donnybrook,
Kirup and
Yoongarillup. Of these, only the booths around
Withers
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returned a Labor majority.
Members for Capel
Election results
See also
*
Capel, Western Australia
References
External links
Electorate Profile(Antony Green, ABC)
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Former electoral districts of Western Australia
2005 establishments in Australia
Constituencies established in 2005
Constituencies disestablished in 2008
2008 disestablishments in Australia
Populated places disestablished in 2008