Gosnells was an
electoral district
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of the
Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It was in existence from 1977 to 1989 and from 2008 to 2017. The seat was named after the suburb of
Gosnells, and was located in
Perth's southeastern suburbs. Gosnells was a
safe seat
A safe seat is an electoral district (constituency) in a legislative body (e.g. Congress, Parliament, City Council) which is regarded as fully secure, for either a certain political party, or the incumbent representative personally or a combinat ...
for the
Labor Party for most of its existence.
History
Gosnells was first created for the
1977 state election and abolished ahead of the
1989 state election. It was largely replaced by the district of
Thornlie, which sitting Gosnells MP
Yvonne Henderson contested and won. Gosnells was held at all times by the Labor Party.
A new seat named Gosnells was created for the
2008 state election when the number of
metropolitan
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* Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
* Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
* Metropolitan county, a typ ...
seats was increased in accordance with the new
one vote one value legislation. The new district was drawn from large parts of the electorates of
Kenwick, which was abolished, and
Southern River, as well as a small part of
Armadale. It included almost all of the suburb of
Gosnells, large parts of the suburbs of
Huntingdale and
Thornlie and a small part of the suburb of
Martin.
Gosnells was abolished for a second time in a redistribution prior to the
2017 state election. The sitting MP, Labor's
Chris Tallentire, contested the new
seat of Thornlie, while parts of Gosnells were also incorporated into
Southern River.
Members for Gosnells
Election results
References
External links
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Former electoral districts of Western Australia
1977 establishments in Australia
Constituencies established in 1977
2017 disestablishments in Australia
Constituencies disestablished in 2017