Kenwick was an
electoral district
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of the
Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of
Western Australia
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from 1989 to 1996 and again from 2005 to 2008.
Both incarnations of the district were based in the south-eastern suburbs of
Perth
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and were safe for the
Labor Party.
History
Kenwick was first contested at the
1989 state election. The seat was won by
Labor candidate
Judyth Watson
Judyth Watson (8 March 1940 - 9 July 2023) was an Australian former politician.
Early life
Watson was born in Burton-on-Trent, England to Cecil and Hylda Watson in 1940. She emigrated to Australia in 1949 and went to school at Perth Modern Sc ...
. It was abolished two terms later and Watson unsuccessfully contested the new seat of
Southern River at the
1996 state election.
A new seat called Kenwick was created for the
2005 state election. The new district was created from territory formerly belonging to
Belmont
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People
* Belmont (surname)
Places
* Belmont Abbey (disambiguation)
* Belmont Historic District (disambiguation)
* Belmont Hotel (disambiguation)
* Belmont Park (disambiguation)
* Belmont Plantation (disambiguation)
* Belmon ...
,
Southern River,
Roleystone and
Thornlie; the latter two of which were abolished. Kenwick was itself abolished one term later, ahead of the
2008 state election. Its member for that term was Labor MP
Sheila McHale
Sheila Margaret McHale (born 1 September 1953) born is a former Labor Party MP in the Government of Western Australia. Prior to retirement, she served as Member for Kenwick and Minister for Disability Services, Tourism, Culture and the Arts, ...
, formerly the member for Thornlie. At its abolition, Kenwick's former territory was divided between the new seats of
Cannington,
Forrestfield,
Gosnells and
Kalamunda. McHale retired at the 2008 election.
Geography
Kenwick, in its second and most recent incarnation, straddled both sides of the
Canning River in Perth's south-east. The district included the suburbs of
Kenwick,
Beckenham,
Maddington, and parts of the suburbs of
East Cannington
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Etymology
As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...
,
Wattle Grove,
Langford,
Thornlie,
Gosnells and
Martin Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Austral ...
.
Members for Kenwick
Election results
External links
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{{Former electoral districts of Western Australia
Kenwick