Scarborough is an
electoral district
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of the
Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of
Western Australia
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.
The district is a coastal electorate based in the northern suburbs of
Perth
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and is named for the suburb of
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
Places Australia
* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
* Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong
* Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
. It also includes the suburbs of
Doubleview,
Innaloo,
Osborne Park and parts of the suburbs of
City Beach,
Gwelup,
Karrinyup and
Trigg.
Politically, the district is a marginal one. Based on the results of the
2005 state election, the seat was created with a
Liberal Party
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majority of 52.4% to 47.6% versus the
Labor Party.
History
Scarborough was first created at the 1972 redistribution, and was first contested at the
1974 election. Although typically a Liberal-held seat, it was won by the Labor Party at the
1983
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and
1986 elections
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. The district was abolished at the
1996 election, largely replaced by the seat of
Innaloo.
Innaloo continued in the same trend as its predecessor, being won by Labor candidate
John Quigley at the
2001 election before being abolished at the 2003 redistribution.
A new seat called Scarborough was created for the
2008 state election when the number of
metropolitan seats was increased in accordance with the new
one vote one value
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legislation. Scarborough was formed from the territory of two existing electorates: the southern end of
Carine Carine may refer to:
Places
* Carine, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth
** Electoral district of Carine, in the Western Australian parliament
* Carine, Nikšić, Montenegro
* Carine (Mysia), a town of ancient Mysia, now in Turkey
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and the northern end of
Churchlands.
Members for Scarborough
Election results
References
External links
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Electoral districts of Western Australia