Thornlie is an
electoral district
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of the
Legislative Assembly of Western Australia
The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Western Australia, an Australian state. The Parliament sits in Parliament House in the Western Australian capital, Perth.
The Legisla ...
. It is located in
Perth
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's southeastern suburbs, and is named after the suburb of
Thornlie.
Thornlie was first created for the
1989 state election. It was abolished in a
redistribution prior to the
2005 election, but was recreated for the
2017 election to replace the abolished
seat of Gosnells. When Thornlie recreated it had a notional 1.8-point majority for the
Labor Party (based on the results of the
2013 election), and was considered a
marginal seat
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.
History
Thornlie was first created for the
1989 state election. It largely replaced the abolished district of
Gosnells and was won by incumbent Gosnells MP
Yvonne Henderson
Yvonne Daphne Henderson (née Finn; born 16 May 1948) is a former Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1983 to 1996. She served as a minister in the governments of Peter Dowdi ...
. It was held at all times by the Labor Party.
The district was abolished ahead of the
2005 state election. At that time, it included the entirety of the suburbs of
Thornlie and
Langford as well as parts of the suburbs of
Canning Vale
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,
Ferndale,
Kenwick,
Lynwood and
Maddington. Its territory was divided between the existing districts of
Riverton and
Southern River, as well as the new district of
Kenwick. Sitting 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, ...
contested and won the seat of Kenwick.
Upon its recreation prior to the
2017 state election, Thornlie had a notional 1.8-point majority for the
Labor Party.
Thornlie (Key Seat)
WA Election 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017. Incumbent Gosnells MP Chris Tallentire
Christopher John Tallentire (born 11 October 1963) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2008 state election, representing Gosnells until 2017 and Thornlie ther ...
contested Thornlie and won the seat with a 14% swing in his favour, thus making Thornlie a safe Labor seat.
Members for Thornlie
Election results
References
External links
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Electoral districts of Western Australia
1989 establishments in Australia
Constituencies established in 1989