Kalamunda is an

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of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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. Politically, the district is a marginal one. Based on the results of the 2005 state election, the seat was created with a

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majority of 50.2% to 49.8% versus the Labor Party.

History

Kalamunda was first created for the 1974 election and abolished ahead of the 1989 election. Despite the name, the seat was actually centred on Greenmount in the eastern Hills region, and Kalamunda itself was split between the Kalamunda seat and the neighbouring

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. Despite being within the

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of Perth, it was regarded as non-metropolitan, and was assigned to the West Province in the Legislative Council. As a result, it had about half the enrolment of the neighbouring seat of Helena. Under the ''Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987'', which reclassified "metropolitan" in the Electoral Act 1907 to include all land within the Metropolitan Region Scheme boundaries and at the same time increased overall metropolitan representation, Kalamunda was merged with Darling Range, and its member, Ian Thompson, won Darling Range on the new boundaries in 1989. A new seat named Kalamunda was created for the 2008 state election when the number of metropolitan seats was increased in accordance with the new

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legislation. The new district was drawn largely from

, but also from parts of Kenwick, Midland and

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Geography

Kalamunda is based in the eastern suburbs of

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. Its boundaries cover two distinct areas. The northern area, centred on Kalamunda, includes Gooseberry Hill, Lesmurdie, Paulls Valley, Piesse Brook and Walliston along with tiny sections of

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and Forrestfield and all populated portions of

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and

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. A narrow section extends north to include all of

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. In the south, it includes much of Canning Mills,

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and

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and the major residential portion of Maddington, excluding its commercial and industrial areas. The earlier incarnation included the districts of

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, Darlington, Glen Forrest, Gooseberry Hill, Greenmount, Piesse Brook and Paulls Valley, as well as northern sections of the suburb of Kalamunda including its town centre.

Members for Kalamunda

Election results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalamunda Electoral districts of Western Australia 1974 establishments in Australia Constituencies established in 1974