Bicton is an electoral district of the

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. It is located in

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's southern suburbs, and named after the riverside suburb of Bicton. Bicton was created by the

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in a 2015 redistribution, and elected its first member at the 2017 state election. It incorporates areas that previously fell into the seats of Alfred Cove,

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, Fremantle and Willagee.

Geography

At the 2017 state election, Bicton includes the suburbs of Attadale, Bicton, and Melville in their entireties, most of

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and

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, and smaller portions of Alfred Cove, Fremantle, and Myaree. It is bounded by Stirling Highway to the west,

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and

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to the south,

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to the east and the Swan River to the north.2015 Final Boundaries by Region and District
Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

Members for Bicton

Bicton was created as a notionally safe

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seat with a majority of 10 percent over

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, and was reckoned as the successor to the safe Liberal seat of Alfred Cove. However, in 2017, it was swept up in a massive Labor wave that swept through Perth, with Labor's Lisa O'Malley winning the seat on a swing of 13 percent. She defeated Matt Taylor, who had been the Liberal member for Bateman. At the 2021 state election, O'Malley saw her margin swell to 15.6 percent, turning Bicton into a safe Labor seat in one stroke.

Election results

References

External links

* ABC election profiles
2017
* WAEC district maps
2015
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bicton Electoral districts of Western Australia 2017 establishments in Australia Constituencies established in 2017