Morley is an
electoral district
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
of the
Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of
Western Australia.
Morley existed as an electoral district from 1974 to 1996, and was restored as an electorate name in 2008. Between 1983 and 1989 it was known was Morley-Swan.
The district is situated in the northern suburbs of Perth.
Geography
Situated in the densely populated inner northern suburbs of
Perth, the district covers the entirety of the suburbs of
Nollamara
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and
Noranda Noranda may refer to:
*Noranda (mining company)
* Noranda Caldera, an Archean caldera in Canada
*Noranda, Western Australia
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; and parts of
Beechboro,
Dianella and
Morley.
History
Morley was first created for the
1974 state election. At the
1983 state election, it was renamed Morley-Swan with the abolition of
Swan
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. The district reverted to the name Morley at the
1989 state election and was abolished ahead of the
1996 state election.
The district was held by Labor at all times, with the exception of the period between 1991 and 1993, when former Labor MP
Frank Donovan sat as an independent. The member at the time of Morley's abolition, Labor MP
Clive Brown
Clive Morris Brown (born 31 December 1946) is an Australian former politician and minister in the Gallop Government. Brown was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between 1993 and 2005 for the electorates of Bassendean and ...
, went on to represent the newly created seat of
Bassendean from 1996 to 2005.
A new district named Morley was created for the
2008 state election following the
one vote, one value
In Australia, one vote, one value is a democratic principle, applied in electoral laws governing Redistribution (Australia), redistributions of Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, electoral divisions of the House of Representative ...
reforms. The majority of the district's voters came from the abolished seat of
Ballajura. Nearly all of the remainder of district's territory formerly belonged to
Yokine and
Maylands; a small part also came from Bassendean.
The new district was created with a Labor majority of 59.9% to 40.1% versus the
Liberal Party.
However, Liberal candidate
Ian Britza
Ian Maxwell Britza (born 7 May 1954) is an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2008 to 2017, representing Morley. He won the seat, despite its notional Labor margin, partly du ...
captured the seat at the
2008 state election, overcoming the large notional margin due in part to the candidacy of independent candidate and former MP for Ballajura
John D'Orazio
John Biase D'Orazio (5 September 1955 – 11 April 2011) was an Australian politician who served as the member for Ballajura in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 10 February 2001 to 6 September 2008. He was a minister in the go ...
, who
directed preferences to the Liberal candidate ahead of Labor candidate
Reece Whitby
Reece Raymond Whitby (born 29 May 1964) is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since the 2017 state election, representing Baldivis. Shortly after the 2017 election, Whitby was ap ...
.
Members for Morley
Election results
References
External links
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Electoral districts of Western Australia
Electoral