Whitford was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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from 1977 to 1996.

History

The district was based in the northern suburbs of

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and was created first contested at the 1977 state election. The seat was won by

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candidate Mick Nanovich, then member for the abolished Toodyay. Whitford was captured by

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candidate

Pam Beggs Pamela Anne Beggs (née Austin; born 23 May 1947) is a former Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1983 to 1993, representing the seat of Whitford. Beggs was born in Inverel ...

, when Labor came to power at the 1983 state election. The seat was lost to

candidate Rob Johnson at the 1993 state election, again coinciding with a change of government. Whitford was abolished ahead of the 1996 state election and Johnson successfully contested the replacement seat of Hillarys.

Members for Whitford

Election results

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