The Electoral district of Glendalough was a
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in the
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of
Western Australia
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. The district was named for the inner northern
Perth
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suburb of
Glendalough
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, which fell within its borders. The seat was abolished after two terms at the 1994 redistribution, taking effect from the
1996 election due to the
one vote one value
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legislation. Most parts of the former seat presently fall within the seats of
Churchlands and
Perth
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.
Glendalough was created out of parts of
Balcatta and the abolished
Subiaco at the 1988 redistribution, which gave effect to electoral legislation passed the previous year which increased metropolitan representation in the 57-seat Legislative Assembly from 29 to 34.
The seat was first contested in the
1989 election at which
Labor
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candidate and former member for Subiaco, Dr
Carmen Lawrence
Carmen Mary Lawrence (born 2 March 1948) is an Australian academic and former politician who was the Premier of Western Australia from 1990 to 1993, the first woman to become the premier of an Australian state. A member of the Labor Party, sh ...
, was successful.
A year after the Labor government's defeat at the
1993 election, Lawrence was offered an opportunity to enter federal politics with the retirement of
John Dawkins
John Sydney "Joe" Dawkins, AO (born 2 March 1947) is an Australian former politician who was Treasurer in the Keating Labor government from December 1991 to December 1993. He is notable for his reforms of tertiary education as Minister for E ...
, who had resigned as Member for
Fremantle
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. Lawrence resigned from the state parliament and won the
Fremantle federal by-election, soon becoming Health Minister in the
Keating government.
Michelle Roberts
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, meanwhile, won the
Glendalough state by-election caused by Lawrence's departure.
The seat was abolished in the 1994 redistribution, and was split between the new districts of
Churchlands and
Yokine. Roberts contested and won the eastern suburbs seat of
Midland.
Members for Glendalough
Election results
See also
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Glendalough, Western Australia
Glendalough is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in the local government area of the City of Stirling, about 6 kilometres from Perth's central business district along the Mitchell Freeway. It was named after Glendalough in Ireland
...
*
Glendalough railway station
Glendalough railway station is a railway station on the Transperth network in Perth, Western Australia. It is located on the Joondalup line, five kilometres from Perth station serving the suburb of Glendalough.
History
Glendalough station open ...
References
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Former electoral districts of Western Australia