Bateman
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Bateman (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
StateWestern Australia
Dates current2008–present
MPKim Giddens
PartyLabor
NamesakeBateman
Electors30,328 (2021)
Area27 km2 (10.4 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates32°03′S 115°50′E / 32.05°S 115.84°E / -32.05; 115.84

Bateman is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district shares its name with the southern Perth suburb of Bateman, situated in the central part of the electorate. Both the electorate and the suburb are named after members of the Bateman family, who established their home, "Grasmere", at nearby Bulls Creek, in 1886.[1] The seat was created as a result of the 2007 electoral redistribution, largely replacing the former Murdoch electorate. Bateman was regarded as a safe Liberal seat, because Murdoch (itself largely replaced by Jandakot between 1989 and 1996[2]) had been held by the party since the seat's creation in 1977.

Members for Bateman

Member Party Term
  Christian Porter Liberal 2008–2013
  Matt Taylor Liberal 2013–2017
  Dean Nalder Liberal 2017–2021
  Kim Giddens Labor 2021–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bateman
2021 Western Australian state election: Bateman[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kim Giddens 12,106 45.8 +15.5
Liberal Matt Woodall 9,762 37.0 −12.8
Greens Adam Abdul Razak 1,815 6.9 −3.5
Independent Steve Kepert 856 3.2 +3.2
Christians Fiona McKenzie-Brown 774 2.9 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Gregory Leech 341 1.3 +1.3
No Mandatory Vaccination Christina Tseng 314 1.2 +1.2
Western Australia Bill Koul 228 0.9 +0.1
One Nation Barry Mason 213 0.8 −3.2
Total formal votes 26,409 97.2 +0.7
Informal votes 762 2.8 −0.7
Turnout 27,171 89.6 −1.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kim Giddens 14,963 56.7 +14.5
Liberal Matt Woodall 11,436 43.3 −14.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +14.5

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2008.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ An examination of the electoral boundaries of Murdoch and the former seat of Jandakot shows them to be similar. The newly created seat of Jandakot, though it takes in some areas currently within the Murdoch boundary, is much larger than its previous incarnation during the period 1989-96. See http://www.boundarieswa.com/2007/Final-Boundaries/South_Metropolitan/Jandakot/.
  3. ^ 2021 State General Election – Bateman District Results, WAEC

External links

Electoral districts of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
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