Katrina Stratton
MLA
Katrina Stratton holds a dog at the Dogs' Refuge Home in Shenton Park
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
for Nedlands
Assumed office
13 March 2021
Preceded byBill Marmion
Personal details
Born (1973-01-06) 6 January 1973 (age 51)
Subiaco, Western Australia
Political partyLabor
Alma materUniversity of Western Australia[1]
Websitekatrinastratton.com.au

Katrina Stratton (born 6 January 1973)[2] is a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Nedlands for the Australian Labor Party. She won her seat at the 2021 Western Australian state election.[3]

Education and career

Dr. Stratton has a number of degrees, having obtained a Bachelor of Social Work, a Doctor of Philosophy, and a Master in Business Administration from the University of Western Australia.[4] Prior to her election win in 2021 Startton lectured at Curtin University[5] and was a board member at Tuart Place, a resource service for adults who were in out-of-home care during their childhood.[6][7]

Election Results

2021 State Election

The Nedlands seat had been held by the Liberals or their predecessors since its creation in 1930, most notably by former premiers Charles and Richard Court. As a measure of how strongly the seat tilted toward the Liberals, in 2001 Labor was pushed into third place even as the Liberals suffered the second-largest defeat of a sitting government in the state's history at the time.[8] The incumbent member, former minister and former deputy opposition leader Bill Marmion, sat on a margin of eight percent after a redistribution before the writs were issued. However, Stratton narrowly led Marmion on the first count after Marmion lost over 16 percent of his primary vote from 2017.[3] Stratton ultimately won the seat with 52.8% of the two-party preferred vote, a swing of 10.8%, after preferences were distributed. She defeated Marmion on the fifth count after over three-quarters of Green preferences flowed to her.[9] Her victory was part of a large swing toward Labor in west Perth, an area long considered Liberal heartland.[10]

2021 Western Australian state election: Nedlands[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Katrina Stratton 9,327 35.7 +9.1
Liberal Bill Marmion 9,160 35.0 −16.6
Greens Tamara Alderdice 3,549 13.6 −1.9
Independent Fiona Argyle 2,883 11.0 +11.0
Independent Andrew Mangano 632 2.4 +2.4
No Mandatory Vaccination Vivien Forrest 412 1.6 +1.6
WAxit Dennis Jennings 179 0.7 −0.7
Total formal votes 26,142 97.6 +0.8
Informal votes 648 2.4 −0.8
Turnout 26,790 88.4 +1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Katrina Stratton 13,805 52.8 +10.8
Liberal Bill Marmion 12,330 47.2 −10.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +10.8

References

  1. ^ "Katrina Stratton - Member / WA Labor". Business News. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Dr Katrina Stratton MLA". Parliament of Western Australia.
  3. ^ a b "Nedlands - Western Australia Election 2021 Electorate, Candidates, Results | WA Votes - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Katrina Stratton - Member / WA Labor". Business News. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Dr Katrina Stratton". Research at Curtin. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Tuart Place". Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Katrina Stratton | SIMNA". Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  8. ^ "2001 State General Election – District of Nedlands Results". Western Australian Electoral Commission. 12 March 2001. Archived from the original on 3 September 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2008.
  9. ^ 2021 State General Election – Nedlands District Results, WAEC
  10. ^ Michael Ramsey (18 March 2021). "Labor pulls ahead in blue-ribbon WA seats". Seven News. Australian Associated Press.
  11. ^ 2021 State General Election – Nedlands District Results, WAEC
Western Australian Legislative Assembly Preceded byBill Marmion Member for Nedlands 2021–present Incumbent
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