Electoral district of Scarborough

Scarborough Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1974–1996; 2008–present
MP	Liza Harvey
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Scarborough
Demographic	North Metropolitan

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

The district is a coastal electorate based in the northern suburbs of Perth and is named for the suburb of Scarborough. It also includes the suburbs of Doubleview, Innaloo, Osborne Park, and parts of the suburbs of City Beach, Karrinyup, and Trigg.

Politically, the district is a marginal one. Based on the results of the 2005 state election, the seat was created with a Liberal Party majority of 52.4% to 47.6% versus the Labor Party.^[1]

History

Scarborough was first created at the 1972 redistribution, and was first contested at the 1974 election.^[2] Although typically a Liberal-held seat, it was won by the Labor Party at the 1983 and 1986 elections. The district was abolished at the 1996 election, largely replaced by the seat of Innaloo.^[3] Innaloo continued in the same trend as its predecessor, being won by Labor candidate John Quigley at the 2001 election before being abolished at the 2003 redistribution.

A new seat called Scarborough was created for the 2008 state election when the number of metropolitan seats was increased in accordance with the new one vote one value legislation. Scarborough was formed from the territory of two existing electorates: the southern end of Carine and the northern end of Churchlands.

Members for Scarborough

Scarborough (1974–1996)
Member		Party	Term
	Ray Young	Liberal	1974–1983
	Graham Burkett	Labor	1983–1989
	George Strickland	Liberal	1989–1996
Scarborough (2008–present)
	Liza Harvey	Liberal	2008–present

Election results

Western Australian state election, 2013: Scarborough

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Liza Harvey	12,681	61.8	+17.7
	Labor	Eddie Lennie	5,036	24.6	–5.8
	Greens	Judith Cullity	2,294	11.2	–1.4
	Christians	Bruce Olsen	495	2.4	+0.3
Total formal votes			20,506	94.7	-0.5
Informal votes			1,156	5.3	+0.5
Turnout			21,662	87.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Liza Harvey	13,792	67.3	+12.1
	Labor	Eddie Lennie	6,705	32.7	–12.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+12.1

References

1. Antony Green. "2007 Western Australia Redistribution". ABC.
2. "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1965 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 14 June 1972. p. 1972:1833-1893.
3. "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Six Electoral Regions and 57 Electoral Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners". Western Australia Government Gazette. 28 November 1994. p. 1994:6135-6327.

External links

• "Map of Scarborough". boundarieswa.com.