Electoral district of Joondalup

Joondalup is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. The district is located in the northern suburbs of Perth.

Joondalup Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Joondalup (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1983–1989; 1996–present
MP	Emily Hamilton
Party	Labor
Namesake	Joondalup
Electors	28,935 (2021)
Area	32 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

Joondalup has tended to be a marginal seat, having been marginal from 1996 until 2021, when it became a safe seat for the first time since 1986.

Geography

The district lies in Perth's outer north, taking in areas west of Lake Joondalup. The seat includes the suburbs of Connolly, Edgewater, Joondalup, Heathridge, Ocean Reef, Iluka as well as part of the suburb of Currambine.

History

Joondalup was first created for the 1983 state election when it was won by Labor candidate Jackie Watkins, who held the seat for two terms. Joondalup was abolished and replaced by the new seat of Wanneroo ahead of the 1989 state election, at which point Watkins became the member for Wanneroo.

The seat was recreated for the 1996 state election when it was won by Liberal Party candidate Chris Baker. Baker was defeated after one term by Labor candidate Tony O'Gorman at the 2001 state election. O'Gorman held the seat until he was defeated at the 2013 state election by Liberal candidate Jan Norberger. Norberger was unable to overcome the Labor landslide at the 2017 state election and was defeated by Labor candidate Emily Hamilton after only one term.

The district boundaries were redistributed in 2019 which saw the suburbs of Beldon and Mullaloo removed from Joondalup electoral district and Iluka and part of Joondalup were added.

Members for Joondalup

Joondalup (1983–1989)
Member		Party	Term
	Jackie Watkins	Labor	1983–1989
Joondalup (1996–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Chris Baker	Liberal	1996–2001
	Tony O'Gorman	Labor	2001–2013
	Jan Norberger	Liberal	2013–2017
	Emily Hamilton	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Joondalup

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Joondalup.[edit]

2021 Western Australian state election: Joondalup

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Emily Hamilton	15,892	65.4	+25.2
	Liberal	Sheldon Ingham	4,756	19.6	−24.2
	Greens	Angelo Watts	1,102	4.5	−4.0
	Christians	Shanthi Hildebrandt	537	2.2	+0.5
	Independent	Ziggi Murphy	484	2.0	+2.0
	Legalise Cannabis	Bret Treasure	465	1.9	+1.9
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Howard Davey	334	1.4	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter McLoughlin	286	1.2	+1.2
	WAxit	Jules Rikkers	240	1.0	+0.2
	Western Australia	Peter Westcott	203	0.8	−0.3
Total formal votes			24,299	96.2	+0.8
Informal votes			948	3.8	−0.8
Turnout			25,247	87.3	+1.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Emily Hamilton	18,150	74.7	+24.7
	Liberal	Sheldon Ingham	6,137	25.3	−24.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+24.7

External links

• ABC election profiles: 2005 2008 2013 2017
• WAEC district maps: current boundaries, previous distributions