Electoral district of Kingsley

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

Kingsley
Western AustraliaLegislative Assembly
Location of Kingsley (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
StateWestern Australia
Dates current1989–present
MPJessica Stojkovski
PartyLabor
NamesakeKingsley
Electors30,057 (2021)
Area27 km2 (10.4 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The district is located in the northern suburbs of Perth.

Geography

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Located in the northern suburbs of Perth, the district of Kingsley is a north–south elongated electorate bordered by four major roads. It is bounded to the west by the Mitchell Freeway, to the north by Ocean Reef Road, to the east by Wanneroo Road and to the south by Beach Road. The district covers the entirety of five suburbs: Kingsley, Greenwood, Hamersley, Warwick and Woodvale.

History

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Kingsley was first created ahead of the 1989 state election and won by Liberal candidate Cheryl Edwardes. Edwardes held the seat until her retirement at the 2005 state election, when her husband Colin Edwardes ran to succeed her as the new Liberal candidate, but was defeated by Labor candidate Judy Hughes. Kingsley was the only seat the Labor Party took from the Liberal Party at the 2005 election.

A redistribution ahead of the 2008 state election mostly wiped out the Labor margin in Kingsley. Accordingly, Hughes was defeated after one term by Liberal candidate Andrea Mitchell. Mitchell was re-elected in 2013, but was defeated in 2017 by Labor candidate Jessica Stojkovski.

Members for Kingsley

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Member Party Term
  Cheryl Edwardes Liberal 1989–2005
  Judy Hughes Labor 2005–2008
  Andrea Mitchell Liberal 2008–2017
  Jessica Stojkovski Labor 2017–present

Election results

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2021 Western Australian state election: Kingsley[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jessica Stojkovski 15,883 60.5 +19.6
Liberal Scott Edwardes 7,925 30.2 −12.4
Greens Isabella Tripp 1,461 5.6 −4.4
One Nation Concetta Webber 436 1.7 +1.7
No Mandatory Vaccination Lynda Crawford 373 1.4 +1.4
WAxit Dianne McGarry 164 0.6 −0.9
Total formal votes 26,242 96.8 +0.9
Informal votes 871 3.2 −0.9
Turnout 27,113 90.2 −1.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jessica Stojkovski 17,548 66.9 +15.7
Liberal Scott Edwardes 8,687 33.1 −15.7
Labor hold Swing +15.7

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