Electoral district of Roe

Roe
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Roe; Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Roe (dark green) in Western Australia
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1950–1983; 1989–2008; 2017–present
MP	Peter Rundle
Party	National
Namesake	John Septimus Roe
Electors	24,713 (2021)
Area	104,934 km2 (40,515.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial and rural
	Electorates around Roe:

Roe is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It takes in rural areas in the south of the state. Roe was re-created for the 2017 state election, having previously been in existence from 1950 to 1983 and from 1989 to 2008. It had a notional 16.7-point majority for the National Party against the Liberal Party, based on the results of the 2013 state election.^[1]

Geography

In its current incarnation, Roe includes portions of four regions of Western Australia – the South West, the Wheatbelt, the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance. There are eighteen local government areas that fall into the district: Broomehill-Tambellup, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Katanning, Kent, Kojonup, Kulin, Lake Grace, Narrogin, Ravensthorpe, Wagin, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams and Woodanilling.^[2]

History

Roe was first created in 1950 and abolished in 1983. It was recreated in 1989. In both of its previous incarnations, it was a staunchly conservative seat that traded hands between the Liberal Party and what became the National Party. Indeed, in its second incarnation, Labor was frequently pushed into third place.

Roe was abolished ahead of the 2008 state election as a result of the reduction in rural seats made necessary by the one vote one value reforms. At its abolition in 2008, Roe was a southern coastal electorate that included the towns of Esperance, Gnowangerup, Kulin, Lake Grace, Bremer Bay and Ravensthorpe. Its former territory was split between the new district of Eyre and the enlarged district of Wagin. Following Roe's abolition, sitting Liberal MP Graham Jacobs contested and won the seat of Eyre.

Roe was re-created in a redistribution prior to the 2017 state election, taking in areas of two abolished seats, Eyre and Wagin. The former member for Eyre, Jacobs, attempted to transfer here, but was roundly defeated by the Nationals' Peter Rundle.

Members for Roe

Roe (1950–1983)
Member		Party	Term
	Charles Perkins	Country	1950–1962
	Tom Hart	Country	1962–1967
	Bill Young	Country	1967–1974
	Geoff Grewar	Liberal	1974–1983
Roe (1989–2008)
Member		Party	Term
	Ross Ainsworth	National	1989–2005
	Graham Jacobs	Liberal	2005–2008
Roe (2017–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Peter Rundle	National	2017–present

Election results

2021 Western Australian state election: Roe^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Peter Rundle	8,506	41.6	−0.1
	Labor	Bradley Willis	5,979	29.2	+14.7
	Liberal	David Dwyer	3,004	14.7	−9.9
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Bevan Steele	982	4.8	−0.2
	Greens	Nikki Starr	809	4.0	+0.5
	Christians	Cathie Kelly	502	2.5	+0.1
	One Nation	Graham Bushby	352	1.7	−6.3
	WAxit	Gary Jammu	180	0.9	+0.9
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Nita Thakrar	131	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			20,445	96.1	0.0
Informal votes			833	3.9	+0.0
Turnout			21,278	86.1	−5.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Peter Rundle	12,483	61.1	−2.7
	Labor	Bradley Willis	7,946	38.9	+38.9
	National hold

References

^ Electorate: Roe, WA Election 2017, ABC News. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ District of Roe, Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
^ 2021 State General Election – Roe District Results, WAEC

External links

Antony Green. "2005 Election Profile: Roe". ABC.
WAEC district maps: current boundaries, previous distributions

[1] Electorate: Roe, WA Election 2017, ABC News. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[2] District of Roe, Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 February 2017.

[3] 2021 State General Election – Roe District Results, WAEC

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