Electoral district of Bassendean

Bassendean Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Bassendean (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1996–present
MP	Dave Kelly
Party	Labor
Namesake	Bassendean
Electors	29,509 (2021)
Area	26 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	31.89°S 115.94°E / -31.89; 115.94

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

The district is based in the eastern suburbs of Perth. It is a safe Labor seat.

Geography

Bassendean is a compact electorate situated east of the Perth CBD. The district is bordered to the south by Swan River, to the east by the Tonkin Highway and Beechboro Road North, to the north by the Reid Highway and to the west by Lord Street. It includes the suburbs of Bassendean, Ashfield, Eden Hill, Kiara, Lockridge, as well as parts of Beechboro, Bayswater, Bennett Springs, Caversham, Embleton and Morley.

History

Bassendean was first contested at the 1996 state election. The seat was won by Labor candidate Clive Brown, previously the member for Morley, which had been abolished. Brown was succeeded at the 2005 state election by Martin Whitely, previously member for the abolished Roleystone. Whitely retired at the 2013 election and was succeeded by union official Dave Kelly.

Members for Bassendean

Member		Party	Term
	Clive Brown	Labor	1996–2005
	Martin Whitely	Labor	2005–2013
	Dave Kelly	Labor	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bassendean

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

2021 Western Australian state election: Bassendean

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dave Kelly	17,094	70.7	+11.2
	Liberal	Felicia Adeniyi	2,954	12.2	−10.7
	Greens	Charles Pratt	2,005	8.3	−2.6
	Christians	Dean Powell	705	2.9	−0.3
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Leni Erceg	685	2.8	+2.8
	One Nation	Lesley Pallister	486	2.0	+1.7
	WAxit	Peter Martin	265	1.1	−1.6
Total formal votes			24,194	95.4	+1.5
Informal votes			1,172	4.6	−1.5
Turnout			25,366	86.0	−2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dave Kelly	19,727	81.6	+10.0
	Liberal	Felicia Adeniyi	4,452	18.4	−10.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+10.0

External links

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