Electoral district of Baldivis

Baldivis; Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Baldivis (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2017–present
MP	Reece Whitby
Party	Labor
Namesake	Baldivis
Electors	30,777 (2017)
Area	69 km2 (26.6 sq mi)
Demographic	South Metropolitan

Baldivis is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It is located in Perth's southern suburbs, and named after the suburb of Baldivis.

Baldivis was created by the Western Australian Electoral Commission in a 2015 redistribution, and will gain its first member at the 2017 state election. It incorporates areas that previously fell into the seats of Kwinana and Warnbro. Baldivis has a notional 6.4-point majority for the Labor Party (based on the results of the 2013 election), and is considered a safe seat for that party.^[1]

Geography

At the 2017 state election, Baldivis includes the suburb of Bertram in its entirety, and parts of the suburbs of Baldivis, Cooloongup, Leda, Waikiki, and Wellard. It is bounded by Kwinana Freeway to the east.^[2]

Member		Party	Term
	Reece Whitby	Labor	2017–present

Western Australian state election, 2017: Baldivis^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Reece Whitby	11,339	45.3	+1.8
	Independent	Matt Whitfield	5,346	21.4	+21.4
	Liberal	Malcolm George	3,571	14.3	−18.8
	One Nation	John Zurakowski	1,854	7.4	+7.4
	Greens	Christine Fegebank	1,412	5.6	−0.8
	Christians	Yvette Holmes	614	2.5	+0.3
	Independent	Craig Hamersley	390	1.6	+1.6
	Micro Business	Prabhpreet Makkar	249	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Kath Summers	237	0.9	+0.9
Total formal votes			25,012	95.5	+1.8
Informal votes			1,188	4.5	−1.8
Turnout			26,200	85.1	+12.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Reece Whitby	14,306	57.2	+0.8
	Independent	Matt Whitfield	10,695	42.8	+42.8
	Labor hold		Swing	n/a

↑ Electorate: Baldivis, WA Election 2017, ABC News. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
↑ 2015 Final Boundaries by Region and District, Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
↑ Baldivis District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.

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