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	27,279 (2017)
Area	24 km2 (9.3 sq mi)
Demographic	East Metropolitan

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, Embleton and Morley.

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.

Western Australian state election, 2017: Bassendean^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Dave Kelly	13,203	59.1	+12.4
	Liberal	Jim Seth	5,192	23.2	−16.3
	Greens	Sarah Quinton	2,532	11.3	+1.0
	Christians	Paul Mewhor	735	3.3	−0.2
	Micro Business	Graeme Martin	680	3.0	+3.0
Total formal votes			22,342	93.9	+2.1
Informal votes			1,455	6.1	−2.1
Turnout			23,797	87.2	−0.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Dave Kelly	15,967	71.5	+16.4
	Liberal	Jim Seth	6,365	28.5	−16.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+16.4

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