LIB 12.7%
Incumbent MP
Kim Hames, since 2005. Previously Member for Dianella 1993-1996, Member for Yokine 1996-2001.
Geography
Southern fringe of Perth. Dawesville covers southern parts of the Mandurah council area, including Dudley Park, Halls Head, Falcon, Wannanup, Dawesville, Bouvard, Clifton and Herron.
Redistribution
No change.
History
The seat of Dawesville has existed since 1996, and has always been held by the Liberal Party.
Liberal MP Arthur Marshall moved to Dawesville in 1996. Marshall had won the seat of Murray in 1993, but moved to Dawesville when Murray shifted south and changed its name to Murray-Wellington. Marshall held Dawesville at the 1996 and 2001 elections, before retiring in 2005.
Kim Hames won Dawesville in 2005. Hames had previously represented the northern suburbs of Perth from 1993 until 2001, serving as a minister from 1997 until 2001. Hames had lost his seat in 2001, and resurrected his political career by moving to Dawesville in 2005.
Hames went straight back onto the frontbench after his election in 2005. He became deputy leader of the Liberal Party, and became deputy premier and a minister when the Liberal Party formed government in 2008.
Hames stepped down as deputy premier in early 2016, and left the ministry in the next reshuffle in March 2016.
Candidates
Sitting Liberal MP Kim Hames is not running for re-election.
- Craig Ballinger (Micro Business Party)
- Iwan Boskamp (Greens)
- Stuart Ostle (Shooters, Fishers and Farmers)
- Barry Urban (Labor)
- Manamal Froumis (Independent)
- Derek Bruning (Australian Christians)
- Jake Mccoull (Liberal Democrats)
- Sharon Polgar (One Nation)
- Tony Simpson (Liberal)
- Chris Barker (Flux)
Assessment
Dawesville has been held by the Liberal Party for the entirety of its 21-year history, and will likely remain in Liberal hands, but the retirement of the sitting member opens up a slim possibility that Labor could take the seat if they are doing very well.
2013 result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Kim Hames | Liberal | 11,700 | 56.0 | +0.2 |
| Fred Riebeling | Labor | 6,050 | 28.9 | -4.1 |
| Dave Schumacher | Independent | 1,236 | 5.9 | +5.9 |
| Patricia Armstrong | Greens | 1,068 | 5.1 | -1.6 |
| Bryn Butler | Nationals | 488 | 2.3 | +2.3 |
| Brenton Baker | Family First | 357 | 1.7 | -0.9 |
| Informal | 1,297 | 5.8 |
2013 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Kim Hames | Liberal | 13,088 | 62.7 | +1.5 |
| Fred Riebeling | Labor | 7,799 | 37.3 | -1.5 |
Booth breakdown
Booths have been divided into three parts: central, east and south.
The Liberal two-party-preferred vote ranged from 58% in the east to 64% in the centre.
| Voter group | LIB 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| Central | 63.9 | 7,290 | 34.9 |
| South | 63.0 | 5,059 | 24.2 |
| East | 58.0 | 2,356 | 11.3 |
| Other votes | 63.7 | 3,813 | 18.2 |
| Pre-poll | 61.1 | 2,381 | 11.4 |
Two-party-preferred votes in Dawesville at the 2013 WA state election
Why is Dawesville so different from Mandurah?
@David Walsh
– Dawesville covers the areas of Mandurah to the south and west of the city centre, including the canal estate, and areas like Dawesville itself, which have an older, more affulent demographic than the suburbs covered by the seat of Mandurah.