ALP 1.1%
Incumbent MP
Christine Tonkin, since 2021.
- Geography
- Redistribution
- History
- Candidate summary
- Assessment
- 2021 results
- Booth breakdown
- Results maps
Geography
Inner north of Perth. Churchlands covers the suburbs of Churchlands, Floreat, Glendalough, City Beach, Osborne Park, Wembley Downs, Woodland and parts of Innaloo. Churchlands covers parts of the Cambridge and Stirling council areas.
Redistribution
Churchlands expanded north, taking in Osborne Park and part of Innaloo from Scarborough and losing the remainder of Doubleview from Scarborough.
History
The seat of Churchlands has existed since 1996. The seat was held for an independent for most of that time, and by the Liberal Party from 2013 until 2021.
Churchlands was first won in 1996 by independent MP Liz Constable. Constable had first been elected to parliament at the 1991 Floreat by-election. She was a former member of the Liberal Party who had resigned to run for the by-election.
Constable was re-elected to parliament in 1993, 1996, 2001, 2005 and 2008, and became a minister in the Liberal-led government after the 2008 election. Constable retired at the 2013 election.
Liberal candidate Sean L’Estrange was elected to represent Churchlands in 2013, and he was re-elected in 2017.
L’Estrange lost his seat to Labor candidate Christine Tonkin, who won by the smallest margin in the state.
- Anthony J Fels (Independent)
- Christine Tonkin (Labor)
- Basil Zempilas (Liberal)
- Lisa Thornton (Independent)
- James Rai (Australian Christians)
- Tian Carrie-Wilson (Independent)
- Caroline McLean (Greens)
Assessment
Churchlands is a very conservative seat, and the area has traditionally been held either by the Liberal Party or by an independent. If Labor is at all competitive here in 2025, that suggests that the Liberal Party are not making much of a recovery.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Sean L’Estrange | Liberal | 11,087 | 43.9 | -9.2 | 43.6 |
| Christine Tonkin | Labor | 9,938 | 39.4 | +15.8 | 40.0 |
| Mark Twiss | Greens | 2,640 | 10.5 | -3.6 | 10.2 |
| Jim Bivoltsis | Independent | 714 | 2.8 | -1.3 | 2.6 |
| Ray Moran | Australian Christians | 394 | 1.6 | -0.5 | 1.5 |
| L Pearce | No Mandatory Vaccination | 320 | 1.3 | +1.3 | 1.3 |
| Alexandra Farsalas | WAxit | 146 | 0.6 | -0.9 | 0.6 |
| Others | 0.3 | ||||
| Informal | 650 | 2.5 |
2021 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Christine Tonkin | Labor | 12,821 | 50.8 | +12.5 | 51.1 |
| Sean L’Estrange | Liberal | 12,413 | 49.2 | -12.5 | 48.9 |
Polling places have been split into three parts: central, east and west.
Labor won 58.5% of the two-party-preferred vote in the east. The Liberal Party won 53.1% in the west and 53.6% in the centre.
The Greens came third, with a primary vote ranging from 9.4% in the centre to 14% in the east.
| Voter group | GRN 2PP % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| Central | 9.4 | 46.4 | 4,593 | 17.4 |
| East | 14.0 | 58.5 | 3,925 | 14.9 |
| West | 11.1 | 46.9 | 2,838 | 10.8 |
| Pre-poll | 8.4 | 52.3 | 8,082 | 30.6 |
| Other votes | 10.3 | 50.6 | 6,943 | 26.3 |
Election results in Churchlands at the 2021 WA state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and the Greens.
There’s no way the result will change, same for Fremantle. At this stage of the count 400 votes is a safe margin.
Yeah, it’s gone. Basil can’t lose now
WAEC is undertaking a full distribution of preferences today. We should see is Basil wins or ends up in an absolute calamity losing a practically locked up seat.