ALP 4.6%
Incumbent MP
Dave Kelly, since 2013.
Geography
Bassendean covers parts of Perth’s north-eastern suburbs, including Ashfield, Bassendean, Eden Hill, Kiara, Lockridge and Beechboro. The seat covers the entire Bassendean council area along with parts of the Bayswater and Swan council areas.
Redistribution
Bassendean expanded slightly, gaining a sliver of land from Maylands on its south-western boundary, so that the boundary now aligns with the Tonkin Highway.
History
The seat of Bassendean has existed since 1996, and has always been held by Labor MPs.
Bassendean was first won in 1996 by Labor’s Clive Brown. Brown had first been elected to represent Morley in 1993, and moved to Bassendean when the former seat was abolished. Brown served on the Labor frontbench from 1994, and became a minister when Labor won power in 2001. He retired in 2005.
Martin Whitely won Bassendean in 2005. Whitely had won the traditional Liberal seat of Roleystone for Labor in 2001, but moved when his former seat was abolished in 2005. He was re-elected in 2008, and served as a parliamentary secretary in the Labor government from 2006 to 2008.
Labor’s Dave Kelly replaced Whitely in Bassendean in 2013, and Kelly moved straight onto the Labor frontbench.
Candidates
- Graeme Martin (Micro Business Party)
- Jim Seth (Liberal)
- Dave Kelly (Labor)
- Paul Mewhor (Australian Christians)
- Sarah Quinton (Greens)
Assessment
Bassendean is a marginal Labor seat, but Labor is likely to solidify its margin.
2013 result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Dave Kelly | Labor | 9,663 | 46.7 | -0.7 | 46.7 |
| Bob Brown | Liberal | 8,167 | 39.5 | +9.6 | 39.5 |
| Jennie Carter | Greens | 2,119 | 10.2 | -4.9 | 10.3 |
| Paul Mewhor | Australian Christians | 733 | 3.5 | -1.8 | 3.5 |
| Informal | 1,854 | 8.2 |
2013 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Dave Kelly | Labor | 11,397 | 55.1 | -5.2 | 55.1 |
| Bob Brown | Liberal | 9,273 | 44.9 | +5.2 | 44.9 |
Booth breakdown
Booths have been divided into three parts: central, north and south.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 54.2% in the centre to 57.6% in the north.
The Greens came third, with a vote ranging from 7.6% in the north to 14.7% in the south.
| Voter group | GRN % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 7.6 | 57.6 | 7,467 | 35.8 |
| Central | 10.1 | 54.2 | 6,210 | 29.8 |
| South | 14.7 | 55.5 | 3,076 | 14.7 |
| Other votes | 12.2 | 51.9 | 3,051 | 14.6 |
| Pre-poll | 11.4 | 51.2 | 1,065 | 5.1 |
Election results in Bassendean at the 2013 WA state election
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