Mirrabooka – WA 2017

ALP 4.6%

Incumbent MP
Janine Freeman, since 2013. Previously Member for Nollamara 2008-2013.

Geography
Mirrabooka covers parts of the north-eastern suburbs of Perth, including Alexander Heights, Koondoola, Mirrabooka, Balga and Westminster. The seat covers parts of the Stirling, Swan and Wanneroo council areas.

Redistribution
No change.

History
The seat of Mirrabooka has existed in its current form since 2013. Seats which previously covered the same area have traditionally been held by Labor MPs.

The area now covered by Mirrabooka was covered by the seat of Nollamara from the early 1980s. The seat was first won in 1983 by Labor’s Keith Wilson, who had represented Dianella since 1977. He held Mirrabooka until 1989, when the seat of Dianella was restored and Wilson moved back to his original seat.

Wilson was succeeded in Nollamara in 1989 by Labor’s John Kobelke. Kobelke held Nollamara for the next sixteen years. He served as a frontbencher from 1993, becoming a minister in 2001.

Nollamara was split up in 2005, with part of the seat forming the new seat of Balcatta. Kobelke shifted to Balcatta, holding it until his retirement in 2013.

Nollamara was restored in 2008, and was won by Janine Freeman. Freeman was re-elected in 2013, when Nollamara was renamed Mirrabooka.

Candidates

  • Kim Mubarak (Independent)
  • Lily Chen (Liberal)
  • Chukwudumebi Igbokwe (Australian Christians)
  • Sareeta Doobree (Micro Business Party)
  • Janine Freeman (Labor)
  • Rafeif Ismail (Greens)
  • Matueny Luke (Independent)

Assessment
Mirrabooka is a marginal Labor seat, but Labor is likely to hold on.

2013 result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Janine Freeman Labor 9,661 47.7 -4.2
Andrea Creado Liberal 7,879 38.9 +8.0
Mark William Cooper Greens 1,757 8.7 -4.4
Lois Host Australian Christians 954 4.7 +0.9
Informal 2,239 10.0

2013 two-party-preferred result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing
Janine Freeman Labor 11,045 54.6 -8.4
Andrea Creado Liberal 9,195 45.4 +8.4

Booth breakdown

Booths have been divided into three parts: north-east, south-east and south-west.

Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 51.5% in the north-east to 60% in the south-west.

 

Voter group ALP 2PP % Total votes % of votes
North-East 51.5 6,584 32.5
South-West 60.3 4,888 24.1
South-East 54.5 4,614 22.8
Other votes 53.5 3,425 16.9
Pre-poll 49.3 740 3.7

Two-party-preferred votes in Mirrabooka at the 2013 WA state election

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