ALP 33.1%
Incumbent MP
Terry Healy, since 2017.
Geography
Southern River covers southern parts of the Gosnells council area, including the suburbs of Southern River, Huntingdale and parts of Gosnells.
Redistribution
No change.
The seat of Southern River has existed since 1996, and has always been won by the party that won the election.
The seat was originally won by the Liberal Party’s Monica Holmes. The seat was created as a marginal Labor seat, partly out of remnants of the Labor seat of Kenwick. Holmes defeated sitting Member for Kenwick, Judyth Watson.
In 2001, Holmes was defeated by the ALP’s Paul Andrews. Andrews won a second term in 2005, defeating an attempt by Holmes to return to Parliament.
In 2008, Andrews was defeated by new Liberal candidate Peter Abetz. Abetz was re-elected in 2013 but lost in 2017 to Labor’s Terry Healy. Healy was re-elected in 2021.
- Sudhir Chowdhary (Liberal)
- Terry Healy (Labor)
- Alvin Mathew (Australian Christians)
Assessment
Southern River is a very safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Terry Healy | Labor | 18,718 | 76.0 | +26.3 |
| Ruben Zandman | Liberal | 2,879 | 11.7 | -27.2 |
| Simone Collins | Greens | 875 | 3.6 | -2.8 |
| Gerard Spoelstra | Australian Christians | 799 | 3.2 | +3.2 |
| Malcolm Heffernan | One Nation | 334 | 1.4 | +1.4 |
| Katie Hawkes | No Mandatory Vaccination | 307 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| Shazi Siddiqui | WAxit | 283 | 1.1 | +0.2 |
| Wesley Jerome Du Preez | Liberal Democrats | 257 | 1.0 | +0.4 |
| Julia Walsh | Independent | 188 | 0.8 | +0.8 |
| Informal | 1,039 | 4.0 |
2021 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Terry Healy | Labor | 20,472 | 83.1 | +25.3 |
| Ruben Zandman | Liberal | 4,155 | 16.9 | -25.3 |
Polling places have been split into three parts: central, east and west.
Labor’s two-party-preferred vote ranged from 79.8% in the centre to 85% in the east.
| Voter group | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| West | 83.1 | 3,412 | 13.8 |
| East | 85.0 | 2,795 | 11.3 |
| Central | 79.8 | 2,259 | 9.2 |
| Pre-poll | 84.2 | 10,569 | 42.9 |
| Other votes | 81.5 | 5,605 | 22.7 |
Election results in Southern River at the 2021 WA state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and the Greens.