ALP 30.3%
Incumbent MP
Chris Tallentire, since 2017. Previously member for Gosnells 2008-2017.
- Geography
- Redistribution
- History
- Candidate summary
- Assessment
- 2021 results
- Booth breakdown
- Results maps
Geography
Southern Perth. Thornlie covers the suburbs of Thornlie, Orange Grove, Martin and part of Gosnells and Kenwick. The entire seat lies in Gosnells council area.
Redistribution
Thornlie shifted east, gaining Martin and part of Orange Grove from Kalamunda, and gained the remainder of Orange Grove and part of Kenwick from Forrestfield. Thornlie lost a small area to Cannington.
History
Thornlie was created in its current form in 2017, and primarily replaced Gosnells, which was created in 2008. The seat name was previously used from 1977 to 1989. The seat has always been won by Labor.
Gosnells was created with a notional 11.4% margin for the ALP, which was cut to 5.5% at the 2008 election, when the seat was won by Labor candidate Chris Tallentire.
Tallentire won a second term in 2013 with a 2.9% margin, and then a third and fourth term in 2017 and 2021 with increasingly large margins.
Candidates
Sitting Labor MP Chris Tallentire is not running for re-election.
- Mahesh Arumugam (Liberal)
- Colleen Egan (Labor)
- Madeleine Goiran (Australian Christians)
- Kevin McDonald (Independent)
Assessment
Thornlie is a very safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Chris Tallentire | Labor | 17,501 | 74.2 | +21.5 | 73.6 |
| Kevin McDonald | Liberal | 3,273 | 13.9 | -11.1 | 14.4 |
| Rachel Wright | Greens | 1,159 | 4.9 | -2.0 | 5.0 |
| Madeleine Goiran | Australian Christians | 1,002 | 4.2 | +0.7 | 4.2 |
| Rachael Hall | No Mandatory Vaccination | 488 | 2.1 | +2.1 | 2.0 |
| JS Masih | WAxit | 177 | 0.8 | -0.6 | 0.7 |
| Others | 0.1 | ||||
| Informal | 1,035 | 4.2 |
2021 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Chris Tallentire | Labor | 19,081 | 80.9 | +15.1 | 80.3 |
| Kevin McDonald | Liberal | 4,508 | 19.1 | -15.1 | 19.7 |
Polling places have been split into three parts: north-east, south-east and west.
Labor’s two-party-preferred vote ranged from 79.1% in the west to 82.8% in the north-east.
| Voter group | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| West | 79.1 | 3,906 | 16.5 |
| North-East | 82.8 | 1,614 | 6.8 |
| South-East | 81.6 | 1,363 | 5.8 |
| Pre-poll | 80.9 | 11,879 | 50.3 |
| Other votes | 78.7 | 4,856 | 20.6 |
Election results in Thornlie at the 2021 WA state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and the Greens.
Looks like Labor’s candidate Daniel Morrison Bird has withdrawn from the race. Strange, considering Thornlie was pretty a 100% sure to be a Labor retain.
Very strange – Colleen Egan is the frontrunner for ALP preselection and thus being the next MP for Thornlie