ALP 27.7%
Incumbent MP
Hannah Beazley, since 2021.
- Geography
- Redistribution
- History
- Candidate summary
- Assessment
- 2021 results
- Booth breakdown
- Results maps
Geography
Inner-eastern Perth. Victoria Park covers the suburbs of Bentley, Burswood, Carlisle, East Victoria Park, Lathlain, St James, Victoria Park and part of Welshpool, Kensington and Wilson. The seat covers the entire Victoria Park council area and northern parts of the Canning council area.
Redistribution
Victoria Park expanded north to take in the Burswood peninsula from Belmont, which was the only part of the Victoria Park council area previously not in the council.
History
Victoria Park has existed since 1930. The seat was held by an independent for eight years from 1945, but apart from this period the seat has been held by the Labor Party.
Ron Davies won Victoria Park at the 1961 by-election. He served as a minister in the Tonkin government from 1971 to 1974.
In 1978, Davies became Leader of the Opposition, serving in the role until 1981, when he was succeeded by Brian Burke, who led the ALP back to power in 1983. Davies retired in 1986.
The 1986 by-election was won by Geoff Gallop. Gallop joined the Lawrence ministry in 1990, serving as a minister until the government’s defeat in 1993.
In 1996, Gallop became Leader of the Opposition. He led the ALP to victory in 2001, and then won a second term as Premier in 2005. He resigned in 2006.
The 2006 by-election was won by Ben Wyatt. Wyatt was re-elected three times, and has served as treasurer from 2017 until 2021.
Wyatt retired in 2021, and Labor candidate Hannah Beazley won Victoria Park with ease.
Assessment
Victoria Park is a safe Labor seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Hannah Beazley | Labor | 14,673 | 63.7 | +12.6 | 63.7 |
| Amanda-Sue Markham | Liberal | 3,733 | 16.2 | -12.0 | 16.4 |
| Gerard Siero | Greens | 2,912 | 12.6 | -2.0 | 12.5 |
| Aaron Farrell | Liberal Democrats | 542 | 2.4 | +2.4 | 2.3 |
| Janine Vander Ven | Australian Christians | 522 | 2.3 | -1.4 | 2.3 |
| Sue-Ann Connolly | No Mandatory Vaccination | 350 | 1.5 | +1.5 | 1.5 |
| Darren Sandow | One Nation | 307 | 1.3 | +1.3 | 1.3 |
| Others | 0.0 | ||||
| Informal | 782 | 3.3 |
2021 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Hannah Beazley | Labor | 17,932 | 77.8 | +11.1 | 77.7 |
| Amanda-Sue Markham | Liberal | 5,105 | 22.2 | -11.1 | 22.3 |
Polling places have been split into three parts: central, north and south.
Labor’s two-party-preferred vote ranged from 76.1% in the north to 78.7% in the centre.
The Greens came third, with a primary vote ranging from 13.2% in the south to 15.5% in the north.
| Voter group | GRN prim % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| South | 13.2 | 77.3 | 3,326 | 13.9 |
| Central | 15.1 | 78.7 | 3,252 | 13.6 |
| North | 15.5 | 76.1 | 2,778 | 11.6 |
| Pre-poll | 10.3 | 78.0 | 8,474 | 35.5 |
| Other votes | 12.6 | 77.7 | 6,020 | 25.2 |
Election results in Victoria Park at the 2021 WA state election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for Labor, the Liberal Party and the Greens.
My prediction: Labor hold.
Curious to see if the Burswood motor plex issue drives down the ALP vote a bit here. Seems the Greens have jumped right onto leading then opposition too it, bunch of new fresh printed signs at the early voting centres.
ALP hold, watch this seat turn into a ALP vs Greens race in the next election however
@Steve, yep that would be interesting. This announcement came out of nowhere and definitely is not popular among people in Burswood and Victoria Park.
The Vic Park Council opposes the idea as well and there seems to be strong opposition to it in the Vic Park facebook groups. That said, not sure how much of a voter decider it will be for people.