Churchlands Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Western Australia
Dates current:	1996–present
MP:	Liz Constable
Party:	Independent
Namesake:	Churchlands
Area:	28.7 km² (11 sq mi)
Demographic:	North Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Churchlands is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Churchlands is named for the western suburb of Churchlands which falls within its borders, and was created at the 1994 redistribution, replacing the seat of Floreat which had existed since 1968.^[1] Its only member so far has been Liz Constable, the Independent who won in Floreat at a July 1991 by-election following the death of former Liberal MP Andrew Mensaros.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 Members for Churchlands 4 Results 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Geography

Churchlands lies between the Indian Ocean on the west, and Mitchell Freeway on the east. Its boundaries include the suburbs of Churchlands, City Beach, Floreat, Wembley Downs, southern Woodlands, western Glendalough and most of Wembley.^[2] Major features within the electorate include Herdsman Lake, Lake Monger, Hale School, Wembley Golf Complex, and the Glendalough and Leederville railway stations.

Between the 2003 and 2007 redistributions, Churchlands was located further north, excluding southern sections of Floreat and City Beach and all but a tiny northern section of Wembley, while including most of Scarborough, parts of Doubleview and Innaloo and the Osborne Park industrial area.^[3]

[edit] Demographics

Churchlands and the neighbouring electorates of Nedlands to the southeast and Cottesloe to the southwest comprise the affluent western suburbs of Perth—the Australian Bureau of Statistics's SEIFA index (2001) ranked them as the highest three electorates by socio-economic status in Western Australia, with high scores on educational and employment opportunity. At the 2006 census, the median individual income in the Churchlands electorate, based on its 2005 boundaries, was $607 per week compared to $513 in the Perth metropolitan area, and the median weekly household income was $1,115 compared to $1,086 across Perth. 45.4% of the population were professionals or managers.^[4]

[edit] Members for Churchlands

Member		Party	Term
	Liz Constable	Independent	1996–present

[edit] Results

Western Australian state election, 2008: Churchlands[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Liz Constable	13,326	67.30	+36.2
	Labor	Sinisia Krstic	4,545	17.90	-4.9
	Greens WA	George Crisp	2,931	14.80	+5.0
Total formal votes			19,802	96.70
Informal votes			676	3.30
Turnout			20,478	87.52
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Independent	Liz Constable	14,549	73.47	+4.7
	Labor	Sinisia Krstic	5,253	26.53	-4.7
	Independent hold		Swing	+4.7

¹  The 2007 redistribution resulted in a notional majority of 27.6% for independent Liz Constable over the Labor Party. Therefore, the swings presented are based on the ABC's calculation of redistributed results, rather than the actual results at the 2005 election.

Western Australian state election, 2005: Churchlands
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Liz Constable	10,612	43.67	–2.91
	Liberal	Greg Preston	5,817	23.94	–2.56
	Labor	Tony Walker	5,335	21.96	+4.35
	Greens WA	Sonja Lundie-Jenkins	1,851	7.62	+1.79
	Christian Democrats	Jennifer Whately	684	2.81	–0.01
Total formal votes			24,299	96.89	-0.33
Informal votes			780	3.11	+0.33
Turnout			25,079	89.90	–1.19
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Independent	Liz Constable	17,387	71.58	N/A
	Labor	Tony Walker	6,903	28.42	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)

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