Electoral district of Burns Beach

Burns Beach
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Burns Beach; Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Burns Beach (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2017–present
MP	Mark Folkard
Party	Labor
Namesake	Burns Beach
Electors	29,974 (2021)
Area	40 km2 (15.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	33°20′S 115°40′E / 33.33°S 115.66°E

Burns Beach is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It is located in Perth's northern suburbs, and named after the suburb of Burns Beach.

Geography

Burns Beach includes the suburbs of Burns Beach, Mindarie, Quinns Rocks, Clarkson, Tamala Park, Kinross, as well as portions of Currambine and Neerabup. It is bounded by Hampshire Drive, Marmion Avenue and Hester Avenue to the north; Wanneroo Road to the east; Joondalup Drive, Moore Drive and Burns Beach Road to the south; and the Indian Ocean to the west.^[1]

History

Burns Beach was created by the Western Australian Electoral Commission in a 2015 redistribution, and gained its first member at the 2017 state election. It incorporates areas that previously fell into the seats of Butler, Joondalup and Ocean Reef.

The district boundaries were redistributed in 2019 and saw the suburbs of Iluka and part of Joondalup being removed while the suburb Quinns Rocks was added.^[2]

Members for Burns Beach

Member		Party	Term
	Mark Folkard	Labor	2017–present

Election results

2021 Western Australian state election: Burns Beach^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Folkard	17,193	70.1	+25.8
	Liberal	Trish Botha	4,545	18.5	−19.0
	Greens	Louis Marchant	1,355	5.5	−3.6
	Christians	Graeme Offereins	625	2.5	+0.5
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Meredith Campbell	585	2.4	+2.4
	WAxit	Peter Rosengrave	223	0.9	−0.3
Total formal votes			24,526	96.4	+1.7
Informal votes			916	3.6	−1.7
Turnout			25,442	84.9	+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Folkard	18,849	76.9	+21.5
	Liberal	Trish Botha	5,669	23.1	−21.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+21.5

References

^ 2019 Final Boundaries by Region and District, Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ "State election boundary shake-up". Community News. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
^ 2021 State General Election – Burns Beach District Results, WAEC

External links

ABC election profiles: 2017
WAEC district maps: 2015

[1] 2019 Final Boundaries by Region and District, Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 14 February 2021.

[2] "State election boundary shake-up". Community News. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2021.

[3] 2021 State General Election – Burns Beach District Results, WAEC

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