Electoral district of Mirrabooka

Mirrabooka Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1968–1974, 2013–
MP	Janine Freeman
Party	Labor
Namesake	Mirrabooka
Demographic	East Metropolitan

Mirrabooka is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

Geography

The district is based in the northern suburbs of Perth. It includes Alexander Heights, Balga, Koondoola, Mirrabooka, Westminster and parts of Ballajura and Dianella.

History

The district was created for the 2013 state election, essentially as a new name for the district of Nollamara. It was won by sitting Nollamara MP Janine Freeman.

An earlier incarnation of the district existed from 1968 to 1974. First contested at the 1968 state election, it was won by Doug Cash of the Liberal Party. Cash was defeated one term later by Labor candidate Arthur Tonkin. Mirrabooka was abolished at the 1974 state election, and Tonkin went on to become member for the new seat of Morley.

Members for Mirrabooka

First incarnation (1968–1974)
Member		Party	Term
	Doug Cash	Liberal	1968–1971
	Arthur Tonkin	Labor	1971–1974
Second incarnation (2013–present)
	Janine Freeman	Labor	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mirrabooka

Western Australian state election, 2013: Mirrabooka

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Janine Freeman	9,661	47.7	-4.2
	Liberal	Andrea Creado	7,879	38.9	+8.0
	Greens	Mark William Cooper	1,757	8.7	-4.4
	Christians	Lois Host	954	4.7	+0.9
Total formal votes			20,251	90.0	-2.0
Informal votes			2,239	10.0	+2.0
Turnout			22,490	87.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Janine Freeman	11,045	54.6	-8.4
	Liberal	Andrea Creado	9,195	45.4	+8.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.4