Electoral district of Bateman

Infobox Australian Electorate
name = Bateman
state = wa


caption =
lifespan = 2008–present
mp = Christian Porter
mp-party = Liberal
namesake = Bateman
area = 18
class = South Metropolitan

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

The district shares its name with the southern Perth suburb of Bateman, situated in the central part of the electorate. Both the electorate and the suburb are named after members of the Bateman family who established their home ‘Grasmere’ at nearby Bulls Creek in 1886. [http://www.melvillecity.com.au/about/city-profile/suburb-fact-sheets/Bateman.pdf] The seat was created as a result of the 2007 electoral redistribution, largely replacing the former Murdoch electorate. Bateman is regarded as a safe Liberal seat, as Murdoch (itself largely replaced by Jandakot between 1989 and 1996 [An examination of the electoral boundaries of Murdoch and the former seat of Jandakot shows them to be have similar boundaries. The newly created seat of Jandakot, though it takes in some areas currently within the Murdoch boundary, is much larger than its previous incarnation in the period 1989-96. See http://www.boundarieswa.com/2007/Final-Boundaries/South_Metropolitan/Jandakot/.] ) had been held by the party since the seat's creation in 1977.

Bateman is bounded by North Lake Road to the west, South Street to the south, Karel Avenue and Fifth Avenue to the east, Bull Creek and the Canning River to the northeast, with its northern boundary running through the suburbs of Booragoon and Mount Pleasant, including the Blue Gum Reserve but excluding Garden City shopping centre. Its boundaries include the suburbs of Bateman, Brentwood, Bull Creek, Rossmoyne and Winthrop, along with Kardinya east of North Lake Road, Murdoch north of South Street, and parts of Booragoon, Mount Pleasant and Myaree. [cite web|url=http://www.boundarieswa.com/2007/Final-Boundaries/South_Metropolitan/Bateman|title=2007 Electoral Distribution > Final Boundaries - South Metropolitan > Bateman|author=Western Australian Electoral Commission|date=29 October 2007|accessdate=2008-08-08]

Members for Bateman

Election results

Election box begin
title=Western Australian state election, 2008: Batemanref label|1|1|1Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Christian Porter
party = Liberal
votes = 10,541
percentage = 53.40
change = +5.1

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Tony Stokes
party = Labor
votes = 5,538
percentage = 28.05
change = -5.8

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Andrea Callaghan
party = Greens WA
votes = 2,562
percentage = 12.98
change = +6.0

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Ka-ren Chew
party = Christian Democrats
votes = 750
percentage = 3.80
change = +0.3

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Won-Sik Choi
party = Independent
votes = 350
percentage = 1.77
change = +1.77

Election box formal
votes = 19,741
percentage = 95.67
change =

Election box informal
votes = 893
percentage = 4.33
change =

Election box turnout
votes = 20,634
percentage = 89.59
change =

Election box candidate AU party
party = Liberal
candidate = Christian Porter
votes = 12,116
percentage = 61.39
change = +4.5

Election box candidate AU party
party = Labor
candidate = Tony Stokes
votes = 7,620
percentage = 38.61
change = -4.5

Election box hold AU party
winner = Liberal
swing = +4.5

:note label|1|1|1 Bateman was a new electorate at the 2008 election. Therefore, the swings presented are based on the ABC's calculation of redistributed results.

References

External links

[http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2008/guide/bate.htm Electorate Profile] (Antony Green, ABC)