Electoral district of Blackwood-Stirling

Electoral district of Blackwood-Stirling

Infobox Australian Electorate
name = Blackwood-Stirling
state = wa


caption =
lifespan = 2008–present
mp = Terry Redman
mp-party = National
namesake = Blackwood River; Stirling Range
area = 24934
class = South West

Blackwood-Stirling is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district takes parts of the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.

Politically, Blackwood-Stirling is a conservative seat. It is theoretically competitive between the two conservative forces in Western Australian politics: the Liberal Party and the National Party.

History

Blackwood-Stirling was first created for the 2008 state election. It was essentially an almagamation of the Liberal-held district of Warren-Blackwood and the National-held district of Stirling, although parts of each ended up in neighbouring districts. 52 per cent of the new district's voters came from the former district, whilst 37 per cent came from the latter. The remainder were previously a part of the National-held district of Wagin. The former member for Stirling, National MP Terry Redman, won the seat at the election.

Geography

Blackwood-Stirling incorporates the following government councils: Shire of Boyup Brook, Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Shire of Cranbrook, Shire of Denmark, Shire of Manjimup, Shire of Nannup, Shire of Plantagenet as well as a southern portion of the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River.

Members for Blackwood-Stirling

Election results

Election box begin
title=Western Australian state election, 2008: Blackwood-Stirlingref label|1|1|1
Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Terry Redman
party = WA Nationals
votes = 8,003
percentage = 44.91
change = +28.4

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Wade de Campo
party = Liberal
votes = 4,518
percentage = 25.35
change = −15.6

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Raymond Phillips
party = Labor
votes = 2,527
percentage = 14.18
change = −4.7

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Luke Petersen
party = Greens WA
votes = 1,837
percentage = 10.31
change = +1.1

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Graham Lawn
party = Christian Democrats
votes = 350
percentage = 1.96
change = +0.3

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Stephen Carson
party = Family First Party
votes = 264
percentage = 1.48
change = −1.0

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Ken Gunson
party = Independent
votes = 176
percentage = 0.99
change = +0.99

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Keith Smith
party = Independent
votes = 145
percentage = 0.81
change = +0.81

Election box formal
votes = 17,820
percentage = 96.14
change =

Election box informal
votes = 715
percentage = 3.86
change =

Election box turnout
votes = 18,535
percentage = 89.44
change =

Election box candidate AU party
party = WA Nationals
candidate = Terry Redman
votes = 11,992
percentage = 67.34
change = N/A

Election box candidate AU party
party = Liberal
candidate = Wade de Campo
votes = 5,816
percentage = 32.66
change = N/A

Election box hold AU party
winner = WA Nationals
swing = N/A

:note label|1|1|1 Blackwood-Stirling was a new electorate at the 2008 election. Therefore, the swings presented are based on the ABC's calculation of redistributed results. On a two-party preferred basis it was notionally a National Party seat with a margin of 19.3% over the Labor Party.

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