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Electoral district of Forrestfield

Forrestfield
Western AustraliaLegislative Assembly
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Location of Forrestfield (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State Western Australia
Dates current 2008–present
MP Stephen Price
Party Labor
Namesake Forrestfield
Electors 26,994 (2017)
Area 59 km2 (22.8 sq mi)
Demographic East Metropolitan

Forrestfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia, based in the eastern suburbs of Perth.

Politically, the district is a marginal one.

Based in the eastern suburbs of Perth, the district has a north–south elongation covering three separate built up areas. In the north, the district takes in the suburbs of High Wycombe, Maida Vale and a small part of Gooseberry Hill; in the middle it covers most of Forrestfield, Wattle Grove and part of Kewdale; whilst to the south is the suburb of Kenwick plus part of Maddington.

Forrestfield was first contested at the 2008 state election. It was a new seat created as a result of the one vote one value reforms. A plurality of the new district's voters came from the district of Darling Range, which was radically redrawn. The northernmost part of the electorate was constructed from parts of Belmont and Midland, whilst the voters in the southern part of the district were drawn in from Kenwick.


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