Electoral district of Kimberley

Kimberley Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Kimberley (dark green) in Western Australia
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1904–present
MP	Josie Farrer
Party	Labor
Namesake	Kimberley region
Electors	16,844 (2017)
Area	421,011 km2 (162,553.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Mining and Pastoral

Kimberley is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, located in the state's far north and named after the Kimberley region. The electorate has one of the highest Aboriginal enrolments of any seat in the Parliament.

The seat has been held by the Australian Labor Party since 1980—inclusive of one term under a Labor Independent (1996–2001), but has become increasingly marginal in recent years. It saw an extremely close and almost unprecedented four-way race at the 2013 state election, with relatively small primary vote margins separating the Labor, Liberal, National and Green candidates in a result that was not known for several days. However, new Labor candidate Josie Farrer was able to hold the seat for Labor, winning the seat on Green preferences.

First created for the 1904 state election, the district was a combination of two former seats: East Kimberley and West Kimberley. Its first member, Francis Connor, was one of four independents who opted to support the Labor Party's minority government under Premier Henry Daglish. The government fell a year later, and a conservative member won the seat. It was then held for 19 years by non-Labor parties until a split in the Country Party saw Labor gain the seat at the 1924 state election. Labor held the seat continuously for 44 years until losing it to the Liberal Party at the 1968 state election.