Electoral district of Nedlands

Nedlands Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Nedlands (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1930–present
MP	Bill Marmion
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Nedlands
Electors	27,348 (2017)
Area	30 km2 (11.6 sq mi)
Demographic	North Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Nedlands is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Nedlands is named for the inner western Perth suburb of Nedlands which falls within its borders.

Nedlands was created at the 1929 redistribution, at which five new metropolitan electorates were created to replace former Goldfields seats in Parliament. Its first member was elected at the 1930 election, and it has always been a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors. Its first member, Hon. Sir Norbert Keenan, was an Attorney-General, whilst two of its members, Hon. Sir Charles Court and his son Hon. Richard Court who between them held the seat for 48 consecutive years, have been State Premiers (1974–1982 and 1993–2001 respectively), making them one of only three father-son combinations in Australia to have achieved this (including the Butlers in South Australia and the Cains in Victoria).

At the 2001 state election, the Labor Party won government and Court's own margin was cut to 4.93% by Independent candidate Liz Davenport, a prominent fashion designer and member of the Liberals for Forests party. In the days after the election, Court was attempting to organise a succession whereby he and his deputy leader, Cottesloe MLA Colin Barnett, would both resign their seats. Federal Curtin MP Julie Bishop would resign her seat and hand it to Barnett, then succeed either Court in Nedlands or Barnett in Cottesloe at a state by-election and assume the Liberal leadership in Court's stead. The aim was to prevent Barnett from succeeding Court. However, the plan ended up on the front page of The West Australian, Bishop decided against a switch to State politics, and Court shortly thereafter resigned both the leadership and his seat. At the resulting by-election in 2001, Sue Walker, a DPP lawyer, won the seat for the Liberals against the unrelated Steve Walker, a Greens candidate, who overtook the ALP on preferences.