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Bassendean Electorate Profile (2025)

About the Bassendean Electorate

Map showing the boundaries of the Bassendean electorate for the 2025 election

PDF version of the Bassendean electorate map PDF/pdf-file.png

Area (sq km): 26
Number of Electors: 31,769
Source: 2023 Final Distribution Report, Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission.

Origin of the name:
The name 'Bassendean' was first recorded by surveyor JW Gregory in 1841, as the name of 1,455 acres belonging to Mr P. Brown, who had his homestead on the west bank of the Swan River. Peter Brown (or Broun) was WA's first colonial secretary in 1832 and apparently named his property after a family estate in England, Bassendean, in Berwickshire. The area was previously known as West Guildford. A competition to choose a new name was held in 1922; two school children nominated the name 'Bassendean' after Peter Brown's property.
Source: Western Australia. Department of Land Administration. Names and Places.

Suburbs and Towns within the electorate:
The electorate of Bassendean includes all or part of Ashfield, Bassendean, Bayswater, Beechboro, Bennett Springs, Eden Hill, Embleton, Kiara, Lockridge and Morley.
Source: Western Australian Electoral Commission.


Local Governments within Electorate:
Town of Bassendean
City of Bayswater ; Statistical Profile of the City of Bayswater
City of Swan ; Statistical Profile of City of Swan

Schools
Government: Anzac Terrace Primary School; Ashfield Primary School; Bassendean Primary School; Beechboro Primary School; Cyril Jackson Senior Campus; Cyril Jackson Senior Campus Education Support Centre; East Beechboro Primary School; Eden Hill Primary School; Hampton Senior High School; Kiara College; Lockridge Primary School; West Beechboro Primary School.

Other: Beechboro Christian School; Casa Mia Montessori Community School; St Michael's School; Good Shepherd Catholic School.


Local Newspapers:

Books about Bassendean:
  • Jennie Carter: Bassendean: a social history 1829-1979 (321p. Town of Bassendean, 1986)
  • Morva Gogan: Bassendean and Guildford sketchbook (64p. Rigby, 1976)
  • Catherine May: Changes they've seen - the City and people of Bayswater 1829-1997 (344p. City of Bayswater, 2006)

Statistical Profile of the Bassendean Electorate

Successive Members for the Bassendean Electorate

Constituency created under Redistribution of Seats 1994

Name Party Term
Clive Morris Brown Australian Labor Party 1996 - 2005
Martin Paul Whiteley Australian Labor Party 2005 - 2013
Dave Kelly Australian Labor Party 2013 -

Source:
Black, David & Valerie Prescott. Election Statistics: Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, WA: Parliament of Western Australia Electoral Commission, 1997.
Parliament of Western Australia, Members (website) http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au