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Belmont Electorate Profile (2025)

About the Belmont Electorate

Map showing the boundaries of the Belmont electorate for the 2021 election

PDF version of Belmont electorate map PDF/pdf-file.png


Area (sq km): 66
Number of Electors: 30,344
Source: 2023 Final Distribution Report, Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission.

Origin of the Name:
Most of the suburb of Belmont island was assigned to Captain Francis Henry Byrne in 1931. It is believed that Byrne named his land 'Belmont' after his estate in England. The land was not developed until 1882, when Shepherd Smith of Sydney purchased it, and in 1897 and 1898 instigated a major subdivision of the area. For many years the lots were quite large due to the development of the area for training racehorses, and because of the proximity to the Belmont Park Racecourse.
Source: Western Australia. Department of Land Administration. Names and Places.

Suburbs and Towns within the Electorate:
The electorate of Belmont includes all or part of Ascot, Belmont, Cloverdale, Hazelmere, Kewdale, Redcliffe, Rivervale, South Guildford and Welshpool.
Source: Western Australian Electoral Commission.

Local Governments within the Electorate:
City of Swan ; Statistical Profile of City of Swan
City of Belmont ; Statistical Profile of City of Belmont
City of Canning ; Statistical Profile of City of Canning
 
Schools
Government: Belmay Primary School; Belmont City College; Belmont Primary School; Carlisle Primary School; Cloverdale Education Support Centre; Cloverdale Primary School; Kewdale Primary School; Redcliffe Primary School; Rivervale Primary School; South East Metropolitan Language Development Centre.

Other: Australian Islamic College - Kewdale; Notre Dame Catholic Primary School; St Augustine's School; St Maria Goretti's Catholic School.


Local Newspapers:

Statistical Profile of the Belmont Electorate

Successive Members for the Belmont Electorate

Constituency created under Redistribution of Seats 1961

Name Party Term
James Hegney Australian Labor Party 1962 - 1968
Colin John Jamieson Australian Labor Party 1968 - 1971

Constituency abolished under the Redistribution of Seats 1972

Constituency revived under the Redistribution of Seats 1988

Eric Stephen Ripper Australian Labor Party 1989 - 2013
Glenys Godfrey Liberal Party 2013 - 2017
Cassie Rowe Australian Labor Party 2017 -

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) https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au