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Darling Range Electorate Profile (2025)

About the Darling Range Electorate

Map showing the boundaries of the Darling Range electorate for the 2021 election

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Area (sq km): 1,385
Number of Electors: 29,772
Source: 2023 Final Distribution Report, Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission.

Origin of the Name:
Named after the Darling Range, which was originally named General Darling Range by Captain James Stirling March 1827 after General Sir Ralph Darling, the then governor of New South Wales. 'General' was soon dropped from the name.
Source: Western Australia. Department of Land Administration. Names and Places.

Suburbs and Towns within the Electorate:
The electorate of Darling Range includes all or part of Ashendon, Baldivis, Bedfordale, Byford, Cardup, Darling Downs, Hopeland, Jarrahdale, Karragullen, Karrakup, Keysbrook, Mardella, Mt Richon, Mundijong, Oldbury, Roleystone, Serpentine, Wellard, Whitby and Wungong.
Source: Western Australian Electoral Commission.


Local Governments within the Electorate:
City of Armadale; Statistical Profile of City of Armadale
Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale; Statistical Profile of Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale
City of Rockingham; Statistical Profile of City of Rockingham
City of Kwinana
Shire of Mundaring; Statistical Profile of City of Mundaring
City of Kwinana

Schools
Government: Armadale Primary School; Beenyup Primary School; Byford Primary School; Byford Secondary College; Jarrahdale Primary School; Marri Grove Primary School; Mundijong Primary School; Roleystone Community College; Serpentine Primary School; West Byford Primary School; Woodland Grove Primary School.

Other: Byford John Calvin School; Court Grammar School; Eton Farm Primary School; Good Shepherd Catholic Primary School; Salvado Catholic College; Southern Hills Christian College.

Local Newspapers:

Books about Darling Range:
  • Neil Coy: The Serpentine: a history of the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale (268p. South West Printing and Publishing Company, 1984)
  • Wilma Mann: Harnessing voices - a people's history of the Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale (211p. Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, 2001)
  • V G Fall: The mills of Jarrahdale (126p. Linellen Press, 2022)

Statistical Profile of the Darling Range Electorate

Elections

2021 Results by Polling Place, Candidate and Distribution of Preferences

Election Analysis:

Current Member

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Hugh Jones (ALP)

Contact details and Speeches

Biography

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Successive Members for the Darling Range Electorate

Constituency created under the Redistribution of Seats 2007

Name Party Term
Anthony (Tony) James Simpson Liberal Party 2005 - 2017
Barry Urban Australian Labor Party 2017 - 2018
Alyssa Kathleen Hayden Liberal Party 2018b - 2021
Hugh Trevor Jones Australian Labor Party 2021 -

b = by-election
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