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Dawesville Electorate Profile (2025)

About the Dawesville Electorate

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

PDF version of the Dawesville Electorate map PDF/pdf-file.png

Area (sq km): 122
Number of Electors: 29,788
Source: 2023 Final Distribution Report, Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission.

Origin of the Name:
Named after the suburb of Dawesville, which was an unofficial name used by developers in the 1950s. Land subdivided in this area was owned by L.S. Dawe and R.L. Dawe after whom 'Dawesville Estate' was named. This unofficial name became widely accepted by residents of the area and was approved on 16 May 1980.
Source: Western Australia. Department of Land Administration. Names and Places.

Suburbs and Towns within the Electorate:
The electorate of Dawesville includes all or part of Bouvard, Dawesville, Erskine, Falcon, Halls Head, Herron and Wannanup.
Source: Western Australian Electoral Commission.


Local Governments within the Electorate:
City of Mandurah (part)

Schools
Government: Falcon Primary School; Glencoe Primary School; Halls Head College; Halls Head College Education Support Centre; Halls Head Primary School; Ocean Road Primary School; South Halls Head Primary School.

Other: St Damien's Catholic Primary School.

Local Newspapers:

Statistical Profile of the Dawesville Electorate

Successive Members for the Dawesville Electorate

Constituency created under the Redistribution of Seats 1994

Name Party Term
Arthur Dix Marshall Liberal Party 1996 - 2005
Dr Kim Hames Liberal Party 2005 - 2017
Zak Richard Francis Kirkup Liberal Party 2017 - 2021
Lisa Munday Australian Labor Party 2021 -

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