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Joondalup Electorate Profile (2025)

About the Joondalup Electorate

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

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Area (sq km): 34
Number of Electors: 32,299
Source: 2023 Final Distribution Report, Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission.

Origin of the Name:
This suburb is named after Lake Joondalup, situated on the eastern side of the suburb. Joondalup is an Aboriginal word first recorded in 1837, possibly meaning 'place of whiteness or glistening'. Another account states that a 'joondal' is a creature that can only move backwards.
Source: Western Australia. Department of Land Administration. Names and Places.

Suburbs and Towns with the Electorate:
The electorate of Joondalup includes all or part of Burns Beach, Connolly, Currambine, Edgewater, Heathridge, Iluka, Joondalup, and Ocean Reef.
Source: Western Australian Electoral Commission.


Local Governments within the Electorate:
City of Joondalup (part); Statistical Profile of City of Joondalup

Schools
Government: Beaumaris Primary School; Burns Beach Primary School; Connolly Primary School; Currambine Primary School; Eddystone Primary School; Edgewater Primary School; Heathridge Primary School; Joondalup Education Support Centre; Joondalup Primary School; Poseidon Primary School.

Other: Francis Jordan Catholic School; Lake Joondalup Baptist College; Mater Dei College; Prendiville Catholic College; St Simon Peter Catholic Primary School.

Local Newspapers:

Books about Joondalup:
  • Alan Lloyd: Saving Hepburn Heights bushland: the saga of the Hepburn Heights bushland reserve campaign (220p. Friends of Hepburn and Pinnaroo Bushland, 2009)

Statistical Profile of the Joondalup Electorate

Elections

2021 Results by Polling Place, Candidate and Distribution of Preferences

Election Analysis:

Current Member

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Emily Hamilton (ALP)

Contact details and Speeches

Biography

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Successive Members for the Joondalup Electorate

Constituency created under the Redistribution of Seats 1988

Name Party Term
Jacqueline Patricia Watkins Australian Labor Party 1983 - 1998
Constituency abolished under Redistribution of Seats 1988. Constituency revived under Redistribution of Seats 1994.
Christopher (Chris) John Baker Liberal Party 1996 - 2001
Anthony (Tony) O'Gorman Australian Labor Party 2001 - 2013
Jan-Henrik (Jan) Norberger Liberal Party 2013 - 2017
Emily Hamilton 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) http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au