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Kalamunda Electorate Profile (2025)

About the Kalamunda Electorate

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

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Area (sq km): 893
Number of Electors: 31,873
Source: 2023 Final Distribution Report, Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission.

Origin of the name:
This suburb was named in 1901 following a request by 32 residents of the area for a townsite to be declared there. The residents chose the name 'Calamunda', combining two Aboriginal words recorded in a book on Aboriginal language by Bishop Salvado. 'Cala' means 'home, district, settlement' and 'Munda" means 'forest'. The residents hoped it would be considered an appropriate name. The spelling was changed to 'Kalamunnda' by the surveyor general, but later in 1901 was amended to Kalamunda.
Source: Western Australia. Department of Land Administration. Names and Places.

Suburbs and Towns within the Electorate:
The electorate of Kalamunda includes all or part of Bailup, Beechina, Bickley, Canning Mills, Carmel, Chidlow, Darlington, Glen Forrest, Gooseberry Hill, Hacketts Gully, Hovea, Kalamunda, Lesmurdie, Mahogany Creek, Maida Vale, Mt Helena, Mundaring, Parkerville, Paulls Valley, Pickering Brook, Piesse Brook, Sawyers Valley, Stoneville, The Lakes, Walliston and Wooroloo.
Source: Western Australian Electoral Commission.


Local Governments within the Electorate:
City of Kalamunda (part); Statistical Profile of City of Kalamunda
Shire of Mundaring (part); Statistical Profile of Shire of Mundaring


Schools
Government: Chidlow Primary School; Darlington Primary School; Eastern Hills Senior High School; Falls Road Primary School; Glen Forrest Primary School; Kalamunda Primary Education Support Centre; Kalamunda Primary School; Kalamunda Secondary; Education Support Centre; Kalamunda Senior High School; Lesmurdie Primary School; Lesmurdie Senior High School; Mount Helena Primary School; Mundaring Primary School; Pickering Brook Primary School; Sawyers Valley Primary School; Walliston Primary School; Wooroloo Primary School.

Other: Carmel Adventist College; Carmel Adventist College Primary; Helena College - Glen Forrest and Darlington; Kalamunda Christian School; Mazenod College; Mundaring Christian College - Mundaring and Parkerville; Sacred Heart School; The Silver Tree Steiner School; St Brigid's College; Treetops Montessori School.

Local Newspapers:
  • Hills Gazette

Books about Kalamunda:
  • F McNamara: Kalamunda of the dreamtime (41p. Paterson, 1961)
  • John Harper-Nelson: A line on Kalamunda (75p. Nine Club, 1978)
  • John Slee: Cala Munnda, a home in the forest - a history of Kalamunda (220p. Shire of Kalamunda, 1979)
  • Hector Price: Known by their fruits, the story of fruit growing in Kalamunda and districts (64p. Dept of Agriculture, 1985)
  • Gordon Freegard: The history of Pickering Brook and surrounding areas (219p. Pickering Brook Heritage Group, 2019)
  • Owen Briffa: Lost Mundaring & surroundings (102p. Owen Briffa, 2018)

Statistical Profile of the Kalamunda Electorate

Elections

2021 Results by Polling Place, Candidate and Distribution of Preferences

Election Analysis:

Current Member

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Matthew Hughes (ALP)

Matthew, a teacher since 1974, and a highly recognised educational leader on both a state and national level, was also the Principal of John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School.

Throughout his career in education and the public sector, Matthew has placed a strong emphasis on the importance of community, inclusion and diversity, all of which are reflective of his core values.

As a father of six adult children and eight grand children he is well aware of the aspirations and uncertainties faced by Western Australian families. He believes a fresh approach is required in the economic challenges facing the state and in particular the resourcing of our schools and hospitals.

As a resident of Darlington for the last 14 years, he understands the unique environment that is encompassed by the State electorate of Kalamunda and the work that needs to be done to support its families and its communities.

Contact details and Speeches

Biography

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Successive Members for the Kalamunda Electorate

Constituency created under the Redistribution of Seats 2007

Name Party Term
John Howard Dadley Day Liberal Party 2008 - 2017
Matthew Hughes 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