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Swan Hills Electorate Profile (2025)

About the Swan Hills Electorate

Map showing the boundaries of the Swan Hills electorate for the 2025 election

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

Area (sq km): 849
Number of Electors: 30,713
Source: 2023 Final Distribution Report, Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission.

Origin of the Name:
The name for this electorate was created because it encompasses a portion of the Swan Valley and the hills area to the east of Perth. The Swan River was named by the Dutch explorer Willem Vlamingh in 1697 because of the number of black swans seen on the river.
Source: Western Australia. Department of Land Administration. Names and Places.

Suburbs and Towns within the Electorate:
The electorate of Swan Hills includes all or part of Aveley, Baskerville, Belhus, Brigadoon, Bullsbrook, Ellenbrook, Gidgegannup, Herne Hill, Melaleuca, Middle Swan, Millendon, The Vines and Upper Swan.
Source: Western Australian Electoral Commission.


Local Governments within the Electorate:
City of Swan (part); Statistical profile of the City of Swan

Schools
Government: Anne Hamersley Primary School; Aveley North Primary School; Aveley Primary School; Aveley Secondary College; Bullsbrook College; Ellen Stirling Primary School; Gidgegannup Primary School; Herne Hill Primary School; Malvern Springs Primary School; Upper Swan Primary School.

Other: Holy Cross College; Swan Christian College; Swan Valley Anglican Community School.

Local Newspapers:
  • Echo

Books about Swan Hills
  • Memories of Chittering and Bullsbrook, 1830-1995 (204p. Access Press, 1995)
  • A Peterkin: The noisy mansions - the story of Swanleigh, 1868-1971 (235p. Swanleigh Council, 1986)

Statistical Profile of the Swan Hills Electorate

Successive Members for the Swan Hills Electorate

Constituency created under Redistribution of Seats 1988

Name Party Term
Gavan John Troy Australian Labor Party 1989 - 1993
June Dorothy van de Klashorst Liberal Party 1993 - 2001
Jaye Amber Radisich Australian Labor Party 2001 - 2008
Francesco (Frank) Angelo Alban Liberal Party 2008 - 2017
Jessica Jane Shaw 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