Electoral district of Swan Hills

Not to be confused with Electoral district of Swan Hill.

Swan Hills
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries
StateWestern Australia
Dates current1989–present
MPMichelle Maynard
PartyLabor
NamesakeSwan Valley; Perth Hills
Electors33,397 (2025)
Area849 km2 (327.8 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates31°45′S 116°02′E / 31.75°S 116.03°E / -31.75; 116.03
Electorates around Swan Hills:
Wanneroo Mid-West Central Wheatbelt
Landsdale Swan Hills
West Swan Midland Kalamunda

Swan Hills is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district is located in the outer north-east of Perth.

Swan Hills is a marginal seat. It has been held by the government of the day on every occasion since its creation in 1989.

Geography

Based in the north-east corner of Perth's Metropolitan Region Scheme, Swan Hills covers large parts of the Swan Valley and Darling Scarp. The district takes in the communities of Aveley, Bailup, Belhus, Brigadoon, Bullsbrook, Chidlow, Ellenbrook, Gidgegannup, Melaleuca, Mount Helena, Sawyers Valley, The Vines, Upper Swan and Wooroloo.[1]

History

First contested at the 1989 state election, Swan Hills was created to replace the abolished seat of Mundaring. It was won on that occasion by Labor MP Gavan Troy, who had been the member for Mundaring since 1983. Troy retired at the 1993 state election, and the seat was picked up by the Liberal candidate June van de Klashorst when her party won government at the same election.

Two terms later, at the 2001 state election the seat again changed hands with a change of government. The new Labor MP was 24-year-old Jaye Radisich. Radisich retired at the 2008 state election, having failed to win Labor endorsement to contest a safer seat. The seat was then gained by Liberal candidate Frank Alban, continuing the pattern of seat going with the party that wins government.

Radisich died of cancer in 2012, and Labor recruited her brother, Ian Radisich, to challenge Alban at the 2013 state election. However, Alban easily won re-election as the Liberal-National government retained office with an increased majority. Alban was defeated by Jessica Shaw in the 2017 election by a large margin.

Shaw stood down at the 2025 state election and was succeeded by Michelle Maynard.

Members for Swan Hills

Member Party Term
  Gavan Troy Labor 1989–1993
  June van de Klashorst Liberal 1993–2001
  Jaye Radisich Labor 2001–2008
  Frank Alban Liberal 2008–2017
  Jessica Shaw Labor 2017–2025
  Michelle Maynard Labor 2025–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Swan Hills
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Swan Hills.[edit]
2025 Western Australian state election: Swan Hills[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Michelle Maynard 11,839 43.2 −27.5
Liberal Rod Henderson 6,883 25.1 +6.7
Greens Christopher Poulton 2,760 10.1 +6.1
National Ben Giblett 2,174 7.9 +7.9
One Nation Scott Wilkinson 2,115 7.7 +7.7
Christians Magdeleen Strauss 993 3.6 +0.9
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Ross Williamson 617 2.3 +2.3
Total formal votes 27,381 95.1 −0.3
Informal votes 1,421 4.9 +0.3
Turnout 28,802 86.2 +9.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Michelle Maynard 15,979 58.4 −18.8
Liberal Rod Henderson 11,375 41.6 +18.8
Labor hold Swing −18.8

References

  1. ^ "Proposed boundaries". gov.au. 2015. Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ 2025 State General Election – Swan Hills District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
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