Electoral district of Ballajura
Ballajura is an Electoral district of Western Australia. As in other districts, the Ballajura district elects a single person to the
Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The elected person is then known as the Member for Ballajura, and is said to hold the seat of Ballajura. As of
2005, the Member for Ballajura is
John D'Orazio who holds the seat for the
Labor Party by a margin of 13.5%.
Profile
Ballajura is a northern suburban seat in
Perth, and is dominated by the sprawling suburb whose name it bears,
Ballajura, but also contains
Noranda and parts of
Morley and
Beechboro in the south. It covers 44 km². The seat is marginal as Noranda usually tends
Liberal, while Morley, Beechboro and southeastern Ballajura are safe ALP.
History
Ballajura was a new seat at the 1996 election, and was a contest between Labor's John D'Orazio and Helena MP
Rhonda Parker, whose seat had been abolished in a redistribution. D'Orazio achieved a 1.5% swing but fell just 44 votes short of victory. In 2001, a 5.1% swing delivered the seat to D'Orazio - who survived a
preselection challenge along the way from
Burke's Old Right faction of the party. The 2005 election saw an 8.7% swing, with only one booth recording a non-Labor majority (0.7%).
External links
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ABC Elections - Ballajura*
Poll Bludger - Ballajura
