Electoral district of Bateman
State electoral district of Western Australia
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Bateman is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
| Bateman Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2025 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2008–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Kim Giddens | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Bateman | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 31,547 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32.03°S 115.93°E | ||||||||||||||
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The district shares its name with the southern Perth suburb of Bateman, situated in the central part of the electorate. Both the electorate and the suburb are named after members of the Bateman family, who established their home, "Grasmere", at nearby Bulls Creek, in 1886.[1] The seat was created as a result of the 2007 electoral redistribution, largely replacing the former Murdoch electorate. Bateman was regarded as a safe Liberal seat, because Murdoch (itself largely replaced by Jandakot between 1989 and 1996[2]) had been held by the party since the seat's creation in 1977.
Members for Bateman
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Christian Porter | Liberal | 2008–2013 | |
| Matt Taylor | Liberal | 2013–2017 | |
| Dean Nalder | Liberal | 2017–2021 | |
| Kim Giddens | Labor | 2021–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Kim Giddens | 11,093 | 40.2 | −5.6 | |
| Liberal | Nitin Vashisht | 9,455 | 34.3 | −2.7 | |
| Greens | Juanita Doorey | 2,910 | 10.5 | +3.7 | |
| National | Donna Gordin | 1,689 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
| Christians | Kirsty Robbie | 1,000 | 3.6 | +0.7 | |
| One Nation | Michael Mabood | 478 | 1.7 | +0.9 | |
| Independent | Tony Stokes | 431 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Animal Justice | Colleen Saporita | 353 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
| Libertarian | Anahita Ghassemifar | 180 | 0.7 | −0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,589 | 96.6 | −0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 962 | 3.4 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 28,551 | 90.5 | +2.9 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Kim Giddens | 14,700 | 53.3 | −3.4 | |
| Liberal | Nitin Vashisht | 12,881 | 46.7 | +3.4 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −3.4 | |||