Electoral district of Burns Beach
State electoral district of Western Australia
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Burns Beach was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It was located in Perth's northern suburbs, and named after the suburb of Burns Beach.
| Burns Beach Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2021 state election to 2025 | |
| State | Western Australia |
| Dates current | 2017–2025 |
| MP | Mark Folkard |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Burns Beach |
| Electors | 29,974 (2021) |
| Area | 40 km2 (15.4 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
| Coordinates | 33.33°S 115.66°E |
Geography
Burns Beach includes the suburbs of Burns Beach, Mindarie, Quinns Rocks, Clarkson, Tamala Park, Kinross, as well as portions of Currambine and Neerabup. It is bounded by Hampshire Drive, Marmion Avenue and Hester Avenue to the north; Wanneroo Road to the east; Joondalup Drive, Moore Drive and Burns Beach Road to the south; and the Indian Ocean to the west.[1]
History
Burns Beach was created by the Western Australian Electoral Commission in a 2015 redistribution, and gained its first member at the 2017 state election. It incorporates areas that previously fell into the seats of Butler, Joondalup and Ocean Reef.
The district boundaries were redistributed in 2019 and saw the suburbs of Iluka and part of Joondalup being removed while the suburb Quinns Rocks was added.[2]
The district was abolished in a redistribution leading up to the 2025 Western Australian state election and was replaced with the new electoral division of Electoral district of Mindarie, which was won by the incumbent MLA for Burns Beach Mark Folkard.[3]
Members for Burns Beach
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Folkard | Labor | 2017–2025 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Mark Folkard | 17,193 | 70.1 | +25.8 | |
| Liberal | Trish Botha | 4,545 | 18.5 | −19.0 | |
| Greens | Louis Marchant | 1,355 | 5.5 | −3.6 | |
| Christians | Graeme Offereins | 625 | 2.5 | +0.5 | |
| No Mandatory Vaccination | Meredith Campbell | 585 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| WAxit | Peter Rosengrave | 223 | 0.9 | −0.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 24,526 | 96.4 | +1.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 916 | 3.6 | −1.7 | ||
| Turnout | 25,442 | 84.9 | +1.3 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Mark Folkard | 18,849 | 76.9 | +21.5 | |
| Liberal | Trish Botha | 5,669 | 23.1 | −21.5 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +21.5 | |||