Electoral district of Roe

Roe is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It takes in rural areas in the south of the state. Roe was re-created for the 2017 state election, having previously been in existence from 1950 to 1983 and from 1989 to 2008. It had a notional 16.7-point majority for the National Party against the Liberal Party, based on the results of the 2013 state election.[1]

Roe
Western AustraliaLegislative Assembly
Location of Roe (dark green) in Western Australia
StateWestern Australia
Dates current1950–1983; 1989–2008; 2017–present
MPPeter Rundle
PartyNational
NamesakeJohn Septimus Roe
Electors24,713 (2021)
Area104,934 km2 (40,515.2 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial and rural
Electorates around Roe:
Central Wheatbelt Central Wheatbelt
Kalgoorlie
Kalgoorlie
Collie-Preston
Warren-Blackwood
Roe Kalgoorlie
Albany
Great Australian Bight
Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight

Geography

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In its current incarnation, Roe includes portions of four regions of Western Australia – the South West, the Wheatbelt, the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance. There are eighteen local government areas that fall into the district: Broomehill-Tambellup, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Katanning, Kent, Kojonup, Kulin, Lake Grace, Narrogin, Ravensthorpe, Wagin, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams and Woodanilling.[2]

History

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Roe was first created in 1950 and abolished in 1983. It was recreated in 1989. In both of its previous incarnations, it was a staunchly conservative seat that traded hands between the Liberal Party and what became the National Party. Indeed, in its second incarnation, Labor was frequently pushed into third place.

Roe was abolished ahead of the 2008 state election as a result of the reduction in rural seats made necessary by the one vote one value reforms. At its abolition in 2008, Roe was a southern coastal electorate that included the towns of Esperance, Gnowangerup, Kulin, Lake Grace, Bremer Bay and Ravensthorpe. Its former territory was split between the new district of Eyre and the enlarged district of Wagin. Following Roe's abolition, sitting Liberal MP Graham Jacobs contested and won the seat of Eyre.

Roe was re-created in a redistribution prior to the 2017 state election, taking in areas of two abolished seats, Eyre and Wagin. The former member for Eyre, Jacobs, attempted to transfer here, but was roundly defeated by the Nationals' Peter Rundle.

Members for Roe

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Roe (1950–1983)
Member Party Term
  Charles Perkins Country 1950–1962
  Tom Hart Country 1962–1967
  Bill Young Country 1967–1974
  Geoff Grewar Liberal 1974–1983
Roe (1989–2008)
Member Party Term
  Ross Ainsworth National 1989–2005
  Graham Jacobs Liberal 2005–2008
Roe (2017–present)
Member Party Term
  Peter Rundle National 2017–present

Election results

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2021 Western Australian state election: Roe[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Peter Rundle 8,506 41.6 −0.1
Labor Bradley Willis 5,979 29.2 +14.7
Liberal David Dwyer 3,004 14.7 −9.9
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Bevan Steele 982 4.8 −0.2
Greens Nikki Starr 809 4.0 +0.5
Christians Cathie Kelly 502 2.5 +0.1
One Nation Graham Bushby 352 1.7 −6.3
WAxit Gary Jammu 180 0.9 +0.9
No Mandatory Vaccination Nita Thakrar 131 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 20,445 96.1 0.0
Informal votes 833 3.9 +0.0
Turnout 21,278 86.1 −5.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Peter Rundle 12,483 61.1 −2.7
Labor Bradley Willis 7,946 38.9 +38.9
National hold  

References

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  1. ^ Electorate: Roe, WA Election 2017, ABC News. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  2. ^ District of Roe, Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. ^ 2021 State General Election – Roe District Results, WAEC
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  • Antony Green. "2005 Election Profile: Roe". ABC.
  • WAEC district maps: current boundaries, previous distributions