Electoral district of Bassendean

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

Bassendean Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2025 state election
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1996–present
MP	Dave Kelly
Party	Labor
Namesake	Bassendean
Electors	32,644 (2025)
Area	26 km2 (10.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	31.88°S 115.93°E / -31.88; 115.93
Electorates around Bassendean: West Swan Morley Bassendean Midland Maylands Belmont

The district is based in the eastern suburbs of Perth. It is a safe Labor seat.

Geography

Bassendean is a compact electorate situated east of the Perth CBD. The district is bordered to the south by Swan River, to the east by the Tonkin Highway and Beechboro Road North, to the north by the Reid Highway and to the west by Lord Street. It includes the suburbs of Bassendean, Ashfield, Eden Hill, Kiara, Lockridge, as well as parts of Beechboro, Bayswater, Bennett Springs, Caversham, Embleton and Morley.

History

Bassendean was first contested at the 1996 state election. The seat was won by Labor candidate Clive Brown, previously the member for Morley, which had been abolished. Brown was succeeded at the 2005 state election by Martin Whitely, previously member for the abolished Roleystone. Whitely retired at the 2013 election and was succeeded by union official Dave Kelly.

Members for Bassendean

Member		Party	Term
	Clive Brown	Labor	1996–2005
	Martin Whitely	Labor	2005–2013
	Dave Kelly	Labor	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bassendean

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bassendean.[edit]

2025 Western Australian state election: Bassendean

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dave Kelly	13,961	52.3	−19.0
	Liberal	Ash Kumar	4,220	15.8	+3.7
	Independent	Renée McLennan	3,083	11.5	+11.5
	Greens	Callan Gray	2,854	10.7	+2.9
	One Nation	Chris Fenech	1,301	4.9	+2.9
	Christians	David Kingston	1,300	4.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			26,719	95.1	−0.3
Informal votes			1,388	4.9	+0.3
Turnout			28,107	86.1	+3.0
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Dave Kelly	19,882	74.5	−7.2
	Liberal	Ash Kumar	6,820	25.5	+7.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Dave Kelly	17,532	65.7	−16.0
	Independent	Renée McLennan	9,163	34.3	+34.3
	Labor hold

External links

• ABC election profiles: 2005 Archived 18 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine 2008 Archived 15 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
• WAEC district maps: current boundaries Archived 15 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine, previous distributions