Electoral district of Morley

Not to be confused with Morley (UK Parliament constituency).

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

Morley Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Morley (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1974–1996; 2008–present
MP	Amber-Jade Sanderson
Party	Labor
Namesake	Morley
Electors	30,130 (2021)
Area	20 km2 (7.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Electorates around Morley: Balcatta West Swan Mirrabooka Bassendean Balcatta Morley Bassendean Balcatta Mount Lawley Maylands Bassendean

Morley existed as an electoral district from 1974 to 1996, and was restored as an electorate name in 2008. Between 1983 and 1989 it was known was Morley-Swan.

The district is situated in the northern suburbs of Perth.

Geography

Situated in the densely populated inner northern suburbs of Perth, the district covers the entirety of the suburbs of Nollamara and Noranda; and parts of Beechboro, Dianella and Morley.

History

Morley was first created for the 1974 state election. At the 1983 state election, it was renamed Morley-Swan with the abolition of Swan. The district reverted to the name Morley at the 1989 state election and was abolished ahead of the 1996 state election.

The district was held by Labor at all times, with the exception of the period between 1991 and 1993, when former Labor MP Frank Donovan sat as an independent. The member at the time of Morley's abolition, Labor MP Clive Brown, went on to represent the newly created seat of Bassendean from 1996 to 2005.

A new district named Morley was created for the 2008 state election following the one vote, one value reforms. The majority of the district's voters came from the abolished seat of Ballajura. Nearly all of the remainder of district's territory formerly belonged to Yokine and Maylands; a small part also came from Bassendean.

The new district was created with a Labor majority of 59.9% to 40.1% versus the Liberal Party. However, Liberal candidate Ian Britza captured the seat at the 2008 state election, overcoming the large notional margin due in part to the candidacy of independent candidate and former MP for Ballajura John D'Orazio, who directed preferences to the Liberal candidate ahead of Labor candidate Reece Whitby.

Members for Morley

Morley (1974–1983)
Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Tonkin	Labor	1974–1983
Morley-Swan (1983–1989)
Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Tonkin	Labor	1983–1987
	Frank Donovan	Labor	1987–1989
Morley (1989–1996)
Member		Party	Term
	Frank Donovan	Labor	1989–1991
		Independent	1991–1993
	Clive Brown	Labor	1993–1996
Morley (2008–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Ian Britza	Liberal	2008–2017
	Amber-Jade Sanderson	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Morley

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Morley.[edit]

2021 Western Australian state election: Morley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Amber-Jade Sanderson	17,447	70.4	+18.0
	Liberal	Jim Seth	3,931	15.9	−15.7
	Greens	Thomas Marcinkowski	1,525	6.2	−3.2
	Christians	Alan Wells	815	3.3	+0.5
	One Nation	Julian Scully	452	1.8	+1.8
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Rhonda Kerslake	396	1.6	+1.6
	WAxit	Aman Singh	217	0.9	−0.8
Total formal votes			24,783	95.5	+1.4
Informal votes			1,176	4.5	−1.4
Turnout			25,959	86.2	−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Amber-Jade Sanderson	19,458	78.6	+16.2
	Liberal	Jim Seth	5,311	21.4	−16.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+16.2

External links

• "Map of Morley". boundarieswa.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008.
• WAEC district maps: current boundaries, previous distributions