Darling Range is an electoral district of Western Australia. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. As in other districts, the Darling Range district elects a single person to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Assembly, or lower house is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. The elected person is then known as the Member for Darling Range, and is said to hold the seat of Darling Range. As of 2001, the Member for Darling Range is John Day who holds the seat for the Liberal Party by a margin of 3. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. John Howard Dadley Day MLA (born 24 December 1955 is the current Member for Kalamunda in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 1%.
Since the last election there has been a redistribution of the district's boundaries which will come into effect at the date of the next election, removing the town of Kalamunda and expanding the seat north and south along the Darling Escarpment. These new boundaries create significant changes in the make up of the district's electors, 50% of whom currently live in the district of Serpentine-Jarrahdale, which is to be abolished.
Current Serpentine-Jarrahdale MP Tony Simpson has expressed his intention to run for Darling Range at the next election and his candidacy has been endorsed by the Liberal Party. Anthony James (Tony Simpson (born 15 July 1965) is an Australian Politician.
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The electoral district of Darling Range extends from the towns of Chidlow, Mount Helena and Sawyers Valley in the north, south along the Mundaring Weir and down the Darling Scarp, including the towns of Pickering Brook, Karragullen and Roleystone, the Clifton Hills parts of Kelmscott and the outer parts of Mount Nasura and Forestdale and the entire Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale.
The district is the largest in the metropolitan area, covering an area of 1,990 km2. More than 22,000 voters call Darling Range home, with the largest towns being the Hills orchard town of Roleystone and the fast growing outer-metropolitan suburb of Byford.
History
Darling Range has existed for all but one term since 1950. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It has never been held by the Australian Labor Party - it was a Country Party seat until 1962, then a Liberal Party seat, though former Liberal MP Ian Thompson finished his last term in 1993 as an Independent. The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Current sitting MP and then Health Minister John Day came perilously close to defeat in 2001. The Liberal primary vote fell by 18. 8%, Liberals for Forests polling 10. 4%, One Nation 9. Not to be confused with the One Nation program of infrastructure works carried out from 1991 to 1996 by the Keating Labor Government 8% and the Greens 8. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 2%. After preferences, Day trailed by 76 votes in votes cast on the day, but pulled ahead to win by 137 votes after the counting of the declaration vote.
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