Electoral district of Morley

Morley Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1974–1996; 2008–present
MP	Ian Britza
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Morley
Area	17 km2 (6.6 sq mi)
Demographic	East Metropolitan

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

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 suburb of Noranda, most of Morley and Dianella and parts of Bedford, Beechboro and Kiara.

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–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Morley

Western Australian state election, 2013: Morley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ian Britza	9,932	49.9	+14.7
	Labor	Reece Whitby	7,868	39.5	+1.7
	Greens	Sally Palmer	1,371	6.9	-3.2
	Christians	Ross Fraser	430	2.2	-1.2
	Family First	Greg Halls	305	1.5	+1.5
Total formal votes			19,906	90.5	-1.7
Informal votes			1,851	9.5	+1.7
Turnout			21,757	89.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ian Britza	10,889	54.7	+5.5
	Labor	Reece Whitby	9,003	45.3	-5.5
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.5