Electoral district of Churchlands

{{Short description|State electoral district of Perth, Western Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox Australian electorate |

|name = Churchlands

|state = wa

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|From the 2021 state election to 2025

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|From the 2025 state election

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|caption = Interactive map of district boundaries

|lifespan = 1996–present

|mp = Basil Zempilas

|mp-party = Liberal

|namesake = Churchlands

|electors = 29084

|electors_year = 2021

|area = 24

|class = Metropolitan

|near-n = Scarborough

|near-ne = Balcatta

|near-nw = Indian Ocean

|near-e = Perth

|near-w = Indian Ocean

|near-s = Nedlands

|near-se = Nedlands

|near-sw = Cottesloe

|coordinates = {{coord|31.93|S|115.79|E|display=inline,title}}

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Churchlands is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Churchlands is named for the western suburb of Churchlands, which falls within its borders, and was created at the 1994 redistribution, replacing the seat of Floreat which had existed since 1968.{{Gazette WA

| title = Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Six Electoral Regions and 57 Electoral Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners

| page = 1994:6135-6327

| date = 28 November 1994

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It was held for most of its history by Liz Constable, the independent former member for Floreat who had won the predecessor seat in a 1991 by-election. However, the seat's demographics suggested it was a strongly Liberal seat on paper, and it was taken for granted Constable would be succeeded by a Liberal once she retired. Constable retired at the 2013 election, and was succeeded as expected by Liberal Sean L'Estrange. L'Estrange held the seat until his unexpected defeat by Christine Tonkin in 2021.