Electoral district of Roe
{{Short description|State electoral district of Western Australia}}
{{EngvarB|date=June 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox Australian electorate |
|name = Roe
|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 = 1950–1983; 1989–2008; 2017–present
|mp = Peter Rundle
|mp-party = National
|electors = 28297
|electors_year = 2025
|namesake = John Septimus Roe
|area = 120414
|class = Provincial and rural
|near-n = Central Wheatbelt
Kalgoorlie
|near-ne = Kalgoorlie
|near-nw = Central Wheatbelt
|near-e = Kalgoorlie
|near-w = Collie-Preston
Warren-Blackwood
|near-s = Great Australian Bight
|near-se = Great Australian Bight
|near-sw = Albany
Great Australian Bight
|coordinates = {{coord|33.09|S|119.68|E|display=inline,title}}
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Roe is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It takes in rural areas in the south of the state. Roe was re-created for the 2017 state election, having previously been in existence from 1950 to 1983 and from 1989 to 2008. It had a notional 16.7-point majority for the National Party against the Liberal Party, based on the results of the 2013 state election.[http://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/wa-election-2017/guide/roe/ Electorate: Roe], WA Election 2017, ABC News. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
Geography
In its current incarnation, Roe includes portions of four regions of Western Australia – the South West, the Wheatbelt, the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance. There are eighteen local government areas that fall into the district: Broomehill-Tambellup, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Katanning, Kent, Kojonup, Kulin, Lake Grace, Narrogin, Ravensthorpe, Wagin, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams and Woodanilling.[http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/distribution/2015/ROE.pdf District of Roe], Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
History
Roe was first created in 1950 and abolished in 1983. It was recreated in 1989. In both of its previous incarnations, it was a staunchly conservative seat that traded hands between the Liberal Party and what became the National Party. Indeed, in its second incarnation, Labor was frequently pushed into third place.
Roe was abolished ahead of the 2008 state election as a result of the reduction in rural seats made necessary by the one vote one value reforms. At its abolition in 2008, Roe was a southern coastal electorate that included the towns of Esperance, Gnowangerup, Kulin, Lake Grace, Bremer Bay and Ravensthorpe. Its former territory was split between the new district of Eyre and the enlarged district of Wagin. Following Roe's abolition, sitting Liberal MP Graham Jacobs contested and won the seat of Eyre.
Roe was re-created in a redistribution prior to the 2017 state election, taking in areas of two abolished seats, Eyre and Wagin. The former member for Eyre, Jacobs, attempted to transfer here, but was roundly defeated by the Nationals' Peter Rundle.
Members for Roe
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="4"|Roe (1950–1983) | ||
|---|---|---|
| colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term |
| {{Australian party style|Nationals}}|
| Country | 1950–1962 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Nationals}}|
| Tom Hart | Country | 1962–1967 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Nationals}}|
| Country | 1967–1974 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
| Liberal | 1974–1983 | ||
| colspan="4"|Roe (1989–2008) | ||
| colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term |
| {{Australian party style|Nationals}}|
| National | 1989–2005 | ||
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
| Liberal | 2005–2008 | ||
| colspan="4"|Roe (2017–present) | ||
| colspan="2"|Member | Party | Term |
| {{Australian party style|Nationals}}|
| National | 2017–present |
Election results
{{main|Electoral results for the district of Roe}}
{{Excerpt|Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)|section=Roe}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{cite web | author=Antony Green | author-link=Antony Green | publisher=ABC | title=2005 Election Profile: Roe | url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2005/guide/roe.htm}}
- WAEC district maps: [http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/electoral-distribution/current-boundaries current boundaries], [http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/electoral-distribution previous distributions]
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