Kimberley Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1904–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Divina D'Anna | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Kimberley region | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 15,735 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 536,571 km2 (207,171.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Remote and provincial | ||||||||||||||
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Kimberley is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, located in the state's far north and named after the Kimberley region. The electorate has one of the highest Aboriginal enrolments of any seat in the Parliament.
The seat has been held by the Labor Party since 1980—inclusive of one term under a Labor independent (1996–2001), but has become increasingly marginal in recent years. It saw an extremely close and almost unprecedented four-way race at the 2013 state election, with relatively small primary vote margins separating the Labor, Liberal, National and Green candidates in a result that was not known for several days. However, Labor candidate Josie Farrer was able to hold the seat for Labor, winning the seat on Green preferences. In the 2021 state election Divina D'Anna retained the seat for Labor.