Dawesville seat summary
A big field of prospective candidates came forward for Liberal party preselection when long-serving Dawesville MP Kim Hames announced his retirement, but former adviser to Premier Colin Barnett, Zak Kirkup, took the nomination and hit the ground hard in his first election campaign.
Mr Kirkup is being challenged by Labor’s Adam Woodage, a unionist who tried to unseat federal Labor MP Gary before the 2016 federal election, whose Dawesville campaign came unstuck when he was caught using Mandurah MP David Templeman’s office to campaign, a breach of government guidelines.
The Dawesville electorate, which is now considered safe territory for the Liberal party, was one of the most marginal when Mr Hames won the seat in 2005. Mr Kirkup is considered a safe bet to take out the seat, with bookmakers marking him as a $1.17 favourite ahead of Mr Woodage’s $4.
The campaign has been dominated by the Liberal party’s pledge to build a shark barrier at Falcon Bay and Mr Kirkup’s pledge of a voluntary buy-out of commercial fishing licences in the Estuary and a $5 million commitment to upgrade Mandurah Police Station.
Labor has pledged to upgrade volunteer fire brigades and increase funding to local wildlife rescue service.
The seat of Dawesville includes the suburbs of Bouvard, Dawesville, Dudley Park, Erskine, Falcon, Halls Head, Herron and Wannanup.
Candidates
- SCHUMACHER, Dave – Independent
- KIRKUP, Zak – Liberal Party
- WOODAGE, Adam – WA Labor
- SHAVE, Lawrence – Pauline Hanson's One Nation
- SPENCE, Liam – Flux The System!
- BLUNDELL-CAMDEN, Aeron – The Greens (WA)
- PILKINGTON, Luke – The Nationals
- SVILICIC, Alan – Micro Business Party
- McCARTHY, Russell – Shooters, Fishers and Farmers
Where to vote
- Coodanup Community College, Wanjeep Street, COODANUP WA 6210
- Dudley Park Primary School, 64 Gillark Street, DUDLEY PARK WA 6210
- Falcon Primary School, 30 Baloo Crescent, FALCON WA 6210
- Falcon Reserve Football Pavilion, 49 Lynda Street, FALCON WA 6210
- Glencoe Primary School, 12 Brigadoon Close, HALLS HEAD WA 6210
- Halls Head Primary School, 21 Oleander Place, HALLS HEAD WA 6210
- Mandurah Yacht Club, Mary Street, HALLS HEAD WA 6210
- Metro Church Hall, 240 McLarty Road, HALLS HEAD WA 6210
- Ocean Road Primary School, 15 Ocean Road, DAWESVILLE WA 6211
- South Halls Head Primary School, 38 Karon Vista, HALLS HEAD WA 6210
- Southern Estuary Progress Association Hall, Estuary Road, DAWESVILLE WA 6210