Electoral district of Warnbro

Warnbro was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 2008 to 2025.

Warnbro Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2021 state election to 2025
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2008–2025
MP	Paul Papalia
Party	Labor
Namesake	Warnbro
Electors	30,904 (2021)
Area	93 km2 (35.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Electorates around Warnbro: Indian Ocean Baldivis Baldivis Indian Ocean Warnbro Darling Range Indian Ocean Mandurah Murray-Wellington

The district was located in the outer south-western suburbs of Perth.

Politically, Warnbro was a safe Labor seat. At its creation, the district was calculated to have a Labor Party majority of 61.2% to 38.8% versus the Liberal Party.^[1]

History

Warnbro was first created for the 2008 state election. It was essentially a truncation of the abolished district of Peel. All of Warnbro was previously covered by Peel, whilst Peel's northernmost suburbs became part of the new district of Kwinana.

Warnbro was won by Labor MP Paul Papalia, who was previously the member for Peel.

For the 2025 state election, Warnbro was abolished and replaced by Secret Harbour

Geography

Warnbro was a coastal electorate situated in the south-western corner of the Metropolitan Region Scheme. It took in the suburbs of Warnbro, Port Kennedy, Secret Harbour, Golden Bay, Karnup, Singleton, as well as parts of Baldivis and Waikiki.

Members for Warnbro

Member		Party	Term
	Paul Papalia	Labor	2008–2025

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Warnbro

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Warnbro.[edit]

2021 Western Australian state election: Warnbro^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Paul Papalia	19,300	76.9	+16.2
	Liberal	Mark Jones	3,324	13.2	−2.7
	Greens	Robert Delves	1,016	4.0	−2.9
	One Nation	Liam Hall	616	2.5	−9.5
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Brandon Suchalla-Young	463	1.8	+1.8
	WAxit	Bob Velev	218	0.9	−0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Cameron McMaster	171	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			25,108	96.4	+0.7
Informal votes			930	3.6	−0.7
Turnout			26,038	84.3	+3.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Paul Papalia	20,945	83.4	+9.7
	Liberal	Mark Jones	4,157	16.6	−9.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.7