Electoral district of Secret Harbour
| Secret Harbour Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2025 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Vacant | ||||||||||||||
| Party | vacant | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Secret Harbour, Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 34,284 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 77 km2 (29.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 32°24′32″S 115°46′26″E / 32.409°S 115.774°E | ||||||||||||||
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Secret Harbour is an electoral district of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.
Secret Harbour is located in outer-metropolitan Perth, covering the vast majority of the former seat of Warnbro, which was renamed to Secret Harbour at the 2023 redistribution. Differing from its predecessor, Secret Harbour crosses the boundary of metropolitan Perth by taking in parts of Mandurah.[1]
Secret Harbour was first contested at the 2025 state election with a notional margin for the Labor Party at 31.3% margin.[1] Paul Papalia, the MP for the outgoing electorate of Warnbro was elected as Secret Harbour's inaugural member following the election.
On 6 July 2026, Papalia announced his resignation, citing a family member's medical issues as the reason, triggering a by-election, the date of 29 August 2026 has been set for the election.[2]
Members for Secret Harbour
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Paul Papalia | Labor | 2025–2026 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Paul Papalia | 12,876 | 46.5 | −28.5 | |
| Liberal | Mark Jones | 6,913 | 25.0 | +9.7 | |
| Greens | Tamsyn Heynes | 2,439 | 8.8 | +5.3 | |
| One Nation | Liam Hall | 2,332 | 8.4 | +6.3 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Jim Matters | 1,623 | 5.9 | +5.5 | |
| Christians | Robert Burdett | 755 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Animal Justice | Elizabeth Storer | 723 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,661 | 95.4 | −0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,323 | 4.6 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 28,984 | 84.5 | +4.0 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Paul Papalia | 17,011 | 61.5 | −19.8 | |
| Liberal | Mark Jones | 10,630 | 38.5 | +19.8 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −19.8 | |||
References
- 1 2 Green, Antony (1 December 2023). "Western Australia State Redistribution – Final Boundaries Released – Antony Green's Election Blog". Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ↑ "Secret Harbour by-election: Meet the candidates vying for your vote". ABC News. 19 July 2026. Retrieved 21 July 2026.
- ↑ 2025 State General Election – Secret Harbour District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 2 April 2025.