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Kalgoorlie Electorate Profile



Current Member
Kyran Martin O'Donnell
(LIB)

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Kyran O’Donnell has lived in Kalgoorlie-Boulder for over thirty years, with each of his three children attending local schools.

Kyran was a Police Officer for thirty-four years and was awarded the ‘Goldfields Policeman of the Year’ award for his outstanding work in the community, which included sustained engagement with the local Aboriginal people.

In addition to being a veteran Police Officer, Kyran has also run a small business in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Not only does he have a comprehensive knowledge of law and order issues, he also has a personal insight into the everyday issues that affect small business owners.

In 2013, Kyran was elected as a Councillor for the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, topping the poll.

Kyran has a long and ongoing involvement in local sporting and community organisations, with his commitment to coaching and assisting sporting teams/clubs and as a result has been awarded four life memberships. He is the Shadow Minister for Seniors and Ageing; and Volunteering.

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Statistical Profile of the Kalgoorlie Electorate



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*New* Statistics for 2021 Election Boundaries


About the Kalgoorlie Electorate

Area (km2) 555,464; Number of Electors: 18,674 (9 March 2015)
Western Australian Electoral Commission. State Electorate Information.

Nomenclature:
Kalgoorlie is the major city in the eastern goldfields region, and is located 596 kilometres east north east of Perth. It was gazetted a townsite in September 1894. Paddy Hannan, Daniel Shea and Thomas Flanagan made a rich gold find near Mt Charlotte in June 1893. The find soon led to a gold rush with thousands of diggers prospecting the rich alluvial field.

When the government decided to declare a townsite here in 1894, the place was locally known as "Hannan's Find", and at first the name "Hannans" was nominated for the townsite. In suggesting the name Hannans to the Commissioner of Crown Lands, the Under Secretary for Lands, R. Cecil Clifton, noted that the "native name of the place is "Calgoorlie" but this is rather too much like Coolgardie and if adopted is, I fear likely to lead to postal mistakes". R. Cecil Clifton supported "Hannan", but Cabinet chose "Kalgoorlie" in August 1894. Although local preference was for Hannan's Find, Kalgoorlie soon came to be accepted as the name of the rapidly developing town. An alternative spelling of "Kalgurli" was also used unofficially on occasions.

Just when the name Kalgoorlie was first recorded and the precise meaning of the name is unknown. Various sources give it as either meaning: Aboriginal dog chasing a kangaroo; the Aboriginal name of a shrub from the area ("Galgurli"); or the Aboriginal name for the local edible silky pear ("Kulgooluh").

Source:
Western Australia. Department of Land Administration. Names and Places.

Suburbs:
Bandya, Broad Arrow, Bulong, Cosmo Newbery, Dundas Shire, Gibson Desert South, Hannans, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kanowna, Karlkurla, Kookynie, Koolgardie Shire, Kurnalpi, Lake Darlot, Lamington, Laverton, Leinster, Leonora, Malcolm, Menzies, Mullingar, Ora Banda, Parkeston, Piccadilly, Plumridge Lakes, Sir Samuel, Somerville, South Kalgoorlie, Ularring, Warburton, West Lamington, and Williamstown
* = Suburb/Town split between more than one District.

Source:
Western Australian Electoral Commission. State Electorate Information.


Local Governments within District
Shire of Dundas
City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder (part)
Shire of Laverton
Shire of Leonora
Shire of Menzies


Schools in the Kalgoorlie Electorate

Government:
Boulder Primary School
Coolgardie Primary School
East Kalgoorlie Primary School
Eastern Goldfields College
Goldfields Behaviour Centre
Hannans Primary School
Kalgoorlie Primary School
Kalgoorlie School of the Air
Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School
Kambalda Primary School
Kambalda West District High School
Laverton School
Leinster Community School
Leonora District High School
Menzies Community School
Mount Margaret Remote Community School
Norseman District High School
North Kalgoorlie Primary School
O'Connor Primary School
South Kalgoorlie Primary School
Tjuntjuntjara Remote Community School

Others:
Christian Aboriginal Parent-Directed School
Goldfields Baptist College
John Paul College
St Joseph's School
St Mary's Primary School
Local Newspapers:

Kalgoorlie Miner
Goldfields Express
Golden Mail


Books about Kalgoorlie:

Charley Nadin: Among the fields of gold (2012)

Sheryl Milentis: The scarlet stain, harlots, harridans and hellholes of old Kalgoorlie (179p. Hesperian Press, 2004)

Robert Pascoe: In old Kalgoorlie, the photographs of J J Dwyer (243p. Western Australian Museum, 2010)

Arthur Bennett: The glittering years (148p. St. George Books, 1981)

Charles Manners: Never a dull moment, Kalgoorlie's golden years through to the seventies including life in the WW1 trenches (438p. Mannwest, 2002)

Martyn Webb: Golden destiny, the centenary history of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia (1070p. City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, 1993)

Danny Sheehan: Heads and tails, the story of the Kalgoorlie two-up school (178p. Wescolour Press, 1985)

Pat Rodgers: No sign of the time, a collection of stories of the Menzies District (182p. Shire of Menzies, 1992)

Norma King: Daughters of Midas (182p. Hesperian Press, 1988)

110 degrees in the waterbag, a history of life, work and leisure in Leonora, Gwalia and the northern goldfields (461p. Western Australian Museum, 2012)

Alex Palmer: Yerilla (80p. Hesperian Press, 2009)

Margaret Pusey: Niagara Kookynie, how it was (269p. Margaret Pusey, 2002)

Alex Palmer: Agnew (138p. Hesperian Press, 2000)

John Marshall: Battling for gold, or, stirring incidents of Goldfields life in Western Australia (206p. Hesperian Press, 1984)

Kim Lockwood: West Australian goldfields sketchbook (62p. Rigby, 1969)

Ian Templeman: The fields, the Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie goldfields, 1892-1912 (215p. Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1988)

Kalgoorlie Miner: 100 years of reporting Goldfields news (100p. Kalgoorlie Miner, 1995)




2017 Election Result





* Results by Polling Place etc.

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Successive Members for the Kalgoorlie District



William Johnson
Constituency created under Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899
NamePartyTerm
William Dartnell JohnsonAustralian Labor Party1901 - 1905
Norbert KeenanIndependent Ministerialist1905 - 1911
Albert Ernest GreenAustralian Labor Party1911 - 1914
George McLeodAustralian Labor PartyFebb - Oct 1914
Albert Ernest GreenAustralian Labor Party1914 - 1921
John BoylandAustralian Labor Party1921 - 1923
James CunninghamAustralian Labor Party1923b - 1936
Herbert Henry StyantsAustralian Labor Party1936 - 1956
Thomas Daniel EvansAustralian Labor Party1956 - 1980
Edward Thomas EvansAustralian Labor Party1980 - 1981
Ian Frederick TaylorAustralian Labor Party1981b - 1996
Megan Irene AnwylAustralian Labor Party1996b - 2001
Matthew (Matt) John BirneyLiberal Party2001 - 2008
John BowlerIndependent2008 - 2013
Wendy Maxine DuncanNational Party2013 - 2017
Kyran Martin O'DonnellLiberal Party2017 -






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