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Bicton Electorate Profile



Current Member
Lisa Margaret O'Malley
(ALP)

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Lisa grew up in a close-knit community in country Victoria, before moving to Western Australia with her husband Mark 23 years ago. Since then Lisa has always lived in the electorate, where she has fostered the same spirit of community she grew up with.

Lisa has a professional background in the health and fitness industry and taught aqua aerobics part-time at the Fremantle pool.

Lisa has always been passionate about education, and was inspired to form the Save Our Schools action group with other parents. Aside from her involvement with the P&Cs at Palmyra Primary School and Melville Senior High School, Lisa has also been a state councillor for the WA Council of State School Organisations (WACSSO).

In 2015 Lisa was elected as City of Melville councillor for the Palmyra/Melville/Willagee ward. Until recently, Lisa also managed the Palmyra Farmers Market and published the quarterly Palmyra Together newsletter.

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Statistical Profile of the Bicton Electorate



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*New* Statistics for 2021 Election Boundaries


About the Bicton Electorate

Number of Electors: 24,640 (9 March 2015)
Western Australian Electoral Commission. State Electorate Information.

Nomenclature:
The present suburb of 'Bicton' once comprised four grants taken up in 1830 by Alfred Waylen, Joseph Cooper, William Habgood and John Hole Duffield respectively. Bicton was the name of Duffield's estate in his home village in South Devon, England. The vineyard he established upon his death in 1859 was also given this name.

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

Suburbs:
Alfred Cove*, Attadale, Bicton, East Fremantle*, Melville*, Myaree*, and Palmyra.
* = Suburb/Town split between more than one District.

Source:
Western Australian Electoral Commission. State Electorate Information.


Local Governments within District
City of Melville (part) ; Statistical Profile of City of Melville
Town of East Fremantle (part)
Local Newspapers:

Melville Herald
Melville Times


Books about Bicton:

W.S. Cooper: A city for all seasons - the story of Melville (327p. City of Melville, 1989)

Jack Lee: This is East Fremantle - the story of a town and its people (1979)

Schools in the Bicton Electorate:

Government:
Attadale Primary School
Bicton Primary School
Melville Primary School
Melville Senior High School
Palmyra Primary School
Richmond Primary School


Other:
Mel Maria Catholic Primary School - Attadale
Our Lady of Fatima School
Santa Maria College




2017 Election Result





* Results by Polling Place etc.

* Election Analysis:


Successive Members for the Bicton District


Constituency created under the Redistribution of Seats, 2015
NamePartyTerm
Lisa Margaret O'MalleyAustralian Labor Party2017 -




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