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Butler Electorate Profile



Current Member
John Robert Quigley
(ALP)

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John was educated in Secondary School to Year 10 after which he left school and worked on sheep stations in the Murchison/Pilbara area of Western Australia before becoming a truck driver for Brambles.

In his early 20s John undertook mature age studies, eventually graduating with a Law Degree from the University of Western Australia in the mid 70s.

John practised as a Barrister and Solicitor for 25 years mainly in the Criminal Law area, where his principal client was the Western Australian Police Union. He is currently the Attorney General.

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Statistical Profile of the Butler Electorate



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*New* Statistics for 2021 Election Boundaries


About the Butler Electorate

Number of Electors: 23,131 (9 March 2015)
Source: www.waec.wa.gov.au

Nomenclature:
This suburb name was chosen by the City of Wanneroo in 1979. The name honours John Butler who is the first recorded explorer of the area (1834). Butler settled in the Claremont area, and Butler's Swamp, now renamed Lake Claremont, was named after him.

Source: http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+metropolitan+suburb+names



Suburbs:
Alkimos, Butler, Carabooda*, Eglinton, Jindalee, Merriwa, Nowergup*, Quinns Rocks,
Ridgewood, Two Rocks, Yanchep*.
* = Suburb/Town split between more than one District.

Source:
Western Australian Electoral Commission. State Electorate Information.


Local Governments within District
City of Wanneroo (part)
Local Newspapers
Joondalup Weekender
North Coast Times

Books about Butler:

Jo Hamlet: The Yanchep Inn (104p, Readers' World, 1998)

Schools in the Butler Electorate:

Government:
Alkimos Beach Primary School
Alkimos College
Alkimos Primary School
Butler College
Butler Primary School
East Butler Primary School
John Butler Primary College
Merriwa Education Support Centre
Merriwa Primary School
Quinns Beach Primary School
Quinns Rocks Primary School
Two Rocks Primary School
Yanchep Beach Primary School
Yanchep District High School
Yanchep Lagoon Primary School
Yanchep Secondary College

Other:
Alkimos Baptist College
Atlantis Beach Baptist College
Irene McCormack Catholic College
Northshore Christian Grammar School
St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary School
St James Anglican School




2017 Election Result





* Results by Polling Place etc.

* Election Analysis


Successive Members for the Butler District


Constituency created under the Redistribution of Seats 2011
NamePartyTerm
John Robert QuigleyAustralian Labor Party2001 -




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