Electoral district of Kalgoorlie

Kalgoorlie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

This article is about the Western Australian state electorate. For the Australian federal electorate, see Division of Kalgoorlie.

Kalgoorlie
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Kalgoorlie (dark green) in Western Australia
StateWestern Australia
Dates current1901–present
MPAli Kent
PartyLabor
NamesakeKalgoorlie
Electors19,651 (2021)
Area555,549 km2 (214,498.7 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Electorates around Kalgoorlie:
North West Central North West Central South Australia
Central Wheatbelt
Roe		 Kalgoorlie South Australia
Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight Great Australian Bight

The district includes not only the town of Kalgoorlie, but significant parts of the outback in central and eastern Western Australia.

Long a Labor stronghold, the district was lost to the Liberal Party at the 2001 state election. The new Liberal member, Matt Birney, was re-elected at the 2005 state election but the district has changed hands at every election since then.

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