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Electoral district of Oakford

Oakford is an electoral district of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The seat was created at the 2023 redistribution.[1]

Oakford was first contested at the 2025 state election and was notionally held by the Labor Party on a 27.7% margin.[1] Yaz Mubarakai was elected as Oakford's first MP following a switch of electorates from Jandakot. Mubarakai would be succeeded by Stephen Pratt in Jandakot.

Geography

Oakford was created in response to significant population growth in the corridor between the outer southern Perth cities of Cockburn and Armadale. The district was named for the semi-rural locality of Oakford which takes up around one-third of the area.[1]

As of 2025 Oakford is composed of

Members for Oakford

Member Party Term
  Yaz Mubarakai Labor 2025–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Oakford.[]
2025 Western Australian state election: Oakford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Yaz Mubarakai 12,794 45.5 −24.8
Liberal Tait Marston 6,715 23.9 +7.0
Greens Heather Lonsdale 2,792 9.9 +5.5
Christians Jiby Joy 1,973 7.0 +4.1
One Nation Mandy Dhandli 1,825 6.5 +4.5
Legalise Cannabis Srdjan Lazarevic 877 3.1 +3.1
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Ronald Lean 587 2.1 +2.1
Independent Lawrence Levett 528 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 28,091 95.2 −1.1
Informal votes 1,407 4.8 +1.1
Turnout 29,498 87.8 +6.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Yaz Mubarakai 17,381 61.9 −15.8
Liberal Tait Marston 10,696 38.1 +15.8
Labor hold Swing −15.8

References

  1. ^ a b c Green, Antony (1 December 2023). "Western Australia State Redistribution – Final Boundaries Released – Antony Green's Election Blog". Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  2. ^ 2025 State General Election – Oakford District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 2 April 2025.