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Katrina Stratton
Katrina Stratton holds a dog at the Dogs' Refuge Home in Shenton Park
Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
for Nedlands
Assumed office
13 March 2021
Preceded byBill Marmion
Personal details
Born (1973-01-06) 6 January 1973 (age 51)
Subiaco, Western Australia
Political partyLabor
Alma materUniversity of Western Australia[1]
Websitekatrinastratton.com.au

Katrina Stratton (born 6 January 1973)[2] is a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Nedlands for the Australian Labor Party. She won her seat at the 2021 Western Australian state election.[3] In July 2024, Stratton announced she would be leaving the Nedlands and taking the Legislative Council seat vacated by Sally Talbot.[4]

Education and career

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Dr. Stratton has a number of degrees, having obtained a Bachelor of Social Work, a Doctor of Philosophy, and a Master in Business Administration from the University of Western Australia.[5] Prior to her election win in 2021 Startton lectured at Curtin University[6] and was a board member at Tuart Place, a resource service for adults who were in out-of-home care during their childhood.[7][8]

Election Results

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2021 State Election

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The Nedlands seat had been held by the Liberals or their predecessors since its creation in 1930, most notably by former premiers Charles and Richard Court. As a measure of how strongly the seat tilted toward the Liberals, in 2001 Labor was pushed into third place even as the Liberals suffered the second-largest defeat of a sitting government in the state's history at the time.[9] The incumbent member, former minister and former deputy opposition leader Bill Marmion, sat on a margin of eight percent after a redistribution before the writs were issued. However, Stratton narrowly led Marmion on the first count after Marmion lost over 16 percent of his primary vote from 2017.[3] Stratton ultimately won the seat with 52.8% of the two-party preferred vote, a swing of 10.8%, after preferences were distributed. She defeated Marmion on the fifth count after over three-quarters of Green preferences flowed to her.[10] Her victory was part of a large swing toward Labor in west Perth, an area long considered Liberal heartland.[11]

2021 Western Australian state election: Nedlands[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Katrina Stratton 9,327 35.7 +9.1
Liberal Bill Marmion 9,160 35.0 −16.6
Greens Tamara Alderdice 3,549 13.6 −1.9
Independent Fiona Argyle 2,883 11.0 +11.0
Independent Andrew Mangano 632 2.4 +2.4
No Mandatory Vaccination Vivien Forrest 412 1.6 +1.6
WAxit Dennis Jennings 179 0.7 −0.7
Total formal votes 26,142 97.6 +0.8
Informal votes 648 2.4 −0.8
Turnout 26,790 88.4 +1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Katrina Stratton 13,805 52.8 +10.8
Liberal Bill Marmion 12,330 47.2 −10.8
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +10.8

References

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Western Australian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Member for Nedlands
2021–present
Incumbent

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