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title: "Bassendean: members and political ads | Politics Computer"
description: "Bassendean: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads."
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# Bassendean

In Western Australia.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Kelly.jpg?width=96)**Dave Kelly** Labor, Bassendean ](https://politics.computer/mp/dave-kelly)

About

## About Bassendean

Bassendean is an electoral district of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in the eastern suburbs of Perth. Labor holds the seat, and Dave Kelly is the sitting member. The district was first contested at the 1996 state election.

Sitting member

Dave Kelly (Labor)

First contested

1996 state election

Previous members

Clive Brown; Martin Whitely

Suburbs included

Bassendean, Ashfield, Eden Hill, Kiara, Lockridge, and parts of others

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FBassendean), plus our own records. Sources last checked 12 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Bassendean whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Bassendean yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Bassendean are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

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- [Girrawheen](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/girrawheen)
- [Hillarys](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/hillarys)

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