Background
Constable was once a member of the Liberal Party before becoming an independent. She left the Liberal Party when it became clear that the favoured candidate of power-broker Noel Crichton-Browne would be given preselection for the safe seat of Floreat in 1991 at her expense. Constable contested the seat as a conservative independent and won easily with 49% of the primary vote.
Constable followed most of her constituents into Churchlands in 1996, and was comfortably reelected at every election since then. She currently holds the seat with a majority of 23 percent, making it the safest seat in the state.
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