Division of Perth

Perth Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Perth (green) in Western Australia
Created	1901
MP	Patrick Gorman
Party	Labor
Namesake	Perth
Electors	95,226 (2013)
Area	78 km^2 (30.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Perth is an Australian electoral division in Western Australia. It was one of the first 75 divisions set up for the first Australian election in 1901.^[1] It is named after Perth, the capital city of Western Australia.

It includes the suburbs of Ashfield, Bassendean, Bayswater, Bedford, Beechboro, East Perth, Eden Hill, Embleton, Highgate, Inglewood, Kiara, Lockridge, Maylands, Morley, Mount Lawley, Noranda, Northbridge, and parts of Coolbinia, Dianella, Menora, North Perth, Perth City, West Perth and Yokine.^[1]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	James Fowler	Labor	1901–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1922
	Edward Mann	Nationalist	1922–1929
		Independent Nationalist	1929–1929
	Walter Nairn	Nationalist	1929–1931
		United Australia	1931–1943
	Tom Burke	Labor	1943–1955
	Fred Chaney	Liberal	1955–1969
	Joe Berinson	Labor	1969–1975
	Ross McLean	Liberal	1975–1983
	Ric Charlesworth	Labor	1983–1993
	Stephen Smith	Labor	1993–2013
	Alannah MacTiernan	Labor	2013–present

Walter Nairn was Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 1940 to 1943. Tom Burke's son, Brian Burke, became Premier of Western Australia. Fred Chaney Snr. was Minister for the Navy in the Menzies and Holt governments. He was later appointed as Administrator of the Northern Territory. One of his sons, also named Fred Chaney, became a Member of Parliament. Joe Berinson served as Minister of the Environment in the Whitlam government. Ric Charlesworth was a hockey player, who played for Australia at five Olympic Games. Steven Smith served in the Rudd and Gillard governments as a minister, includuing Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Defence.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Perth[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Patrick Gorman	40,066	39.25	+5.66
	Liberal	David Dwyer	27,294	26.74	−12.24
	Greens	Caroline Perks	22,621	22.16	+3.79
	One Nation	Cameron Bailey	2,749	2.69	−0.03
	Western Australia	Dave Vos	1,878	1.84	−0.57
	United Australia	Sonya Eberhart	1,605	1.57	−0.23
	Animal Justice	Sarah Szmekura-Moor	1,535	1.50	+1.50
	Christians	Dean Powell	1,514	1.48	+1.09
	Liberal Democrats	Evan Nickols	1,407	1.38	+1.38
	Australian Federation	Aiden Gyuru	710	0.70	+0.70
	Great Australian	Sean Connor	702	0.69	+0.69
Total formal votes			102,081	94.42	−1.20
Informal votes			6,028	5.58	+1.20
Turnout			108,109	88.19	−1.34
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Patrick Gorman	66,151	64.80	+11.57
	Liberal	David Dwyer	35,930	35.20	−11.57
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.57

References

1. "Profile of the electoral division of Perth (WA)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
2. Perth, WA, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

Other websites

• Division of Perth - Australian Electoral Commission
• Alannah MacTiernan's website Archived 2014-12-23 at the Wayback Machine

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