Member of the House of Representatives for Hasluck
| Hasluck Australian House of Representatives Partition | |
|---|---|
 Division of Hasluck in Western Commonwealth of australia, as of the 2022 redistribution. | |
| Created | 2001 |
| MP | Ken Wyatt |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Namesake | Sir Paul Hasluck and Dame Alexandra Hasluck |
| Electors | 98,623 (2019) |
| Area | 1,192 km2 (460.ii sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer metropolitan |
The Sectionalisation of Hasluck is an electoral division of the Australian House of Representatives, located in Western Australia.
History [edit]
The division was proclaimed at a redistribution of Western Commonwealth of australia's electoral divisions on 20 November 2000,[1] and offset contested at the 2001 federal election. The eponyms of the division are Sir Paul Hasluck, the fellow member for the Division of Curtin in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1969[2] and subsequently the Governor-General of Australia from 1969 to 1974, and his wife, Dame Alexandra Hasluck, an writer.
Hasluck is a marginal seat and changed hands betwixt the Labor Party and Liberal Political party at the first four elections it was contested. At the 2013 federal election there was a swing towards the incumbent Liberal member Ken Wyatt, breaking this design. Wyatt is the get-go Indigenous Australian member of the House of Representatives.
Geography [edit]
From its creation at the 2001 election to the 2013 election, the Division of Hasluck was a n-s arc across Perth's eastern suburbs from Southern River/Gosnells (in the City of Gosnells) in the south to Caversham/Midland (in the City of Swan) in the north. It also incorporated the more than urbanised western parts of what was then the Shire of Kalamunda, such as Forrestfield and Kalamunda, and the Shire of Mundaring.
In the redistribution prior to the 2022 election,[3] the Division of Hasluck ceded its portion of the City of Gosnells south of the Canning River to the newly created Division of Burt and the suburb of High Wycombe to the Division of Swan, among other changes. In plow, it gained most of the less urbanised areas of what was and so the Shire of Kalamunda, the remainder of the Shire of Mundaring and further territory in the Metropolis of Swan from the Division of Pearce. Every bit a result of calculation in more rural and semi-rural areas, the area of the Partitioning of Hasluck increased from 245 km2 to 1,192 kmtwo.
On its current (2016) boundaries, the Partition of Hasluck includes the following suburbs:[iv]
* Split up betwixt Hasluck and Pearce.
** Split betwixt Hasluck and Canning.
*** Split between Hasluck and Swan.
In Baronial 2021, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) appear a number of changes to the boundaries of Hasluck. The Gosnells suburbs of Beckenham, Kenwick and Maddington and Hasluck'due south portion of Gosnells itself will all be transferred to the seat of Canning, thus removing the City of Gosnells from Hasluck entirely. In improver, the Kalamunda suburbs of Maida Vale and Wattle Grove and Hasluck's portion of Forrestfield volition all be transferred to the seat of Swan. Hasluck will subsequently gain the Swan suburbs of Aveley, Baskerville, Belhus, Bennett Springs, Brabham, Brigadoon, Dayton, Ellenbrook, Henley Beck, Herne Hill, Millendon, The Vines, Upper Swan, Westward Swan and Whiteman, a portion of Lexia and the remainder of Center Swan and Ruby-red Hill. These boundary changes will take place as of the next Australian federal election.[v]
Members [edit]
| Prototype | Fellow member | Political party | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sharryn Jackson (1962–) | Labor | 10 November 2001 – ix October 2004 | Lost seat | |
| | Stuart Henry (1946–) | Liberal | nine Oct 2004 – 24 Nov 2007 | Lost seat | |
| | Sharryn Jackson (1962–) | Labor | 24 November 2007 – 21 August 2010 | Lost seat | |
 | Ken Wyatt (1952–) | Liberal | 21 August 2010 – present | Served as minister under Turnbull. Incumbent. Currently a minister nether Morrison |
Electoral results [edit]
Primary vote results in Hasluck (Parties that did non become 5% of the vote are omitted)
Liberal
Labor
Greens
1 Nation
Palmer United/United Australia Party
References [edit]
- ^ "2000 Redistribution of Western Australia - Final Report". 2000 Redistribution of Western Australia - Last Study. Australian Electoral Commission. 20 November 2000. Retrieved two April 2013.
- ^ "Australian Electoral Commission - Profile of the Sectionalisation of Curtin".
- ^ "Restribution of Western Australia into Electoral Divisions - Jan 2016" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission.
- ^ "Contour of the electoral division of Hasluck (WA)". Australian Electoral Commission . Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ https://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2021/wa/files/redistribution-of-western-australia-into-electoral-divisions-august-2021.pdf
- ^ Hasluck, WA, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
External links [edit]
- Division of Hasluck - Australian Electoral Commission
- Hasluck - ABC Australia Votes 2013
- Hasluck - Election Blog
Coordinates: 31°59′49″S 116°00′29″East / 31.997°S 116.008°E / -31.997; 116.008
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_Hasluck
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