Electoral district of Cockburn

Cockburn Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Cockburn (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1962–present
MP	David Scaife
Party	Labor
Namesake	City of Cockburn
Electors	30,783 (2021)
Area	45 km2 (17.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	32°08′S115°48′E / 32.14°S 115.8°E / -32.14; 115.8

Cockburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district is based in Perth's south-western suburbs. Politically, it is a safe Labor seat.

Geography

Cockburn is located in the south-western suburbs of Perth. It is a coastal electorate, lying to the west of the Kwinana Freeway. The district includes the suburbs of Cockburn Central, Atwell, Yangebup, Munster, Beeliar, Success, most of Coogee and Lake Coogee, as well as parts of South Lake.

History

Cockburn was first contested at the 1962 state election. The seat's first member was Henry Curran, who had previously been the member for South Fremantle.

Cockburn has been at all times held by the Labor Party.

Members for Cockburn

Member		Party	Term
	Henry Curran	Labor	1962–1968
	Don Taylor	Labor	1968–1984
	Clive Hughes	Labor	1984–1986
	Norm Marlborough	Labor	1986–1989
	Bill Thomas	Labor	1989–2001
	Fran Logan	Labor	2001–2021
	David Scaife	Labor	2021–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cockburn

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Cockburn.[ edit ]

2021 Western Australian state election: Cockburn ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Scaife	17,714	68.4	+16.7
	Liberal	Owen Mulder	4,822	18.6	−9.8
	Greens	Jesse Smith	1,655	6.4	−2.5
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Elspeth Taimre	461	1.8	+1.8
	One Nation	Igor Mironenko	456	1.8	−0.1
	WAxit	Andrew Baker	426	1.6	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Murray	374	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			25,908	96.3	+1.4
Informal votes			995	3.7	−1.4
Turnout			26,903	87.4	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Scaife	19,870	76.7	+12.4
	Liberal	Owen Mulder	6,024	23.3	−12.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.4

References

1. 2021 State General Election – Cockburn District Results, WAEC

External links

• ABC election profiles: 2005 2008
• WAEC district maps: current boundaries, previous distributions