Cockburn Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |
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Interactive map of district boundaries | |
State | Western Australia |
Dates current | 1962–present |
MP | David Scaife |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | City of Cockburn |
Electors | 32,794 (2025) |
Area | 65 km2 (25.1 sq mi) |
Demographic | Metropolitan |
Coordinates | 32°08′S115°49′E / 32.13°S 115.81°E |
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.
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
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.
Member | Party | Term | |
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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 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | David Scaife | 11,537 | 53.7 | −16.2 | |
Liberal | Brunetta Di Russo | 5,224 | 24.3 | +6.8 | |
Greens | Brendan Graham Sturcke | 2,452 | 11.4 | +5.2 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Christopher Rennick | 1,186 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Christians | Gopi Veloo | 1,102 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
Total formal votes | 21,501 | 95.8 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 944 | 4.2 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 22,445 | 68.4 | −12.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | David Scaife | 14,742 | 68.6 | −9.4 | |
Liberal | Brunetta Di Russo | 6,733 | 31.4 | +9.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −9.4 |