Electoral district of Cockburn

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Cockburn
Western AustraliaLegislative Assembly
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Electoral district of Cockburn
Interactive map of district boundaries
State Western Australia
Dates current1962–present
MP David Scaife
Party Labor
Namesake City of Cockburn
Electors 32,794 (2025)
Area65 km2 (25.1 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates 32°08′S115°49′E / 32.13°S 115.81°E / -32.13; 115.81

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

Contents

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

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

MemberPartyTerm
  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

2025 Western Australian state election: Cockburn [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor David Scaife 11,53753.7−16.2
Liberal Brunetta Di Russo5,22424.3+6.8
Greens Brendan Graham Sturcke2,45211.4+5.2
Legalise Cannabis Christopher Rennick1,1865.5+5.5
Christians Gopi Veloo1,1025.1+5.1
Total formal votes21,50195.8−0.4
Informal votes9444.2+0.4
Turnout 22,44568.4−12.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Scaife 14,74268.6−9.4
Liberal Brunetta Di Russo6,73331.4+9.4
Labor hold Swing −9.4
Results are not final. Last updated on 9 March 2025 at 4:30 PM AWST

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