Electoral district of South Fremantle

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South Fremantle
Western AustraliaLegislative Assembly
State Western Australia
Dates current1890–1962
Namesake South Fremantle

South Fremantle was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1962.

Based in urban South Fremantle, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 election. When the district was abolished at the 1962 election, its member at the time, Henry Curran of the Labor Party, transferred to the new seat of Cockburn.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  David Symon Non-aligned1890–1892
  Elias Solomon Independent 1892–1901
  Arthur Diamond Independent 1901–1904
 Ministerial1904–1906
  Arthur Davies Ministerial1906–1911
  Harry Bolton Labor 1911–1917
  National Labor 1917
  Samuel Rocke Ind. Labor1917–1921
  Alick McCallum Labor1921–1935
  Thomas Fox Labor1935–1951
  Dick Lawrence Labor1951–1960
  Henry Curran Labor1960–1962

Election results


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