The Australian state of Western Australia is divided into 15 electoral divisions for the purposes of electing the Australian House of Representatives. At the 2022 federal election, the Australian Labor Party won 9 seats, the Liberal Party of Australia won 5 seats, and 1 seat was won by an independent. [1]
Name | Formed | Size (km2) | Classification | Current Member | Member's Party | References |
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Brand | 1984 | 377 | Outer-metropolitan | Madeleine King | Labor | [2] [3] |
Burt | 2016 | 172 | Outer-metropolitan | Matt Keogh | Labor | [4] [5] |
Canning | 1949 | 6,304 | Outer-metropolitan | Andrew Hastie | Liberal | [6] [7] |
Cowan | 1984 | 95 | Inner-metropolitan | Anne Aly | Labor | [8] [9] |
Curtin | 1949 | 98 | Inner-metropolitan | Kate Chaney | Independent | [10] [11] |
Durack | 2010 | 1,383,954 | Rural | Melissa Price | Liberal | [12] [13] |
Forrest | 1922 | 11,072 | Rural | Nola Marino | Liberal | [14] [15] |
Fremantle | 1901 | 196 | Inner-metropolitan | Josh Wilson | Labor | [16] [17] |
Hasluck | 2001 | 1,192 | Outer-metropolitan | Tania Lawrence | Labor | [18] [19] |
Moore | 1949 | 90 | Outer-metropolitan | Ian Goodenough | Liberal | [20] [21] |
O'Connor | 1980 | 1,126,937 | Rural | Rick Wilson | Liberal | [22] [23] |
Pearce | 1989 | 783 | Outer-metropolitan | Tracey Roberts | Labor | [24] [25] |
Perth | 1901 | 80 | Inner-metropolitan | Patrick Gorman | Labor | [26] [27] |
Swan | 1901 | 134 | Inner-metropolitan | Zaneta Mascarenhas | Labor | [28] [29] |
Tangney | 1974 | 83 | Inner-metropolitan | Sam Lim | Labor | [30] [31] |
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