Step 4. Objections to the proposed redistribution – WA federal redistribution

Updated: 3 May 2021

The Redistribution Committee’s proposed redistribution of federal electoral divisions in Western Australia was released on Friday 19 March 2021.

Members of the public were invited to submit written objections to the proposed redistribution between Friday 19 March 2021 and Friday 16 April 2021.

Report of Western Australian Redistribution Committee

Objections may concern one or more proposed electoral divisions and may be about:

  • names of proposed electoral divisions,
  • boundaries of proposed electoral divisions, or
  • the names and boundaries of proposed electoral divisions.

Objections

The 31 objections received by the Electoral Commission are provided in full below.

No Submitted by Topics referred to Divisions referred to
OB1 Rinaldo Ienco Division boundaries Stirling
OB2 Jacoba Everarda Tarry Division boundaries Cowan
OB3 Dennis and Jenny Ryle Division boundaries Cowan and Pearce
OB4 Paul and Ann Harkins Division boundaries Cowan and Pearce
OB5 Tom Newburn Division boundaries Pearce
OB6 Melissa Newburn Division boundaries Pearce
OB7 Heidi Gomez Division boundaries Cowan and Pearce
OB8 Ryan Spencer Division boundaries Burt, Canning, Cowan, Curtin, Durack, Forrest, Hasluck, O'Connor, Pearce, Swan and Tangney
OB9 Steven Pitcher Division names and division boundaries Moore, Pearce and Stirling
OB10 Rebecca Stoffels Other Cowan and Pearce
OB11 Martin Gordon Division names and division boundaries Brand, Canning, Cowan, Perth and Stirling
OB12 Brenda Phipps Division boundaries Pearce and Stirling
OB13 Linda Division boundaries Stirling
OB14 Shire of Wiluna Division boundaries Durack and O'Connor
OB15 Matthew Fisher Division boundaries Durack, Forrest and O'Connor
OB16 P Putrino Division boundaries Curtin and Moore
OB17 Emeritus Professor Mike Daube AO Hon DSci FPHAA FFPH Division names Canning
OB18 Goldfields Voluntary Organisation of Councils Division boundaries Durack and O'Connor
OB19 Ron and Annette Rowton Division boundaries Burt and Canning
OB20 Wilma Clare Endall, Graham John Endall and Gary Malcolm Endall Other Stirling
OB21 Sue Division names Cowan, Stirling and Tangney
OB22 WA Labor Division names and division boundaries Burt, Canning, Cowan, Curtin, Hasluck, Moore, Pearce, Stirling, Swan and Tangney
OB23 Matt Keogh MP Division boundaries Burt and Canning
OB24 Petition - 32 Signatures Division boundaries Burt
OB25 Shire of Chittering Division boundaries Durack and Pearce
OB26 Daniel Ortlepp Division names Moore and Pearce
OB27 Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division) Division names and division boundaries Brand, Canning, Cowan, Curtin, Durack, Forrest, Fremantle, Moore, O'Connor, Perth, Stirling, Swan and Tangney
OB28 City of Swan Division boundaries Cowan, Durack, Hasluck, Pearce and Swan
OB29 Lisa Thornton Other Stirling
OB30 Albino D’Souza Other  
OB31 Shire of Waroona Division boundaries Canning and Forrest
The views expressed in the material reproduced above are those of the individuals or organisations who lodged the objection, not the WA augmented Electoral Commission or the AEC.

Viewing objections

Objections are also available for perusal at the AEC office on Level 13, 200 St Georges Terrace, Perth.