This chapter outlines the augmented Electoral Commission’s redistribution and the reasons for this redistribution. Also included is the augmented Electoral Commission’s approach to formulating the boundaries and names of electoral divisions.
Number | Percentage | |
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Electors remaining in their electoral division | 1 243 305 | 82.64% |
Electors transferred to another electoral division | 261 108 | 17.36% |
Total | 1 504 413 | 100.00% |
Name proposed by the Redistribution Committee | Offered alternative name |
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Burt | Dunlop – in honour of Sir (Ernest) Edward ‘Weary’ Dunlop AC CMG OBE (1907–1993), the surgeon and former prisoner of war |
Holman – in honour of Mary Holman (1893–1939), first Labor woman parliamentarian in Australia after winning a by-election for the Legislative Assembly | |
Beazley, Vallentine, Lawrence or Yagan – the objection did not specify who the names were intended to honour | |
Tonkin – in honour of John Trezise Tonkin (1902–1995), Deputy Premier of Western Australia (1953–59) and Premier of Western Australia (1971–74) | |
Canning – the proposed division is bounded to the north by the Canning River and contains Canning Vale | |
Canning | McLarty – in honour of Sir Duncan Ross McLarty (1891–1962), Premier of Western Australia (1947–53) |
Peel – in honour of Thomas Peel (1793–1865), an early settler of Western Australia |
Electoral division | Enrolment as at Monday 1 December 2014 | Projected enrolment as at Wednesday 8 February 2017 | Approximate area | ||
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Number | Percentage variation from the current enrolment quota | Number | Percentage variation from the projected enrolment quota | ||
Brand | 90 093 | -4.18% | 96 631 | -3.06% | 377 km2 |
Burt | 93 763 | -0.28% | 100 530 | 0.85% | 172 km2 |
Canning | 90 883 | -3.34% | 96 383 | -3.31% | 6 304 km2 |
Cowan | 93 613 | -0.44% | 100 388 | 0.70% | 180 km2 |
Curtin | 94 033 | 0.01% | 99 066 | -0.62% | 98 km2 |
Durack | 95 644 | 1.72% | 100 543 | 0.86% | 1 629 858 km2 |
Forrest | 94 559 | 0.57% | 98 311 | -1.38% | 11 072 km2 |
Fremantle | 94 241 | 0.23% | 100 408 | 0.72% | 196 km2 |
Hasluck | 91 739 | -2.43% | 97 337 | -2.36% | 1 192 km2 |
Moore | 98 158 | 4.39% | 102 958 | 3.28% | 90 km2 |
O’Connor | 99 006 | 5.30% | 103 123 | 3.45% | 868 576 km2 |
Pearce | 91 678 | -2.50% | 98 945 | -0.74% | 13 250 km2 |
Perth | 94 518 | 0.52% | 100 895 | 1.21% | 80 km2 |
Stirling | 95 584 | 1.66% | 101 801 | 2.12% | 74 km2 |
Swan | 93 811 | -0.23% | 99 687 | 0.00% | 134 km2 |
Tangney | 93 090 | -1.00% | 97 967 | -1.72% | 83 km2 |
Total | 1 504 413 | 1 594 973 | 2 531 736 km2 |