Division of Canning

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The Division of Canning is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Alfred Canning, the Western Australian government surveyor who surveyed the Canning Stock Route. It was originally a country seat, usually won by the Country Party, but since 1980 it has been located in the outer southern suburbs of Perth. Today it includes the suburbs of Armadale, Kelmscott, Canning Vale and Pinjarra. It is a highly marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party. Jane Gerick nearly recontested the 2004 election but died on Christmas Day, 2003.

[edit] Members

Member	Party	Term
Leonard Hamilton	Country Party	1949-61
Neil McNeill	Liberal	1961-63
John Hallett	Country Party	1963-74
Mel Bungey	Liberal	1974-83
Wendy Fatin	ALP	1983-84
Hon George Gear	ALP	1984-96
Ricky Johnston	Liberal	1996-98
Jane Gerick	ALP	1998-2001
Don Randall	Liberal	2001-

Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Western Australia
Brand | Canning | Cowan | Curtin | Forrest | Fremantle | Hasluck | Kalgoorlie | Moore | O'Connor | Pearce | Perth | Stirling | Swan | Tangney