Division of Hasluck

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Hasluck Australian House of Representatives Division
Hasluck, shown within Perth
State or territory:	Western Australia
Created:	2001
MP:	Sharryn Jackson
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Paul Hasluck; Alexandra Hasluck
Electors:	82,331
Area:	227 km² (87.6 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Hasluck is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. The division was created in 2001 and is named for Sir Paul Hasluck, who was Governor-General of Australia 1969-74, and for his wife, Dame Alexandra Hasluck, a prominent author. It is a definitionally marginal seat - with the north and south favouring the Australian Labor Party and the centre favouring the Liberal Party.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Members 3 Election results 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Geography

The seat is located in the eastern suburbs of Perth, and includes the following suburbs:

Swan/Mundaring Bellevue Caversham Guildford Hazelmere Helena Valley Koongamia Middle Swan Midland Midvale* Viveash

Shire of Kalamunda Forrestfield Gooseberry Hill High Wycombe Kalamunda Lesmurdie Maida Vale Walliston* Wattle Grove

City of Gosnells Beckenham Gosnells Huntingdale** Kenwick Maddington Martin Orange Grove Thornlie**

* Split between Hasluck and Pearce.
** Split between Hasluck and Canning.

[edit] Members

Member		Party	Term
	Sharryn Jackson	Labor	2001—2004
	Stuart Henry	Liberal	2004—2007
	Sharryn Jackson	Labor	2007—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Hasluck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stuart Henry	31,541	42.94	-2.43
	Labor	Sharryn Jackson	30,471	41.48	+3.19
	Greens	Jane Bremmer	6,258	8.52	+1.66
	Christian Democrats	Robb Merrells	2,229	3.03	-0.07
	One Nation	Bill Gaugg	1,121	1.53	-1.84
	Family First	Stephen Bolt	863	1.17	+1.17
	Citizens Electoral Council	Neil Vincent	687	0.94	-0.34
	Liberty and Democracy	Siou Hong Chia	292	0.40	+0.40
Total formal votes			73,462	95.58	+0.56
Informal votes			3,397	4.42	-0.56
Turnout			76,859	93.35	-0.14
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Sharryn Jackson	37,658	51.26	+3.08
	Liberal	Stuart Henry	35,805	48.74	-3.08
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.08

Australian federal election, 2004: Hasluck
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stuart Henry	32,457	45.37	+6.04
	Labor	Sharryn Jackson	27,395	38.29	+0.06
	Greens	Jane Bremmer	4,911	6.86	+1.19
	One Nation	Paul Nield	2,413	3.37	-3.63
	Christian Democrats	Terry Ryan	2,221	3.10	+0.69
	Democrats	Nicola Hannah	1,236	1.73	-3.18
	Citizens Electoral Council	Simon Joseph Hall	913	1.28	+0.14
Total formal votes			71,546	95.02	+0.82
Informal votes			3,752	4.98	-0.82
Turnout			75,298	93.49	-1.72
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Stuart Henry	37,078	51.82	+3.60
	Labor	Sharryn Jackson	34,468	48.18	-3.60
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.60

In 2004, he Labor vote was best in booths concentrated in the Midland and other areas in the north of the seat, and around Thornlie and Gosnells, Western Australia in the south. Labor polled the best in the booths at Koongamia, Middle Swan and Swan View - whereas the Liberal vote is heavily concentrated around Kalamunda. In 2004 Liberal got their best vote, 64% of the two-party vote, in Walliston and also topped 60% in the booths at Wattle Grove, Kalamunda, Lesmurdie, Gooseberry Hill and Maida Vale^[1].

The 2007 election had swings to the Liberal Party in only three booths - Bellevue, Gooseberry Hill and the split booth in Swan View (representing the suburb of Midvale). The biggest swing at booth level was 6.37% to Labor (larger than the national average) recorded in Thornlie West, and booths in Maddington, Gosnells and Thornlie generally were closer to the national average swing to Labor. All of the traditionally safe Labor booths except Bellevue recorded very minor improvements (around 1-3%) upon the 2004 results, as did the traditionally Liberal booths in the Kalamunda region.^[2]

Major local issues in the 2007 election included the construction of a BGC brickworks in the division.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• 2007 Federal Election results - booth by booth
• Australian Parliamentary Library research note
• Adam Carr's Guide to the 2007 Australian federal election
• 2004 Federal Election results - booth by booth
• Adam Carr's guide to the 2007 Federal Election for Hasluck
• Australian Electoral Commission
• Hasluck Blog
• OzPolitics polling

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