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The Division of O'Connor is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia. It encircles the area around Perth, and runs from the Indian Ocean coast to the Southern Ocean coast. It includes the cities of Geraldton and Albany, and much of the Midlands, Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.
The Division was named after Charles Yelverton O'Connor, the Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia who designed Fremantle Harbour and the Goldfields Pipeline. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 28 February 1980, and was first contested at the 1980 Federal election. The seat is currently a safe Liberal seat. It is currently held by Wilson Tuckey, the oldest member of the Australian House of Representatives, born in 1935.
[edit] Members
[edit] Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: O'Connor |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Wilson Tuckey |
34,876 |
45.85 |
-7.40 |
|
Labor |
Dominic Rose |
15,541 |
20.43 |
+1.86 |
|
National |
Philip Gardiner |
13,459 |
17.69 |
+8.25 |
|
Greens |
Adrian Price |
5,188 |
6.82 |
+0.09 |
|
Christian Democrats |
Mac Forsyth |
2,235 |
2.94 |
+0.12 |
|
One Nation |
Ross Paravicini |
1,214 |
1.60 |
-2.75 |
|
Independent |
Michael Walton |
1,128 |
1.48 |
+1.48 |
|
Family First |
Stephen Carson |
991 |
1.30 |
+1.30 |
|
Independent |
George Giudice |
986 |
1.30 |
-1.46 |
|
Independent |
Darius Crowe |
237 |
0.31 |
+0.31 |
|
Citizens Electoral Council |
Judy Sudholz |
212 |
0.28 |
-0.22 |
| Total formal votes |
76,067 |
95.36 |
+0.85 |
| Informal votes |
3,702 |
4.64 |
-0.85 |
| Turnout |
79,769 |
94.45 |
+1.19 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
|
Liberal |
Wilson Tuckey |
50,625 |
66.55 |
-3.84 |
|
Labor |
Dominic Rose |
25,442 |
33.45 |
+3.84 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
-3.84 |
|
| Australian federal election, 2004: O'Connor |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Wilson Tuckey |
38,878 |
53.25 |
+3.77 |
|
Labor |
Ursula Richards |
13,559 |
18.57 |
-1.21 |
|
National |
Leigh Hardingham |
6,895 |
9.44 |
+2.09 |
|
Greens |
Adrian Price |
4,910 |
6.73 |
+2.00 |
|
One Nation |
Brian McRae |
3,177 |
4.35 |
-7.42 |
|
Christian Democrats |
Justin Moseley |
2,060 |
2.82 |
+0.66 |
|
Independent |
George Giudice |
2,013 |
2.76 |
+2.76 |
|
New Country |
Jan Hough |
639 |
0.88 |
+0.88 |
|
Democrats |
David Thackrah |
511 |
0.70 |
-1.32 |
|
Citizens Electoral Council |
Callum Craig Payne |
367 |
0.50 |
+0.05 |
| Total formal votes |
73,009 |
94.51 |
+0.43 |
| Informal votes |
4,245 |
5.49 |
-0.43 |
| Turnout |
77,254 |
93.26 |
-2.04 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
|
Liberal |
Wilson Tuckey |
51,389 |
70.39 |
+1.30 |
|
Labor |
Ursula Richards |
21,620 |
29.61 |
-1.30 |
|
Liberal hold |
Swing |
+1.30 |
|
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