Electoral district of Cannington

Cannington Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Cannington (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2008–present
MP	Bill Johnston
Party	Labor
Namesake	Cannington
Electors	25,734 (2017)
Area	30 km² (11.6 sq mi)
Demographic	South Metropolitan

Cannington is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district is based in the inner southern suburbs of Perth.

Cannington is a safe Labor seat. Based on the results of the 2005 state election, the district was created with a Labor Party majority of 63.3% to 36.7% versus the Liberal Party.^[1]

Geography

Based in the southern suburbs of Perth, the district straddles both sides of the Canning River. It includes most of Cannington, as well as East Cannington, Beckenham, Queens Park, Wilson, Lynwood, Langford, most of Ferndale and part of Thornlie.

Cannington was first contested at the 2008 state election. It was a new seat created as a result of the one vote one value reforms. Its territory north of the Canning River was constructed from parts of Victoria Park and Kenwick, whilst territory south of the Canning River came from Riverton and Southern River.

Member		Party	Term
	Bill Johnston	Labor	2008–present

Western Australian state election, 2017: Cannington^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Bill Johnston	11,474	55.0	+10.8
	Liberal	Jesse Jacobs	4,970	23.8	−19.4
	Greens	Elliot Thompson	1,850	8.9	−0.3
	One Nation	Rozane Bezuidenhout	1,372	6.6	+6.6
	Christians	Gary Smith	692	3.3	+3.3
	Micro Business	Zena Rihani	303	1.5	+1.5
		Mohsin Virk	210	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			20,871	95.1	+2.3
Informal votes			1,086	4.9	−2.3
Turnout			21,957	85.3	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Johnston	14,190	68.1	+16.0
	Liberal	Jesse Jacobs	6,662	31.9	−16.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+16.0

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