Division of Hasluck

The Division of Hasluck is an electoral division of the Australian House of Representatives, located in Western Australia.

Hasluck Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Hasluck in Western Australia, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	2001
MP	Ken Wyatt
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Sir Paul Hasluck and Dame Alexandra Hasluck
Electors	98,623 (2019)
Area	1,192 km^2 (460.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

History

Sir Paul and Dame Alexandra Hasluck (on right), the division's namesakes with Queen Juliana of the Netherlands

The division was proclaimed at a redistribution of Western Australia's electoral divisions on 20 November 2000,[1] and first contested at the 2001 federal election. The eponyms of the division are Sir Paul Hasluck, the member for the Division of Curtin in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1969[2] and subsequently the Governor-General of Australia from 1969 to 1974, and his wife, Dame Alexandra Hasluck, an author.

Hasluck is a marginal seat and changed hands between the Labor Party and Liberal Party at the first four elections it was contested. At the 2013 federal election there was a swing towards the incumbent Liberal member Ken Wyatt, breaking this pattern. Wyatt is the first Indigenous Australian member of the House of Representatives.

Geography

From its creation at the 2001 election to the 2013 election, the Division of Hasluck was a north-south arc across Perth's eastern suburbs from Southern River/Gosnells (in the City of Gosnells) in the south to Caversham/Midland (in the City of Swan) in the north. It also incorporated the more urbanised western parts of what was then the Shire of Kalamunda, such as Forrestfield and Kalamunda, and the Shire of Mundaring.

In the redistribution prior to the 2016 election,[3] the Division of Hasluck ceded its portion of the City of Gosnells south of the Canning River to the newly created Division of Burt and the suburb of High Wycombe to the Division of Swan, among other changes. In turn, it gained most of the less urbanised areas of what was then the Shire of Kalamunda, the remainder of the Shire of Mundaring and further territory in the City of Swan from the Division of Pearce. As a result of adding in more rural and semi-rural areas, the area of the Division of Hasluck increased from 245 km² to 1,192 km².

On its current (2016) boundaries, the Division of Hasluck includes the following suburbs:[4]

City of Swan Bellevue Bushmead Caversham Gidgegannup Guildford Hazelmere Jane Brook Koongamia Middle Swan* Midland Red Hill* South Guildford*** Stratton Viveash Woodbridge

Shire of Mundaring Bailup Bellevue Beechina Boya Chidlow Darlington Glen Forrest Gorrie Greenmount Helena Valley Hovea Mahogany Creek Malmalling Midvale Mount Helena Mundaring Mundaring Weir Parkerville Sawyers Valley Stoneville Swan View The Lakes Wooroloo

City of Kalamunda Bickley Forrestfield*** Gooseberry Hill Hacketts Gully Kalamunda Lesmurdie Maida Vale Paulls Valley Piesse Brook Reservoir Walliston* Wattle Grove

City of Gosnells Beckenham Gosnells** Kenwick Maddington

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

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Sharryn Jackson (1962–)	Labor	10 November 2001 – 9 October 2004	Lost seat
		Stuart Henry (1946–)	Liberal	9 October 2004 – 24 November 2007	Lost seat
		Sharryn Jackson (1962–)	Labor	24 November 2007 – 21 August 2010	Lost seat
		Ken Wyatt (1952–)	Liberal	21 August 2010 – present	Served as minister under Turnbull. Incumbent. Currently a minister under Morrison

Electoral results

2019 Australian federal election: Hasluck[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ken Wyatt	36,737	43.62	−1.33
	Labor	James Martin	25,794	30.63	−4.63
	Greens	Lee-Anne Miles	9,648	11.46	−1.20
	One Nation	Tim Orr	4,445	5.28	+5.28
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Fiona White-Hartig	2,441	2.90	+2.90
	United Australia	Mike Dale	1,929	2.29	+2.29
	Christians	Brady Williams	1,678	1.99	−1.45
	Western Australia	Stephen Phelan	1,546	1.84	+1.84
Total formal votes			84,218	94.52	−1.44
Informal votes			4,880	5.48	+1.44
Turnout			89,098	90.34	+1.52
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Ken Wyatt	46,494	55.21	+3.16
	Labor	James Martin	37,724	44.79	−3.16
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.16

References

1. "2000 Redistribution of Western Australia - Final Report". 2000 Redistribution of Western Australia - Final Report. Australian Electoral Commission. 20 November 2000. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
2. "Australian Electoral Commission - Profile of the Division of Curtin".
3. "Restribution of Western Australia into Electoral Divisions - January 2016" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission.
4. "Profile of the electoral division of Hasluck (WA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
5. Hasluck, WA, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

• Division of Hasluck - Australian Electoral Commission
• Hasluck - ABC Australia Votes 2013
• Hasluck - Election Blog