Division of Forrest

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Forrest
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Western Australia
Created: 1922
MP: Nola Marino
Party: Liberal
Namesake: John Forrest
Electors: 93,678
Area: 21,143 km² (8,163.4 sq mi)
Demographic: Rural

The Division of Forrest is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. The division was created in 1922 and is named for Sir John Forrest, the first Premier of Western Australia and a federal Cabinet minister. It is located in the south-western corner of the state, including the towns of Bunbury, Busselton, Collie and Harvey. Before 1943 it was a Country Party seat, but since 1949 it has usually been held by the Liberal Party.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  John Prowse Country 1922—1943
  Nelson Lemmon Labor 1943—1949
  Gordon Freeth Liberal 1949—1969
  Frank Kirwan Labor 1969—1972
  Peter Drummond Liberal 1972—1987
  Geoff Prosser Liberal 1987—2007
  Nola Marino Liberal 2007—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Forrest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Nola Marino 38,928 45.40 -8.02
Labor Peter Macfarlane 25,883 30.18 +2.25
Independent Noel Brunning 9,924 11.57 +11.57
Greens Kingsley Gibson 7,150 8.34 -0.11
Christian Democrats John Lewis 1,643 1.92 +0.32
Family First Leighton Knoll 1,150 1.34 -0.31
One Nation Jodie Yardley 928 1.08 -2.36
Citizens Electoral Council Ian Tuffnell 144 0.17 -0.26
Total formal votes 85,750 96.67 +2.17
Informal votes 2,954 3.33 = -2.17
Turnout 88,704 94.69 +0.54
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Nola Marino 47,871 55.83 -4.62
Labor Peter Macfarlane 37,879 44.17 +4.62
Liberal hold Swing -4.62
Australian federal election, 2004: Forrest
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Geoff Prosser 41,422 53.42 +7.39
Labor Tresslyn Smith 21,655 27.93 -2.68
Greens Kingsley Gibson 6,549 8.45 +1.28
One Nation Alan Giorgi 2,667 3.44 -6.61
Democrats Adam Welch 1,311 1.69 -1.63
Family First Linda Rose 1,281 1.65 +1.65
Christian Democrats Shane Flanegan 1,242 1.60 +1.60
New Country Ken Vagg 1,075 1.39 +1.39
Citizens Electoral Council Ian Tuffnell 334 0.43 +0.05
Total formal votes 77,536 94.50 -0.45
Informal votes 4,512 5.50 =0.45
Turnout 82,048 94.15 -1.53
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Geoff Prosser 46,871 60.45 +2.84
Labor Tresslyn Smith 30,665 39.55 -2.84
Liberal hold Swing +2.84
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