Division of Fremantle

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Fremantle
Australian House of Representatives Division

Fremantle, shown within Perth
State or territory: Western Australia
Created: 1901
MP: Melissa Parke
Party: Labor
Namesake: Fremantle
Electors: 89,014
Area: 200 km² (77.2 sq mi)
Demographic: Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Fremantle is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. The division was created at Federation in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the city of Fremantle, which in turn is named for Captain Charles Fremantle, captain of the Challenger, which brought the first settlers to Western Australia. The Division is located in the southern suburbs of Perth, and includes Cockburn, Coolbelup and Palmyra as well as Fremantle. Since 1934 Fremantle has been a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party. It has been held by a succession of senior Labor figures, including John Curtin (Prime Minister of Australia 1941-45) and Cabinet ministers Kim Beazley (senior), John Dawkins and Carmen Lawrence, the former Premier of Western Australia. Lawrence retired at the 2007 election, and the Labor candidate for Fremantle was Melissa Parke as the seat has been reserved for female candidates under Labor's affirmative action policy.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Elias Solomon Free Trade 1901—1903
  William Carpenter Labor 1903—1906
  William Hedges Western Australian Party 1906—1909
  Commonwealth Liberal 1909—1913
  Reginald Burchell Labor 1913—1916
  Nationalist 1916—1922
  William Watson Independent 1922—1928
  John Curtin Labor 1928—1931
  William Watson United Australia 1931—1934
  John Curtin Labor 1934—1945
  Kim Beazley (senior) Labor 1945—1977
  John Dawkins Labor 1977—1994
  Carmen Lawrence Labor 1994—2007
  Melissa Parke Labor 2007—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Melissa Parke 36,102 45.18 +0.60
Liberal John Jamieson 28,042 35.10 -0.84
Greens Steve Walker 11,645 14.57 +2.79
Christian Democrats Bill Heggers 1,376 1.72 -0.38
Family First Andriette du Plessis 1,145 1.43 +1.43
One Nation Sue Bateman 988 1.24 -1.08
Socialist Alliance Sam Wainwright 361 0.45 -0.03
Citizens Electoral Council Paul Ellison 242 0.30 -0.80
Total formal votes 79,901 95.75 +2.60
Informal votes 3,548 4.25 -2.60
Turnout 83,449 93.75 +0.55
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Melissa Parke 47,253 59.14 +1.38
Liberal John Jamieson 32,648 40.86 -1.38
Labor hold Swing +1.38
Australian federal election, 2004: Fremantle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Carmen Lawrence 32,394 44.58 -2.43
Liberal Carmelo Zagami 26,118 35.94 +5.54
Greens Nicola Paris 8,562 11.78 +2.72
One Nation Craig Alan Mackintosh 1,687 2.32 -3.63
Christian Democrats Michelle Shave 1,524 2.10 +0.69
Democrats Delys Beaumont 1,231 1.69 -3.66
Citizens Electoral Council Damian Poole 800 1.10 +1.10
Socialist Alliance Ian Jamieson 350 0.48 +0.48
Total formal votes 72,666 93.15 -1.14
Informal votes 5,344 6.85 +1.14
Turnout 78,010 93.20 -1.74
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Carmen Lawrence 41,970 57.76 -2.91
Liberal Carmelo Zagami 30,696 42.24 +2.91
Labor hold Swing -2.91
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