Division of Swan
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| Swan Australian House of Representatives Division |
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 Swan, shown within Perth |
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| State or territory: | Western Australia |
| Created: | 1901 |
| MP: | Steve Irons |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Namesake: | Swan River |
| Electors: | 81,714 |
| Area: | 108 km² (41.7 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Swan is an Australian Electoral Division located in Western Australia. The division is named after the Swan River.
It is a very diverse electorate with the suburbs of South Perth and Como in the west generally being highly affluent and Liberal-voting, and areas such as Cannington, Kewdale and Welshpool having a largely poorer population which heavily leans towards the Australian Labor Party (ALP).[citation needed]
The division was proclaimed in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election.
From 2004 to 2007 it was the third most marginal electorate in Australia, after Hindmarsh and Kingston, with the ALP incumbent Kim Wilkie winning 50.08% of the two-party-preferred vote in 2004.
In the 2007 election, Liberal candidate Steve Irons won the seat with a swing of 0.19%.[1]
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[edit] Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Forrest | Protectionist | 1901—1909 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal | 1909—1916 | ||
| Nationalist | 1916—1918 | ||
| Edwin Corboy | Labor | 1918—1919 | |
| John Prowse | Country | 1919—1922 | |
| Henry Gregory | Country | 1922—1940 | |
| Thomas Marwick | Country | 1940—1943 | |
| Donald Mountjoy | Labor | 1943—1946 | |
| Leonard Hamilton | Country | 1946—1949 | |
| Bill Grayden | Liberal | 1949—1954 | |
| Harry Webb | Labor | 1954—1955 | |
| Richard Cleaver | Liberal | 1955—1969 | |
| Adrian Bennett | Labor | 1969—1975 | |
| John Martyr | Liberal | 1975—1980 | |
| Kim Beazley | Labor | 1980—1996 | |
| Don Randall | Liberal | 1996—1998 | |
| Kim Wilkie | Labor | 1998—2007 | |
| Steve Irons | Liberal | 2007—present | |
[edit] Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Swan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Steve Irons | 31,183 | 44.28 | +0.14 | |
| Labor | Kim Wilkie | 29,544 | 40.65 | +0.73 | |
| Greens | Kim Lisson | 7,365 | 10.13 | +1.84 | |
| Christian Democrats | Tasman Gilbert | 1,210 | 1.66 | -0.09 | |
| Independent | Linda Ross | 656 | 0.90 | +0.90 | |
| One Nation | Joy Harris | 647 | 0.89 | -0.89 | |
| Family First | Damon Fowler | 579 | 0.80 | -0.04 | |
| Liberty and Democracy | Mark Dixon | 243 | 0.33 | +0.33 | |
| Socialist Equality | Joe Lopez | 157 | 0.22 | +0.22 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | Norman Gay | 92 | 0.13 | -0.16 | |
| Total formal votes | 72,676 | 95.41 | +0.87 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,497 | 4.59 | -0.87 | ||
| Turnout | 76,173 | 93.22 | +1.04 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Liberal | Steve Irons | 36,520 | 50.11 | +0.19 | |
| Labor | Kim Wilkie | 36,256 | 49.89 | -0.19 | |
| Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +0.19 | |||
| Australian federal election, 2004: Swan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Andrew Murfin | 30,598 | 44.14 | +5.16 | |
| Labor | Kim Wilkie | 27,675 | 39.92 | -1.35 | |
| Greens | Dave Fort | 5,745 | 8.29 | +2.41 | |
| One Nation | Ted Vermeer | 1,232 | 1.78 | -2.87 | |
| Christian Democrats | Gwen Hamence | 1,214 | 1.75 | +0.15 | |
| Democrats | Mark Reynolds | 1,133 | 1.63 | -4.08 | |
| Family First | Peter Greaves | 582 | 0.84 | +0.84 | |
| Independent | Teresa van Lieshout | 947 | 1.37 | +1.37 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | Azmi Johari | 198 | 0.29 | -0.08 | |
| Total formal votes | 69,324 | 94.54 | -0.59 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,006 | 5.46 | +0.59 | ||
| Turnout | 73,330 | 92.18 | -2.05 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Kim Wilkie | 34,714 | 50.08 | -1.96 | |
| Liberal | Andrew Murfin | 34,610 | 49.92 | +1.96 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -1.96 | |||
