Division of Hasluck
| Hasluck Australian House of Representatives Division |
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 Division of Hasluck (green) in Western Australia |
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| Created: | 2001 |
| MP: | Ken Wyatt |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Namesake: | Paul Hasluck; Alexandra Hasluck |
| Area: | 245 km² (95 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Hasluck is an electoral division of the Australian House of Representatives, located in Western Australia.
The division was proclaimed in 2000, and first contested at the 2001 federal election. The eponyms of the division are Sir Paul Hasluck, the Governor-General of Australia from 1969 to 1974, and his wife, Alexandra Hasluck, a prominent author.
Hasluck is a marginal division; the suburban northern and southern areas of the division are working class and favour the Labor Party; the remainder of the division is more affluent and less urbanised, favouring the Liberal Party. The division has changed hands between the Labor Party and Liberal party at each election since it was first contested.
The current member of the division is Ken Wyatt of the Liberal Party, the first Indigenous Australian member of the House of Representatives.
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[edit] Geography
The division is located in the eastern suburbs of Perth, and includes the following suburbs:
| Swan/Mundaring | Shire of Kalamunda | City of Gosnells |
* Split between Hasluck and Pearce.
** Split between Hasluck and Canning.
[edit] Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Sharryn Jackson | Labor | 2001–2004 | |
| Stuart Henry | Liberal | 2004–2007 | |
| Sharryn Jackson | Labor | 2007–2010 | |
| Ken Wyatt | Liberal | 2010–present | |
[edit] Electoral results
| Australian federal election, 2010: Hasluck | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Ken Wyatt | 34,638 | 41.99 | -1.38 | |
| Labor | Sharryn Jackson | 30,957 | 37.53 | -3.82 | |
| Greens | Glenice Smith | 10,539 | 12.78 | +4.47 | |
| Christian Democrats | Linda Brewer | 2,505 | 3.04 | +0.04 | |
| Family First | Jim McCourt | 1,861 | 2.26 | +1.03 | |
| Independent | Dot Henry | 1,457 | 1.77 | +1.77 | |
| Climate Sceptics | Andrew Middleton | 539 | 0.65 | +0.65 | |
| Total formal votes | 82,496 | 94.36 | -1.31 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,927 | 5.64 | +1.31 | ||
| Turnout | 87,423 | 93.11 | -0.56 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Ken Wyatt | 41,722 | 50.57 | +1.42 | |
| Labor | Sharryn Jackson | 40,774 | 49.43 | -1.42 | |
| Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +1.42 | |||
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