Division of Perth
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This article is about the Australian federal electorate. For the Western Australian state electorate, see Electoral district of Perth.
| Perth Australian House of Representatives Division |
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 Division of Perth (green) in Western Australia |
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| Created: | 1901 |
| MP: | Stephen Smith |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Perth |
| Area: | 78 km² (30 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Perth is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia. It is named after Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, where the Division is located. It extends northeast along the north bank of the Swan River from Perth, including suburbs such as Maylands, Mount Lawley, Bayswater, Ashfield, Bedford, Morley, Beechboro and the central business district of Perth itself. It is a primarily residential area, although contains an industrial area at Bayswater and major commercial centres in Perth and Morley.
The division was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. The seat is currently a fairly safe Labor seat.
[edit] Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| James Fowler | Labor | 1901–1909 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal | 1909–1916 | ||
| Nationalist | 1916–1922 | ||
| Edward Mann | Nationalist | 1922–1929 | |
| Independent Nationalist | 1929–1929 | ||
| Walter Nairn | Nationalist | 1929–1931 | |
| United Australia | 1931–1943 | ||
| Tom Burke | Labor | 1943–1955 | |
| Fred Chaney | Liberal | 1955–1969 | |
| Joe Berinson | Labor | 1969–1975 | |
| Ross McLean | Liberal | 1975–1983 | |
| Ric Charlesworth | Labor | 1983–1993 | |
| Stephen Smith | Labor | 1993–present | |
[edit] Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Perth
| Australian federal election, 2010: Perth | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Stephen Smith | 32,228 | 40.19 | -6.12 | |
| Liberal | Joe Ferrante | 31,064 | 38.74 | +1.84 | |
| Greens | Jonathan Hallett | 12,948 | 16.15 | +5.82 | |
| Christian Democrats | Paul Connelly | 2,093 | 2.61 | +0.62 | |
| Family First | Nigel Irvine | 1,243 | 1.55 | +0.45 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Alex Bainbridge | 618 | 0.77 | +0.22 | |
| Total formal votes | 80,194 | 94.80 | -0.61 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,400 | 5.20 | +0.61 | ||
| Turnout | 84,594 | 92.05 | -1.14 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Stephen Smith | 44,815 | 55.88 | -2.06 | |
| Liberal | Joe Ferrante | 35,379 | 44.12 | +2.06 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -2.06 | |||
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