Electoral district of Cockburn

Cockburn Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Western Australia
Dates current:	1962–present
MP:	Fran Logan
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	City of Cockburn
Area:	77 km² (30 sq mi)
Demographic:	South Metropolitan

Cockburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district is based in Perth's south-western suburbs. Politically, it is a safe Labor seat.

Geography

Cockburn is located in the south-western suburbs of Perth. It is a coastal electorate, lying to the west of the Kwinana Freeway. The district includes the suburbs of Cockburn Central, Yangebup, Munster, Beeliar, Success, Henderson, Wattleup, Hammond Park, most of Coogee and Spearwood, as well as parts of Bibra Lake and South Lake.

History

Cockburn was first contested at the 1962 state election. The seat's first member was Henry Curran, who had previously been the member for South Fremantle.

Cockburn has been at all times held by the Labor Party.

Members for Cockburn

Member		Party	Term
	Henry Curran	Labor	1962–1968
	Alexander Taylor	Labor	1968–1984
	Clive Hughes	Labor	1984–1986
	Norm Marlborough	Labor	1986–1989
	Bill Thomas	Labor	1989–2001
	Fran Logan	Labor	2001–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cockburn

Western Australian state election, 2008: Cockburn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fran Logan	9,620	48.70	-4.1
	Liberal	Donald Barrett	6,188	31.32	+6.2
	Greens WA	Andrew Sullivan	2,531	12.81	+5.9
	Independent	Mary Jenkins	1,416	7.17	N/A
Total formal votes			19,755	92.43
Informal votes			1,617	7.57
Turnout			21,372	87.45
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Fran Logan	11,773	59.60	-5.2
	Liberal	Donald Barrett	7,982	40.40	+5.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.2

External links

• ABC Election Profiles: 2005 2008
• WAEC District Maps: 1996–2005 2005–2008 2008–