Division of Burt
Burt Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Division of Burt in Western Australia, as of the 2016 federal election. | |
Created | 2015 |
MP | Matt Keogh |
Party | Australian Labor Party |
Namesake | Sir Archibald Burt, Septimus Burt and Sir Francis Burt |
Electors | 99,474 (2016) |
Area | 172 km2 (66.4 sq mi) |
Demographic | Outer Metropolitan[1] |
The Division of Burt is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia. The division was created in 2015 and was named after the Burt family, specifically Sir Archibald Burt, Septimus Burt and Sir Francis Burt.[2] The division is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth and covers areas that had previously been represented by the divisions of Canning, Hasluck and Tangney.[3]
The seat was first contested at the 2016 federal election. Based on the results from the 2013 federal election the division was created as a notionally fairly safe Liberal with a notional two-party preferred margin of 6.1 percent.[4] However, based on federal polling indicating a large nine percent two-party swing to Labor since the last election, Burt was tipped as one of several seats that could have potentially fallen to Labor at the 2016 federal election.[5] Additionally, much of the seat's territory is represented by Labor at state level.
The seat was won by Labor's Matt Keogh, who had been the Labor candidate in the 2015 Canning by-election, on a swing of over 13 percent, turning it from fairly safe Liberal to fairly safe Labor.
Geography
The seat presently comprises considerable portions of the City of Gosnells and the City of Armadale and portion of the City of Canning. Suburbs presently included are:[6]
- Armadale (part)
- Brookdale
- Camillo
- Canning Vale
- Champion Lakes
- Forrestdale
- Gosnells (part)
- Harrisdale
- Haynes
- Hilbert (part)
- Huntingdale
- Kelmscott
- Langford
- Piara Waters
- Seville Grove
- Southern River
- Thornlie
- Wungong (part)
Members
Member | Party | Term | |
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Matt Keogh | Labor | 2016–present | |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labor | Matt Keogh | 39,673 | 47.03 | +15.11 | |
Liberal | Matt O'Sullivan | 29,836 | 35.37 | −10.23 | |
Greens | Muhammad Salman | 6,770 | 8.03 | +0.28 | |
Christians | Warnar Spyker | 4,345 | 5.15 | +1.60 | |
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers | Ian Blevin | 3,734 | 4.43 | +4.43 | |
Total formal votes | 84,358 | 95.58 | +1.30 | ||
Informal votes | 3,903 | 4.42 | −1.30 | ||
Turnout | 88,261 | 88.73 | +1.37 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Matt Keogh | 48,177 | 57.11 | +13.20 | |
Liberal | Matt O'Sullivan | 36,181 | 42.89 | −13.20 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.20 |
Notes
- ↑ "Profile of the electoral division of Burt (WA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ↑ Redistribution Committee for Western Australia (August 2015). Proposed Redistribution of Western Australia into Electoral Divisions. Report. Retrieved from www.AEC.gov.au 10 September 2018.
- ↑ "2015 Western Australian Federal redistribution - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News.
- ↑ Federal Election 2016: Electoral Pendulum ABC.net.au. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ↑ Bowe, William (11 May 2016). "Day Two: Essential, Lonergan, BludgerTrack and More." PollBludger.net. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
- ↑ "Profile of the electoral division of Burt (WA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ↑ Burt, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
Coordinates: 32°6′30″S 115°58′8″E / 32.10833°S 115.96889°E