Division of Hasluck
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Hasluck Australian House of Representatives Division |
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Division of Hasluck in Western Australia, as of the 2016 federal election.
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| Created | 2001 |
| MP | Ken Wyatt |
| Party | Liberal |
| Namesake | Paul Hasluck; Alexandra Hasluck |
| Electors | 95,402 (2016) |
| Area | 1,192 km2 (460.2 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 at a redistribution of Western Australia's electoral divisions on 20 November 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, an author.
Hasluck is a marginal division; the suburban northern and southern areas of the division favour the Labor Party; the remainder of the division is less urbanised and favours the Liberal Party. The division changed hands between the Labor Party and Liberal Party at the first four elections it was contested. At the 2013 federal election there was a swing towards the incumbent Liberal member Ken Wyatt, breaking this pattern. Wyatt is the first Indigenous Australian member of the House of Representatives.
The division is located in the eastern suburbs of Perth, and includes the following suburbs:
* Split between Hasluck and Pearce.
** Split between Hasluck and Canning.
*** Split between Hasluck and Swan.
Coordinates: 31°59′49″S 116°00′29″E / 31.997°S 116.008°E
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