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O'Connor
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of O'Connor (green) in Western AustraliaCreated: 1980 MP: Tony Crook Party: Nationals WA Namesake: Charles Yelverton O'Connor Electors: 92,875 Area: 908,954 km² (350,949 sq mi) Demographic: Rural The Division of O'Connor is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia. It is one of Western Australia's three rural seats.
The Division was named after C. Y. O'Connor, the Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia who designed Fremantle Harbour and the Goldfields Pipeline. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 28 February 1980, and was first contested at the 1980 federal election. The seat was a safe Liberal seat. It was held by Wilson Tuckey from 1980 before being defeated at the 2010 election by Nationals WA candidate Tony Crook with a large swing.
It has always been a rural seat, and was historically based in the Mid West, Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions of Western Australia with major population centres in Geraldton and Albany. A major redistribution in 2008, taking effect at the 2010 election, saw it lose its northern half to the new seat of Durack whilst absorbing large parts of the former Kalgoorlie. As of 2010, it is centred on the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of the state (while incorporating the southern Wheatbelt), with major population centres in Albany, Kalgoorlie and Esperance. Local government areas within the electorate include Albany, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Broomehill, Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Denmark, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Katanning, Kent, Kojonup, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Manjimup, Menzies, Narembeen, Narrogin, Ngaanyatjarraku, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Tambellup, Wagin, Wandering, West Arthur, Westonia, Wickepin, Williams, Woodanilling, and Yilgarn.
Members
Member Party Term Wilson Tuckey Liberal 1980–2010 Tony Crook Nationals WA 2010–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of O'ConnorAustralian federal election, 2010: O'Connor Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Wilson Tuckey 31,294 38.36 -10.36 National Tony Crook 23,538 28.85 +19.68 Labor Ian Bishop 13,962 17.11 -9.15 Greens Andy Huntley 7,232 8.86 +1.73 Christian Democrats Jacky Young 2,221 2.72 +0.09 Independent Geoffrey Stokes 1,298 1.59 +1.59 Family First Pat Scallan 1,164 1.43 +0.21 Independent Neil Smithson 500 0.61 +0.61 CEC Jean Robinson 375 0.46 +0.08 Total formal votes 81,584 94.63 -1.11 Informal votes 4,632 5.37 +1.11 Turnout 86,216 92.83 -0.22 Two-candidate preferred result National Tony Crook 43,693 53.56 +53.56 Liberal Wilson Tuckey 37,891 46.44 -16.32 National gain from Liberal Swing +53.56 References
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