Division of O'Connor

O'Connor Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of O'Connor (green) in Western Australia
Created:	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'Connor

Australian 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

• Division of O'Connor - Australian Electoral Commission

Coordinates: 29°37′12″S 123°40′05″E / 29.620°S 123.668°E / -29.620; 123.668