Electoral district of Cottesloe

Infobox Australian Electorate
name = Cottesloe
state = wa


caption =
lifespan = 1950–present
mp = Colin Barnett
mp-party = Liberal
namesake = Cottesloe
area = 38.7
class = North Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Cottesloe is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Cottesloe is named for the western Perth suburb of Cottesloe which falls within its borders.

History

Cottesloe was created at the 1948 redistribution, at which three new metropolitan electorates were created to replace former northern and agricultural seats in Parliament. [Gazette WA | title = Electoral Districts Act 1947 - Order in Council | page = 1948:3027-3036 | date = 21 December 1948] Its first member was elected at the 1950 election, and it has always been a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors. [cite book|last=Black|first=David|coauthors=Prescott, Valerie|title=Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996|year=1997|publisher=Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission|location=Perth|id=ISBN 0-7309-8409-5|pages=72-75] It has only had three members: Ross Hutchinson, Bill Hassell who served as Opposition Leader to Premier Brian Burke in 1984–1986, and Colin Barnett, who was elected at a by-election in 1990 and served as Deputy Premier, Minister for Energy and, after 1995, Education during the Court government in 1993–2001, and Opposition Leader in 2001–2005. Barnett, seen as a moderate within Liberal ranks, resigned the leadership after the 2005 election. He had originally planned to retire at the 2008 election, but after the troubled seven-month leadership of Troy Buswell and generally poor opinion polls, Barnett was persuaded to reconsider, and regained the leadership on 6 August 2008 on a unanimous party vote, one day before the 2008 election was called. [cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/08/07/2327923.htm|title=Carpenter calls September poll|date=7 August 2008|work=ABC Online|accessdate=2008-08-08] [cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24131027-2761,00.html|last=Spagnolo|first=Joe|title=Colin Barnett accepts Liberal leadership|work=PerthNow (News Limited)|date=5 August 2008|accessdate-2008-08-08]

Geography

As at the 2007 redistribution, Cottesloe is bounded by Loch Street and Brockway Road to the east, Perry Lakes and Bold Park to the north, the Indian Ocean to the west, and the Swan River to the south and southeast. It includes the suburbs of Claremont, Cottesloe, Mosman Park, Mount Claremont, North Fremantle, Peppermint Grove and Swanbourne. [cite web|url=http://www.boundarieswa.com/2007/Final-Boundaries/North-Metropolitan/Cottesloe/|title=2003 Electoral Distribution - Final Boundaries - North Metropolitan - Cottesloe|author=Western Australian Electoral Commission|date=29 October 2007|accessdate=2008-08-08] Major features within the electorate include Campbell Barracks (Australia), Cottesloe Beach and several private schools including Scotch College, Christ Church Grammar School, Methodist Ladies' College and Presbyterian Ladies' College.

Prior to the redistribution, it had additionally contained sections of City Beach and Floreat, which were moved north into neighbouring Churchlands.

Demographics

Cottesloe and the neighbouring electorates of Churchlands to the north and Nedlands to the east comprise the affluent western suburbs of Perth—the Australian Bureau of Statistics's SEIFA index (2001) ranked them as the highest three electorates by socio-economic status in Western Australia, with high scores on educational and employment opportunity. At the 2006 census, the median individual income in the Cottesloe electorate, based on its 2005 boundaries, was $639 per week compared to $513 in the Perth metropolitan area, and the median weekly household income was $1,416 compared to $1,086 across Perth. 56.8% of the population were professionals or managers. [Census 2006 AUS|id=SED51604|name=Cottesloe (North Metropolitan) (State Electoral Division)|accessdate=2008-08-05
* Census 2006 AUS|id=505|name=Perth (Statistical Division)|accessdate=2008-08-05]

Members for Cottesloe

Results

Election box begin
title=State Election 2005: CottesloeElection box candidate AU party
candidate = Colin Barnett
party = Liberal
votes = 13,446
percentage = 55.66
change = +4.9

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Owen Whittle
party = Labor
votes = 5,965
percentage = 24.69
change = +2.5

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Steve Walker
party = Greens
votes = 3,997
percentage = 16.55
change = +3.2

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Stuart Chapman
party = Christian Democrats
votes = 750
percentage = 3.10
change = +3.10

Election box formal
votes = 24,158
percentage = 96.57
change = -0.71

Election box informal
votes = 857
percentage = 3.43
change = +0.71

Election box turnout
votes = 25,015
percentage = 89.74
change = +0.93

Election box candidate AU party
party = Liberal
candidate = Colin Barnett
votes = 14,910
percentage = 61.73
change = +0.7

Election box candidate AU party
party = Labor
candidate = Owen Whittle
votes = 9,245
percentage = 38.27
change = –0.7

Election box hold AU party
winner = Liberal
swing = +0.7

References

External links

* [http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2005/guide/cott.htm Electorate Profile] (Antony Green, ABC)