Electoral district of Canning

Infobox Australian Electorate
name = Canning
state = wa


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created = 1897
abolished= 1989
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mp-party =
namesake = Canning River
area =
class = South-East Metropolitan

The Electoral district of Canning was a electorate in the state of Western Australia. The electorate, which was named for the Canning River which ran through the electorate, was first contested at the 1897 elections [cite book|title=Statutes of Western Australia, 1896|author=Government of Western Australia|year=1896|pages=|chapter=Constitution Act Amendment Act (60 Vict No 18) Given royal assent on 8 October 1896.] and was abolished in the 1988 redistribution. [Gazette WA
title = Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council
page = 1988:1339-1527
date = 29 April 1988] It covered much of Perth's inner southern region, being reduced progressively as suburban areas such as Applecross, South Perth, Victoria Park and Belmont developed and became populous enough to require their own electorates. By the time of its dissolution it corresponded approximately with the present-day Kenwick district and had become a fairly safe Australian Labor Party seat.

Geography

Canning initially covered all the land south of the Swan River between North Lake Road, Alfred Cove and Epsom Avenue, Redcliffe, extending south and southeast to what are now South Street, Roe Highway and Brook Road. Most of this area was rural at the time, and at the 1897 election contained just 321 enrolled voters, but from the 1920s onwards and especially after World War II, suburban development along with electoral reform resulted in areas meeting the threshold to require an elected member. In the 1929 redistribution, Victoria Park was established and areas northeast of Orrong Road were moved into Middle Swan. Other areas were split in subsequent redistributions:

* 1948: South Perth and Melville
* 1955: Beeloo
* 1966: Clontarf
* 1976: Murdoch

In its final incarnation, from 1983 until 1989, Canning included the suburbs of Beckenham, Ferndale, Kenwick, Langford, Lynwood, Thornlie and Wattle Grove, and parts of Cannington and East Cannington. [Gazette WA
title = Electoral Districts Act 1947-1981 - Order in Council
page = 1982:113-173
date = 20 January 1982]

Members for Canning

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