Division of Burt

Burt Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Burt in Western Australia, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	2015
MP	Matt Keogh
Party	Labor
Namesake	Sir Archibald Burt, Septimus Burt and Sir Francis Burt
Electors	99,572 (2016)
Area	172 km^2 (66.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan[1]

The Division of Burt is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia. The division was created in 2015 and was named after the Burt family, specifically Sir Archibald Burt, Septimus Burt and Sir Francis Burt.^[2] The division is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth and covers areas that had previously been represented by the divisions of Canning, Hasluck and Tangney.^[3]

The seat was first contested at the 2016 federal election. Based on the results from the 2013 federal election the division was created as a notionally fairly safe Liberal with a notional two-party preferred margin of 6.1 percent.^[4] However, based on federal polling indicating a large nine percent two-party swing to Labor since the last election, Burt was tipped as one of several seats that could have potentially fallen to Labor at the 2016 federal election.^[5] Additionally, much of the seat's territory is represented by Labor at state level.

The seat was won by Labor's Matt Keogh, who had been the Labor candidate in the 2015 Canning by-election, on a swing of over 14 percent, turning it from fairly safe Liberal to fairly safe Labor.

Geography

The seat presently comprises considerable portions of the City of Gosnells and the City of Armadale and portion of the City of Canning. Suburbs presently included are:^[6]

• Armadale (part)
• Brookdale
• Camillo
• Canning Vale
• Champion Lakes
• Forrestdale
• Gosnells (part)
• Harrisdale
• Haynes
• Hilbert (part)
• Huntingdale
• Kelmscott
• Langford
• Piara Waters
• Seville Grove
• Southern River
• Thornlie
• Wungong (part)

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Matt Keogh	Labor	2016–present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2016: Burt^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Matt Keogh	39,673	47.03	+15.11
	Liberal	Matt O'Sullivan	29,836	35.37	−10.23
	Greens	Muhammad Salman	6,770	8.03	+0.28
	Christians	Warnar Spyker	4,345	5.15	+1.60
	Shooters, Fishers and Farmers	Ian Blevin	3,734	4.43	+4.43
Total formal votes			84,358	95.58	+1.30
Informal votes			3,903	4.42	−1.30
Turnout			88,261	88.64	+1.28
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Keogh	48,177	57.11	+13.20
	Liberal	Matt O'Sullivan	36,181	42.89	−13.20
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+13.20

Notes

1. "Profile of the electoral division of Burt (WA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
2. http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2014/wa/proposed-report/files/proposed-report.pdf
3. "2015 Western Australian Federal redistribution - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News.
4. 2016 election pendulum: Antony Green ABC
5. Bludgertrack: Poll Bludger
6. "Profile of the electoral division of Burt (WA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
7. Burt, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

Coordinates: 32°6′30″S 115°58′8″E / 32.10833°S 115.96889°E