Electoral district of Cottesloe
| Cottesloe Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
| State | Western Australia |
| Dates current | 1950–present |
| MP | Colin Barnett |
| Party | Liberal |
| Namesake | Cottesloe |
| Area | 38.7 km2 (14.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | North Metropolitan |
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. Its current member, Colin Barnett, is the Premier of Western Australia.
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.[1] Its first member was elected at the 1950 election, and it has always been a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors.[2] It has only had three members: Hon.SirRoss Hutchinson, Bill Hassell who served as Opposition Leader to Premier Brian Burke in 1984–1986, and Hon.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 (the nominated candidate for Cottesloe, Deidre Willmott, stood aside), and regained the leadership on 6 August 2008 on a unanimous party vote, one day before the 2008 election was called.[3][4] At this election, Barnett became Premier of a minority Liberal-National government.
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.[5] Major features within the electorate include Campbell Barracks (Australia), The Grove Library and The Grove Community History Library, 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.[6]
Members for Cottesloe
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Ross Hutchinson | Liberal Country League | 1950–1968 | |
| Liberal | 1968–1977 | ||
| Bill Hassell | Liberal | 1977–1990 | |
| Colin Barnett | Liberal | 1990–present | |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Colin Barnett | 14,036 | 64.7 | +1.2 | |
| Labor | Emma Williams | 2,650 | 12.2 | –5.3 | |
| Independent | Kevin Morgan | 2,482 | 11.4 | +11.4 | |
| Greens | Greg Boland | 2,246 | 10.4 | –6.7 | |
| Christians | Neil Fearis | 281 | 1.3 | –0.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 21,695 | 96.5 | +0.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 781 | 3.5 | -0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 22,476 | 90.0 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Colin Barnett | 15,380 | 70.9 | +1.5 | |
| Labor | Emma Williams | 6,307 | 29.1 | –1.5 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
References
- ↑ "Electoral Districts Act 1947 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 21 December 1948. p. 1948:3027-3036.
- ↑ Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth: Parliamentary History Project and Western Australian Electoral Commission. pp. 72–75. ISBN 0-7309-8409-5.
- ↑ "Carpenter calls September poll". ABC Online. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
- ↑ Spagnolo, Joe (5 August 2008). "Colin Barnett accepts Liberal leadership". PerthNow (News Limited). Archived from the original on September 19, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
- ↑ Western Australian Electoral Commission (29 October 2007). "2003 Electoral Distribution - Final Boundaries - North Metropolitan - Cottesloe". Retrieved 2008-08-08.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Community Profile Series : Cottesloe (North Metropolitan) (State Electoral Division)". 2006 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
* Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Community Profile Series : Perth (Statistical Division)". 2006 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
External links
- Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)