Cockburn
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Cockburn (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
StateWestern Australia
Dates current1962–present
MPDavid Scaife
PartyLabor
NamesakeCity of Cockburn
Electors30,783 (2021)
Area45 km2 (17.4 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates32°08′S 115°48′E / 32.14°S 115.8°E / -32.14; 115.8

Cockburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district is based in Perth's south-western suburbs. Politically, it is a safe Labor seat.

Geography

Cockburn is located in the south-western suburbs of Perth. It is a coastal electorate, lying to the west of the Kwinana Freeway. The district includes the suburbs of Cockburn Central, Atwell, Yangebup, Munster, Beeliar, Success, most of Coogee and Lake Coogee, as well as parts of South Lake.

History

Cockburn was first contested at the 1962 state election. The seat's first member was Henry Curran, who had previously been the member for South Fremantle.

Cockburn has been at all times held by the Labor Party.

Members for Cockburn

MemberPartyTerm
  Henry Curran Labor 1962–1968
  Don Taylor Labor 1968–1984
  Clive Hughes Labor 1984–1986
  Norm Marlborough Labor 1986–1989
  Bill Thomas Labor 1989–2001
  Fran Logan Labor 2001–2021
  David Scaife Labor 2021–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Cockburn.[edit]
2021 Western Australian state election: Cockburn[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor David Scaife 17,714 68.4 +16.7
Liberal Owen Mulder 4,822 18.6 −9.8
Greens Jesse Smith 1,655 6.4 −2.5
No Mandatory Vaccination Elspeth Taimre 461 1.8 +1.8
One Nation Igor Mironenko 456 1.8 −0.1
WAxit Andrew Baker 426 1.6 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Brian Murray 374 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 25,908 96.3 +1.4
Informal votes 995 3.7 −1.4
Turnout 26,903 87.4 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor David Scaife 19,870 76.7 +12.4
Liberal Owen Mulder 6,024 23.3 −12.4
Labor hold Swing+12.4

References

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