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Not to be confused with the state Electoral district of Fremantle.

Fremantle Australian House of Representatives Division
Fremantle, shown within Perth
Created:	1901
MP:	Melissa Parke
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Fremantle
Electors:	89,014
Area:	200 km² (77 sq mi)
Demographic:	Inner Metropolitan

The division was created at Federation in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the city of Fremantle, which in turn is named for Captain Charles Fremantle, captain of the Challenger, which brought the first settlers to Western Australia. The Division is located in the southern suburbs of Perth, and includes Cockburn, Coolbelup and Palmyra as well as Fremantle. Since 1934 Fremantle has been a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party. It has been held by a succession of senior Labor figures, including John Curtin (Prime Minister of Australia 1941-45) and Cabinet ministers Kim Beazley (senior), John Dawkins and Carmen Lawrence, the former Premier of Western Australia. Lawrence retired at the 2007 election, and the Labor candidate for Fremantle was Melissa Parke as the seat has been reserved for female candidates under Labor's affirmative action policy.

[edit] Members

Australian federal election, 2007: Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Melissa Parke	36,102	45.18	+0.60
	Liberal	John Jamieson	28,042	35.10	-0.84
	Greens	Steve Walker	11,645	14.57	+2.79
	Christian Democrats	Bill Heggers	1,376	1.72	-0.38
	Family First	Andriette du Plessis	1,145	1.43	+1.43
	One Nation	Sue Bateman	988	1.24	-1.08
	Socialist Alliance	Sam Wainwright	361	0.45	-0.03
	CEC	Paul Ellison	242	0.30	-0.80
Total formal votes			79,901	95.75	+2.60
Informal votes			3,548	4.25	-2.60
Turnout			83,449	93.75	+0.55
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Melissa Parke	47,253	59.14	+1.38
	Liberal	John Jamieson	32,648	40.86	-1.38
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.38

Australian federal election, 2004: Fremantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Carmen Lawrence	32,394	44.58	-2.43
	Liberal	Carmelo Zagami	26,118	35.94	+5.54
	Greens	Nicola Paris	8,562	11.78	+2.72
	One Nation	Craig Alan Mackintosh	1,687	2.32	-3.63
	Christian Democrats	Michelle Shave	1,524	2.10	+0.69
	Democrats	Delys Beaumont	1,231	1.69	-3.66
	CEC	Damian Poole	800	1.10	+1.10
	Socialist Alliance	Ian Jamieson	350	0.48	+0.48
Total formal votes			72,666	93.15	-1.14
Informal votes			5,344	6.85	+1.14
Turnout			78,010	93.20	-1.74
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Carmen Lawrence	41,970	57.76	-2.91
	Liberal	Carmelo Zagami	30,696	42.24	+2.91
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.91