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Perth Australian House of Representatives Division
Perth, shown within the city of Perth
Created:	1901
MP:	Stephen Smith
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Perth
Electors:	88,165
Area:	74 km² (29 sq mi)
Demographic:	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Perth is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia. It is named after Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, where the Division is located. It extends northeast along the north bank of the Swan River from Perth, including suburbs such as Maylands, Mount Lawley, Bayswater, Ashfield, Bedford, Morley, Beechboro and the central business district of Perth itself. It is a primarily residential area, although contains an industrial area at Bayswater and major commercial centres in Perth and Morley.

The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. The seat is currently a fairly safe Labor seat.

[edit] Members

	Party	Term
James Fowler	Labor	1901–1909
	Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1916
	Nationalist	1916–1922
Edward Mann	Nationalist	1922–1929
Edward Mann	Independent	1929–1929
Walter Nairn	Nationalist	1929–1931
Walter Nairn	United Australia	1931–1943
Tom Burke	Labor	1943–1955
Fred Chaney	Liberal	1955–1969
Joe Berinson	Labor	1969–1975
Ross McLean	Liberal	1975–1983
Ric Charlesworth	Labor	1983–1993
Stephen Smith	Labor	1993–present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Smith	36,684	46.87	+1.28
	Liberal	Daniel Nikolic	28,163	35.98	-0.90
	Greens	Damian Douglas-Meyer	8,320	10.63	+1.05
	Christian Democrats	Paul Connelly	1,594	2.04	-0.42
	Independent	Stephen Brooks	1,413	1.81	+1.81
	Family First	Sharon Fairfull	838	1.07	+1.07
	One Nation	Marie Edmonds	628	0.80	-1.19
	Socialist Alliance	Chris Latham	464	0.59	-0.75
	CEC	Orm Girvan	162	0.21	-0.13
Total formal votes			78,266	95.42	+1.40
Informal votes			3,757	4.58	-1.40
Turnout			82,023	93.03	+0.10
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Stephen Smith	46,061	58.85	+2.12
	Liberal	Daniel Nikolic	32,205	41.15	-2.12
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.12

Australian federal election, 2004: Perth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Stephen Smith	33,532	45.59	-2.29
	Liberal	Alexander Lawrance	27,127	36.88	+4.55
	Greens	Alison Xamon	7,045	9.58	+2.22
	Christian Democrats	Augustine Loh	1,807	2.46	+2.46
	One Nation	Marie Edmonds	1,463	1.99	-2.40
	Democrats	Ray Bradbury	1,344	1.83	-5.45
	Socialist Alliance	Nikki Ulasowski	984	1.34	+1.34
	CEC	Ross Herbert Russell	247	0.34	+0.34
Total formal votes			73,549	94.02	-0.96
Informal votes			4,680	5.98	+0.96
Turnout			78,229	92.93	-1.92
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Stephen Smith	41,723	56.73	-4.48
	Liberal	Alexander Lawrance	31,826	43.27	+4.48
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.48

[edit] External links

"Division of Perth". Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. http://www.aec.gov.au/pdf/profiles/p/perth.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-29. (PDF, 166 kB)