Division of Hasluck explained

Federal:	yes
Hasluck
Created:	2001
Mp:	Tania Lawrence
Mp-Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Sir Paul Hasluck and Dame Alexandra Hasluck
Electors:	117642
Electors Year:	2022
Area:	1192
Class:	Outer metropolitan

The Division of Hasluck is an electoral division of the Australian House of Representatives, located in Western Australia.

History

The division was proclaimed at a redistribution of Western Australia's electoral divisions on 20 November 2000,^[1] and first contested at the 2001 federal election. The eponyms of the division are Sir Paul Hasluck, the member for the Division of Curtin in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1969^[2] and subsequently the Governor-General of Australia from 1969 to 1974, and his wife, Dame Alexandra Hasluck, an author.

Hasluck is a marginal seat and changed hands between the Labor Party and Liberal Party at the first four elections it was contested. At the 2013 federal election there was a swing towards the incumbent Liberal member Ken Wyatt, breaking this pattern. Wyatt was the first Indigenous Australian member of the House of Representatives.

Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.^[3]

From its creation at the 2001 election to the 2013 election, the Division of Hasluck was a north-south arc across Perth's eastern suburbs from Southern River/Gosnells (in the City of Gosnells) in the south to Caversham/Midland (in the City of Swan) in the north. It also incorporated the more urbanised western parts of what was then the Shire of Kalamunda, such as Forrestfield and Kalamunda, and the Shire of Mundaring.

In the redistribution prior to the 2016 election,^[4] the Division of Hasluck ceded its portion of the City of Gosnells south of the Canning River to the newly created Division of Burt and the suburb of High Wycombe to the Division of Swan, among other changes. In turn, it gained most of the less urbanised areas of what was then the Shire of Kalamunda, the remainder of the Shire of Mundaring and further territory in the City of Swan from the Division of Pearce. As a result of adding in more rural and semi-rural areas, the area of the Division of Hasluck increased from 245 km² to 1,192 km².

In August 2021, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) announced a number of changes to the boundaries of Hasluck. The Gosnells suburbs of Beckenham, Kenwick and Maddington, along with the seat's portion of Gosnells, were transferred to the electorate of Canning, thus removing the City of Gosnells from Hasluck entirely. In addition, the Kalamunda suburbs of Maida Vale and Wattle Grove, along with the seat's portion of Forrestfield, were transferred to the electorate of Swan. Hasluck consequently gained a large portion of the City of Swan from the seat of Pearce, including the suburbs of Aveley, Baskerville, Belhus, Brabham, Brigadoon, Dayton, Ellenbrook, Henley Brook, Herne Hill, Millendon, The Vines, Upper Swan, West Swan and Whiteman, a portion of Lexia, and the remainder of Middle Swan and Red Hill, also gaining the suburb of Bennett Springs from the seat of Cowan. These boundary changes took place as of the 2022 election.^[5]

On its current (2022) boundaries, the Division of Hasluck includes the following suburbs:^[6]

City of Swan Aveley Baskerville Belhus Bellevue Bennett Springs Brabham Brigadoon Bushmead Caversham Dayton Ellenbrook Gidgegannup Guildford Hazelmere Henley Brook Herne Hill Jane Brook Koongamia Middle Swan Midland Millendon Red Hill South Guildford* Stratton The Vines Upper Swan Viveash Woodbridge West Swan Whiteman

Shire of Mundaring Bailup Bellevue Beechina Boya Chidlow Darlington Glen Forrest Gorrie Greenmount Helena Valley Hovea Mahogany Creek Malmalling Midvale Mount Helena Mundaring Mundaring Weir Parkerville Sawyers Valley Stoneville Swan View The Lakes Wooroloo

City of Kalamunda Bickley Gooseberry Hill Hacketts Gully Kalamunda Lesmurdie Paulls Valley Piesse Brook Reservoir Walliston

• Split between Hasluck and Swan.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
			Sharryn Jackson	Labor	nowrap	10 November 2001 – 9 October 2004	Lost seat
			Stuart Henry	Liberal	nowrap	9 October 2004 – 24 November 2007	Lost seat
			Sharryn Jackson	Labor	nowrap	24 November 2007 – 21 August 2010	Lost seat
			Ken Wyatt	Liberal	nowrap	21 August 2010 – 21 May 2022	Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Lost seat
			Tania Lawrence	Labor	nowrap	21 May 2022 – present	Incumbent

Electoral results

See main article: Electoral results for the Division of Hasluck.

External links

• Division of Hasluck - Australian Electoral Commission
• Hasluck - ABC Australia Votes 2013
• Hasluck - Election Blog

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Notes and References

1. 2000 Redistribution of Western Australia - Final Report. 20 November 2000. 2000 Redistribution of Western Australia - Final Report. Australian Electoral Commission. 2 April 2013.
2. Web site: Australian Electoral Commission - Profile of the Division of Curtin.
3. Web site: Muller . Damon . The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide . Parliament of Australia . 19 April 2022 . 14 November 2017.
4. Web site: Restribution of Western Australia into Electoral Divisions - January 2016. Australian Electoral Commission.
5. https://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2021/wa/files/redistribution-of-western-australia-into-electoral-divisions-august-2021.pdf
6. Web site: Profile of the electoral division of Hasluck (WA). Australian Electoral Commission. 24 April 2016.