Division Profile

Division Name

TANGNEY

State

Western Australia

Elected Member

Jensen, D (LP) 2004-

Name Derivation

Named after Dame Dorothy Tangney 1911-85, first woman member of the Australian Senate 1943-68.

First Proclaimed / Election

1973/1974

Area

70 sq. kms

Demographic

Inner Metropolitan

Seat Status

Safe

Enrolment

83,108

Turnout

93.91%

Informal

4.44%

Location

Tangney covers an area of approximately 70 sq km from the Swan and Canning Rivers to the north and east, with the proposed Roe Highway forming much of its southern boundary. The main suburbs include Applecross, Alfred Cove, Ardross, Attadale, Bateman, Booragoon, Bull Creek, Ferndale, Langford, Leeming, Lynwood, Melville, Mount Pleasant, Murdoch, Myaree, Parkwood, Riverton, Rossmoyne, Shelley, Willetton and Winthrop.

Products and Industry

Some light industry in Willetton and Myaree with standard suburban housing throughout the remainder. Murdoch University is located in the south-west of the division.

Members

JENSEN, D (LP) 2004-

WILLIAMS, D (LP) 1993-2004

SHACK, P D (LP) 1984-1993

GEAR, G (ALP) 1983-1984

SHACK, P D (LP) 1977-1983

RICHARDSON, P A (LP/IND) 1975-1977

DAWKINS, J S (ALP) 1974-1975

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WA DIVISION - TANGNEY

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