Division Profile

Division Name

SWAN

State

Western Australia

Elected Member

Irons, S (LP) 2007-

Name Derivation

Named after the Swan River which was discovered and named by the Dutch explorer, Willem de Vlamingh in 1697, after the famous black swans of the area.

First Proclaimed / Election

1901

Area

126 sq. kms

Demographic

Inner Metropolitan

Pre-Election Seat Status

Marginal

Seat Status

Marginal

Enrolment

90,817

Turnout

91.97%

Informal

4.90%

Location

Swan covers an area of approximately 126 sq km bordered by the Swan River in the north and west, the Canning River and High Road in the south, and the Roe Highway and Perth Airport in the east. Suburbs include Ascot, Beckenham, Belmont, Bentley, Burswood, Cannington, Carlisle, Cloverdale, Como, East Cannington, East Victoria Park, Ferndale, Karawara, Kensington, Kewdale, Langford, Lathlain, Lynwood, Manning, Queens Park, Redcliffe, Rivervale, Salter Point, St James, South Perth, Victoria Park, Waterford, Welshpool and Wilson. The traditional owners of the land are the Noongar people.

Products and Industry

Light industry, commercial and retail trade, transport including trucking, railway marshalling yards and Perth international and domestic airport terminals, education including Curtin University of Technology, and sport and tourism including Burswood Entertainment Complex.

Members

Irons, S (LP) 2007-

Wilkie, K (ALP) 1998-2007

Randall, D (LP) 1996-1998

Beazley, K C (ALP) 1980-1996

Martyr, J R (LP) 1975-1980

Bennett, A F (ALP) 1969-1975

Cleaver, R (LP) 1955-1969

Webb, C H (ALP) 1954-1955

Grayden, W L (LP) 1949-1954

Hamilton, L W (CP) 1946-1949

Mountjoy, D A (ALP) 1943-1946

Marwick, T W (CP) 1940-1943

Gregory, H (CP) 1922-1940

Prowse, J H (CP) 1919-1922

Corby, E W (ALP) 1918-1919

Forrest, J (PROT/WAP/LIB/NAT) 1901-1918

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WA DIVISION - SWAN

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