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House of Representatives Updated: 28/09/2010 5:12:06 PM

WA DIVISION - SWAN

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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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