Division Profile

Division Name

O'CONNOR

State

Western Australia

Elected Member

Wilson, R (LP) 2013-

Name Derivation

Named after Charles O'Connor 1843-1902, Engineer in Chief of Western Australia (appointed 1891). Designed Fremantle Harbour and the pipeline which supplies Kalgoorlie and other goldfields with water.

First Proclaimed / Election

1979/1980

Area

908954 sq. kms

Demographic

Rural

Pre-Election Seat Status

Marginal

Seat Status

Marginal

Enrolment

95,069

Turnout

92.27%

Informal

5.94%

Location

O'Connor covers an area of approximately 908 954 sq km from the Gibson Desert in the north to Albany in the south. The main locations include the City of Albany and the City of Kalgoorlie, and the regional centres of Bridgetown, Denmark, Esperance, Kojonup, Laverton, Leonora, Manjimup, Mount Barker, Ravensthorpe, Southern Cross, Wagin and Warburton.

Products and Industry

Grain, sheep, cattle, tree farming, fishing and aquaculture, vineyards and winemaking, gold, talc and mineral sands mining, farmstays and tourism.

Members

Wilson, R (LP) 2013-

Crook, A (NP) 2010-2013

Tuckey, W (LP) 1980-2010

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WA DIVISION - O'CONNOR

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