Division of Canning

Canning Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory:	Western Australia
Created:	1949
MP:	Don Randall
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	Alfred Canning
Electors:	94,679
Area:	4,174 km² (1,611.6 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Canning is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Alfred Canning, the Western Australian government surveyor who surveyed the Canning Stock Route. It was originally a country seat, usually won by the Country Party, but since 1980 it has been located in the outer southern suburbs of Perth. Today it includes the suburbs of Armadale, Kelmscott, Canning Vale and Pinjarra. It is a highly marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party. Jane Gerick nearly recontested the 2004 election but died on Christmas Day, 2003.

[edit] Members

Australian federal election, 2007: Canning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Randall	42,639	49.70	-3.04
	Labor	John Hughes	31,699	36.95	+4.07
	Greens	Denise Hardie	6,396	7.45	+2.40
	Christian Democrats	Kevin Swarts	2,427	2.83	+0.42
	One Nation	Brian Deane	1,264	1.47	-1.26
	Family First	Rodney Grasso	1,112	1.30	+0.29
	Citizens Electoral Council	Brian McCarthy	261	0.30	-0.56
Total formal votes			85,798	96.70	+2.41
Informal votes			2,925	3.30	-2.41
Turnout			88,723	93.71	-0.07
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Don Randall	47,689	55.58	-3.96
	Labor	John Hughes	38,109	44.42	+3.96
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.96

Australian federal election, 2004: Canning
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Randall	39,354	52.74	+10.90
	Labor	Kay Hallahan	24,533	32.88	-5.41
	Greens	Margo Beilby	3,766	5.05	-0.31
	One Nation	Angelo Dacheff	2,035	2.73	-4.46
	Christian Democrats	Vivian Hill	1,802	2.41	-0.16
	Independent	Margaret Dodd	871	1.17	+1.17
	Democrats	Tony Bennell	864	1.16	-2.65
	Family First	Bev Custers	756	1.01	+1.01
	Citizens Electoral Council	Brian McCarthy	642	0.86	-0.08
Total formal votes			74,623	94.29	-0.57
Informal votes			4,515	5.71	+0.57
Turnout			79,138	93.78	-1.40
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Don Randall	44,434	59.54	+9.16
	Labor	Kay Hallahan	44,434	40.46	-9.16
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.16

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