Division of O'Connor

O'Connor Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory:	Western Australia
Created:	1980
MP:	Wilson Tuckey
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	Charles O'Connor
Electors:	84,455
Area:	179,047 km² (69,130.4 sq mi)
Demographic:	Rural

The Division of O'Connor is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia. It encircles the area around Perth, and runs from the Indian Ocean coast to the Southern Ocean coast. It includes the cities of Geraldton and Albany, and much of the Midlands, Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.

The Division was named after Charles Yelverton O'Connor, the Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia who designed Fremantle Harbour and the Goldfields Pipeline. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 28 February 1980, and was first contested at the 1980 Federal election. The seat is currently a safe Liberal seat. It is currently held by Wilson Tuckey, the oldest member of the Australian House of Representatives, born in 1935.

[edit] Members

Member		Party	Term
	Wilson Tuckey	Liberal	1980—present

Australian federal election, 2007: O'Connor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	34,876	45.85	-7.40
	Labor	Dominic Rose	15,541	20.43	+1.86
	National	Philip Gardiner	13,459	17.69	+8.25
	Greens	Adrian Price	5,188	6.82	+0.09
	Christian Democrats	Mac Forsyth	2,235	2.94	+0.12
	One Nation	Ross Paravicini	1,214	1.60	-2.75
	Independent	Michael Walton	1,128	1.48	+1.48
	Family First	Stephen Carson	991	1.30	+1.30
	Independent	George Giudice	986	1.30	-1.46
	Independent	Darius Crowe	237	0.31	+0.31
	Citizens Electoral Council	Judy Sudholz	212	0.28	-0.22
Total formal votes			76,067	95.36	+0.85
Informal votes			3,702	4.64	-0.85
Turnout			79,769	94.45	+1.19
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	50,625	66.55	-3.84
	Labor	Dominic Rose	25,442	33.45	+3.84
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3.84

Australian federal election, 2004: O'Connor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	38,878	53.25	+3.77
	Labor	Ursula Richards	13,559	18.57	-1.21
	National	Leigh Hardingham	6,895	9.44	+2.09
	Greens	Adrian Price	4,910	6.73	+2.00
	One Nation	Brian McRae	3,177	4.35	-7.42
	Christian Democrats	Justin Moseley	2,060	2.82	+0.66
	Independent	George Giudice	2,013	2.76	+2.76
	New Country	Jan Hough	639	0.88	+0.88
	Democrats	David Thackrah	511	0.70	-1.32
	Citizens Electoral Council	Callum Craig Payne	367	0.50	+0.05
Total formal votes			73,009	94.51	+0.43
Informal votes			4,245	5.49	-0.43
Turnout			77,254	93.26	-2.04
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	51,389	70.39	+1.30
	Labor	Ursula Richards	21,620	29.61	-1.30
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.30

Division of O'Connor. Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Retrieved on 2007-06-29. (PDF, 197 kB)

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