The Division of Hasluck is an

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of the

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, located in

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History

The division was proclaimed at a redistribution of Western Australia's electoral divisions on 20 November 2000, and first contested at the 2001 federal election. The

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s of the division are

Paul Hasluck Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck (1 April 1905 – 9 January 1993) was an Australian statesman who served as the 17th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1969 to 1974. Prior to that, he was a Liberal Party politician, holding minis ...

, the member for the

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in the

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from 1949 to 1969 and subsequently the Governor-General of Australia from 1969 to 1974, and his wife,

Alexandra Hasluck Dame Alexandra Margaret Martin Hasluck, Lady Hasluck, (née Darker; 26 August 1908 – 18 June 1993), also known as Alix Hasluck, was an Australian author and social history, social historian. She published a number of works on the history of ...

, an author. Hasluck is a

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and changed hands between the Labor Party and Liberal Party at the first four elections it was contested. At the

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there was a swing towards the incumbent Liberal member

Ken Wyatt Kenneth George Wyatt (born 4 August 1952) is an Australian former politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives (Australia), House of Representatives from 2010 to 2022, representing the Division of Hasluck for the Liberal Party of ...

, breaking this pattern. Wyatt was the first

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member of the House of Representatives.

Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the

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. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. From its creation at the 2001 election to the 2013 election, the Division of Hasluck was a north-south arc across

Perth Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...

's eastern suburbs from Southern River/ Gosnells (in the

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) in the south to Caversham/ Midland (in the

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) in the north. It also incorporated the more urbanised western parts of what was then the

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, such as Forrestfield and Kalamunda, and the

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. In the redistribution prior to the 2016 election, the Division of Hasluck ceded its portion of the

south of the

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to the newly created

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and the suburb of

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to the

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, among other changes. In turn, it gained most of the less urbanised areas of what was then the

, the remainder of the

and further territory in the

from the

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. As a result of adding in more rural and semi-rural areas, the area of the Division of Hasluck increased from to . In August 2021, the

(AEC) announced a number of changes to the boundaries of Hasluck. The Gosnells suburbs of

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, Kenwick and Maddington, along with the seat's portion of Gosnells, were transferred to the electorate of

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, thus removing the

from Hasluck entirely. In addition, the Kalamunda suburbs of

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and Wattle Grove, along with the seat's portion of Forrestfield, were transferred to the electorate of

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. Hasluck consequently gained a large portion of the

from the seat of Pearce, including the suburbs of

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, Belhus,

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, Ellenbrook, Henley Brook,

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, Millendon, The Vines, Upper Swan, West Swan and Whiteman, a portion of Lexia, and the remainder of Middle Swan and Red Hill, also gaining the suburb of Bennett Springs from the seat of Cowan. These boundary changes took place as of the 2022 election. On its current (2022) boundaries, the Division of Hasluck includes the following suburbs: * Split between Hasluck and

Members

Electoral results

References

External links

Division of Hasluck - Australian Electoral Commission

Hasluck - ABC Australia Votes 2013

Hasluck - Election Blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hasluck, Division of Electoral divisions of Australia Electoral divisions of Australia in Western Australia Constituencies established in 2000 2000 establishments in Australia