Division of Swan

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Division of Swan

The Division of Swan is an Australian Electoral Division located in Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
. The division is named after the Swan River

Swan River (Western Australia)

The Swan River estuary flows through the city of Perth, Western Australia, in the south west of Western Australia. Its lower reaches are relatively wide and deep, with few constrictions, while the upper reaches are usually quite narrow and shallow....
.

It is a very diverse electorate with the suburbs of South Perth and Como in the west generally being highly affluent and Liberal

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Founded a year after the Australian federal election, 1943 to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office....
-voting, and areas such as Cannington, Kewdale and Welshpool having a largely poorer population which heavily leans towards the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an List of political parties in Australia.Known as the Australian Labor Party#Etymology for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the Australian federal election, 2007....
(ALP).

The division was proclaimed in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election.

From 2004 to 2007 it was the third most marginal electorate in Australia, after Hindmarsh

Division of Hindmarsh

The Division of Hindmarsh is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in South Australia covering the western gulfside suburbs of Adelaide....
and Kingston

Division of Kingston

The Division of Kingston is an Australian Electoral Divisions in South Australia covering the far-south metropolitan area of Adelaide. The division was first proclaimed in 1949....
, with the ALP incumbent Kim Wilkie

Kim Wilkie

Kim Wilkie , Australianpolitician, has been an Australian Labor Party was a member of theAustralian House of Representatives from October 1998 to December 2007, representing the Electoral Division of Swan, Western Australia....
winning 50.08% of the two-party-preferred vote in 2004.

In the 2007 election, Liberal candidate Steve Irons

Steve Irons

Stephen James "Steve" Irons is an Australian politician. He is the Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives for the electoral division of Division of Swan in Western Australia....
won the seat with a swing of 0.19%.

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The Division of Swan is an Australian Electoral Division located in Western Australia

Western Australia

Swan River (Western Australia)

Liberal Party of Australia

Australian Labor Party

Division of Hindmarsh

The Division of Hindmarsh is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in South Australia covering the western gulfside suburbs of Adelaide....
and Kingston

Division of Kingston

Kim Wilkie

Steve Irons

Members

	Party	Term
John Forrest John Forrest Sir John Forrest Order of St Michael and St George was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament....	Protectionist Protectionist Party The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment....	1901—1909
	Commonwealth Liberal Commonwealth Liberal Party The Commonwealth Liberal Party was a political movement active in Australia from 1909 to 1911, shortly after federation.In 1909 Alfred Deakin, the leader of the Protectionist Party merged with the Anti-Socialist Party of Joseph Cook to form the CLP on a shared platform of opposing the Australian Labor Party....	1909—1916
	Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the so-called "National Labor Party", the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes....	1916—1918
Edwin Corboy Edwin Corboy Edwin Wilkie Corboy was an Australian politician. Born in Victoria, Australia, he was educated in Western Australia at Perth, Western Australia Boys' School, after which he served in the military from 1915-1917....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an List of political parties in Australia.Known as the Australian Labor Party#Etymology for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the Australian federal election, 2007....	1918 Swan by-election, 1918 The 1918 Swan by-election was a by-election for the Division of Swan in the Australian House of Representatives, following the death of the sitting member Sir John Forrest.... —1919
John Prowse John Prowse John Henry Prowse was an Australian politician. Born in Adelong, New South Wales, he was educated at public schools and then at Kings College, Melbourne....	Country	1919 Australian federal election, 1919 Federal elections were held in Australia on 13 December 1919. All 75 seats in the Australian House of Representatives, and 19 of the 36 seats in the Australian Senate were up for election.... —1922
Henry Gregory Henry Gregory (politician) Henry Gregory was an Australian politician. Born in Kyneton, Victoria, where he was educated, he moved to the Western Australian goldfields in 1894....	Country	1922 Australian federal election, 1922 Federal elections were held in Australia on 16 December 1922. All 75 seats in the Australian House of Representatives, and 19 of the 36 seats in the Australian Senate were up for election.... —1940
Thomas Marwick Thomas Marwick Thomas William Marwick was an Australian politician. Born in York, Western Australia, he was educated at Catholic schools and at Old Perth Technical School before becoming an engineer....	Country	1940—1943
	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. Independents may hold a Centrism viewpoint between those of major political parties, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do not feel that any major party addresses....	1943—1943
Donald Mountjoy Donald Mountjoy Donald Alfred Mountjoy was an Australian politician. Born in Middle Swan, Western Australia, he was educated at state schools before becoming a labourer and railwayman, as well as an official with the Australian Railways Union....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an List of political parties in Australia.Known as the Australian Labor Party#Etymology for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the Australian federal election, 2007....	1943 Australian federal election, 1943 Federal elections were held in Australia on 21 August 1943. All 74 seats in the Australian House of Representatives, and 19 of the 36 seats in the Australian Senate were up for election.... —1946
Leonard Hamilton Leonard Hamilton (Australian politician) Leonard William Hamilton was an Australian politician. Born in Jarrahdale, Western Australia, he was educated at Perth Boys School before becoming a wheat and sugar farmer....	Country	1946 Australian federal election, 1946 Federal elections were held in Australia on 28 September 1946. All 74 seats in the Australian House of Representatives, and 19 of the 36 seats in the Australian Senate were up for election.... —1949
Bill Grayden Bill Grayden William Leonard "Bill" Grayden was an Australian politician. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he was educated at state schools and then at Old Perth Technical School, becoming a mechanical engineer....	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Founded a year after the Australian federal election, 1943 to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office....	1949 Australian federal election, 1949 Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 December 1949. All 121 seats in the Australian House of Representatives, and 42 of the 60 seats in the Australian Senate were up for election, where the single transferable vote was introduced.... —1954
Harry Webb Harry Webb (Australian politician) Charles Harry Webb was an Australian politician. Born in England, he migrated to Australia in 1913 and was educated at state schools, after which he became a locomotive engineman....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an List of political parties in Australia.Known as the Australian Labor Party#Etymology for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the Australian federal election, 2007....	1954 Australian federal election, 1954 Federal elections were held in Australia on 29 May 1954. All 121 seats in the Australian House of Representatives were up for election, no Australian Senate election took place.... —1955
Richard Cleaver Richard Cleaver Richard Cleaver was an Australian politician. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he was educated at Perth Modern School before becoming a chartered secretary and accountant, and then a management consultant....	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Founded a year after the Australian federal election, 1943 to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office....	1955 Australian federal election, 1955 Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 December 1955. All 122 seats in the Australian House of Representatives, and 30 of the 60 seats in the Australian Senate were up for election.... —1969
Adrian Bennett Adrian Bennett Adrian Frank Bennett was an Australian politician. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he was educated at Catholic schools before becoming a transport worker....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an List of political parties in Australia.Known as the Australian Labor Party#Etymology for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the Australian federal election, 2007....	1969 Australian federal election, 1969 Federal elections were held in Australia on 25 October 1969. All 125 seats in the Australian House of Representatives, no Australian Senate seats were up for election.... —1975
John Martyr John Martyr John Raymond Martyr is a former Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he was a political and economic consultant before entering politics. Martyr had a long history of involvement with the Australian Labor Party from his late teens, but due to his involvement with the anti-communist Catholic "Movement" under the aegis of B....	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Founded a year after the Australian federal election, 1943 to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office....	1975 Australian federal election, 1975 Federal elections were held in Australia on 13 December 1975. All 127 seats in the Australian House of Representatives, and all 64 seats in the Australian Senate were up for election following a double dissolution of both Houses.... —1980
Kim Beazley Kim Beazley Kim Christian Beazley, Order of Australia , son of Kim Edward Beazley, is an Australian politician and academic, who was Leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1996 to 2001 and from 2005 to 2006....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an List of political parties in Australia.Known as the Australian Labor Party#Etymology for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the Australian federal election, 2007....	1980 Australian federal election, 1980 Federal elections were held in Australia on 18 October 1980. All 125 seats in the Australian House of Representatives, and 34 of the 64 seats in the Australian Senate, were up for election.... —1996
Don Randall Don Randall Donald James Randall , Australian politician, is a Liberal Party of Australia member of theAustralian House of Representatives. He represented the Division of Swan, Western Australia, 1996-98, and has represented the Division of Canning, Western Australia, since November 2001....	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Founded a year after the Australian federal election, 1943 to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office....	1996—1998
Kim Wilkie Kim Wilkie Kim Wilkie , Australianpolitician, has been an Australian Labor Party was a member of theAustralian House of Representatives from October 1998 to December 2007, representing the Electoral Division of Swan, Western Australia....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an List of political parties in Australia.Known as the Australian Labor Party#Etymology for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the Australian federal election, 2007....	1998—2007
Steve Irons Steve Irons Stephen James "Steve" Irons is an Australian politician. He is the Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives for the electoral division of Division of Swan in Western Australia....	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an List of political parties in Australia.Founded a year after the Australian federal election, 1943 to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office....	2007—present

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