Created 2015 Electors 99,572 (2016) Area 172 km² Member of parliament Matt Keogh Elector 99,572 | MP Matt Keogh Demographic Outer Metropolitan Founded 2016 Party Australian Labor Party | |
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Namesakes Archibald Burt, Septimus Burt, Francis Burt | ||
The Division of Burt is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia. The division was created in 2015 and was named after the Burt family, specifically Sir Archibald Burt, Septimus Burt and Sir Francis Burt. The division is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth and covers areas that had previously been represented by the divisions of Canning, Hasluck and Tangney.
The seat was first contested at the 2016 federal election. Based on the results from the 2013 federal election the division was created as a notionally fairly safe Liberal with a notional two-party preferred margin of 6.1 percent. However, based on federal polling indicating a large nine percent two-party swing to Labor since the last election, Burt was tipped as one of several seats that could have potentially fallen to Labor at the 2016 federal election. Additionally, much of the seat's territory is represented by Labor at state level.
The seat was won by Labor's Matt Keogh, who had been the Labor candidate in the 2015 Canning by-election, on a swing of over 14 percent, turning it from fairly safe Liberal to fairly safe Labor.
Geography
The seat presently comprises considerable portions of the City of Gosnells and the City of Armadale and portion of the City of Canning. Suburbs presently included are: