State Western Australia MP Fran Logan Area 45 km² Namesake City of Cockburn | Dates current 1962–present Electors 27,914 (2017) Member of parliament Fran Logan Party Australian Labor Party | |
 | ||
Demographic Electoral region of South Metropolitan | ||
Cockburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
Contents
The district is based in Perth's south-western suburbs. Politically, it is a safe Labor seat.
Geography
Cockburn is located in the south-western suburbs of Perth. It is a coastal electorate, lying to the west of the Kwinana Freeway. The district includes the suburbs of Cockburn Central, Yangebup, Munster, Beeliar, Success, Henderson, Wattleup, Hammond Park, most of Coogee and Spearwood, as well as parts of Bibra Lake and South Lake.
History
Cockburn was first contested at the 1962 state election. The seat's first member was Henry Curran, who had previously been the member for South Fremantle.
Cockburn has been at all times held by the Labor Party.
References
Electoral district of Cockburn Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA