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 Sir Paul Hasluck, 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, Dame Alexandra Hasluck, 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 2013 federal election there was a swing towards the incumbent Liberal member

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

, 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

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'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 Shire of Kalamunda, such as Forrestfield and Kalamunda, and the Shire of Mundaring. 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 Shire of Kalamunda, the remainder of the Shire of Mundaring 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 245 km² to 1,192 km². On its current (2016) boundaries, the Division of Hasluck includes the following suburbs: * Split between Hasluck and Pearce.
** Split between Hasluck and Canning.
*** Split between Hasluck and Swan. 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 and Hasluck's portion of Gosnells itself will all be transferred to the seat of Canning, thus removing the

from Hasluck entirely. In addition, the Kalamunda suburbs of

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and Wattle Grove and Hasluck's portion of Forrestfield will all be transferred to the seat of Swan. Hasluck will subsequently gain the Swan suburbs of

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, Belhus, Bennett Springs, Brabham,

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, Ellenbrook,

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, Millendon, The Vines, Upper Swan,

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and Whiteman, a portion of Lexia and the remainder of

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and Red Hill. These boundary changes will take place as of the next Australian federal election.https://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2021/wa/files/redistribution-of-western-australia-into-electoral-divisions-august-2021.pdf

Members

Electoral results

References

External links

Division of Hasluck - Australian Electoral Commission

Hasluck - ABC Australia Votes 2013

Hasluck - Election Blog
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