Division of Burt

Burt
Australian House of Representatives Division
Created 2016
Namesake Sir Archibald Burt, Septimus Burt and Sir Francis Burt
Electors 93,763 (1 December 2014)[1]
Area 172 km2 (66.4 sq mi)
Demographic Outer Metropolitan[2]

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.[3] The division is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth which had been represented by the divisions of Canning, Hasluck and Tangney respectively.[4]

The seat is currently vacant and will not elect its inaugural member until the next federal election which is expected to be held in 2016. Based on the results from the last federal election the division is notionally Liberal with an estimated two-party preferred margin of 6.1 percent.[5]

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:[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Redistribution Committee for Western Australia (August 2015). Proposed redistribution of Western Australia into electoral divisions (PDF). p. 17. ISBN 978-1-921427-32-9. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Profile of the electoral division of Burt (WA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  3. ↑ http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2014/wa/proposed-report/files/proposed-report.pdf
  4. ↑ "2015 Western Australian Federal redistribution - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News.
  5. ↑ 2016 Federal Election Pendulum (Update): Antony Green ABC 13 March 2016
  6. ↑ "Profile of the electoral division of Burt (WA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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