Division of Durack

Durack Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Durack (green) in Western Australia
Created	2008
MP	Melissa Price
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Durack family of Western Australia
Electors	90,852 (2013)
Area	1,587,758 km^2 (613,036.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Durack is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia. The Division is named after the pioneering Durack family, upon whom Dame Mary Durack based her popular historical novels. Created to replace parts of the divisions of Kalgoorlie (which has been abolished) and O'Connor, it elected its first member at the 2010 election.^[1] Sitting Kalgoorlie MP Barry Haase of the Liberal Party contested and won the seat.^[2] Haase announced he would not recontest Durack at the next election on 15 June 2013.^[3] The seat was won at the 2013 election by Liberal candidate Melissa Price.

Geography

Durack includes the northern parts of Western Australia, including the northern and central parts of the Wheatbelt, the Mid West, Gascoyne, Pilbara and the Kimberley regions. Populated areas include the city of Geraldton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby, Dongara, Kalbarri, Karratha, Kununurra, Meekatharra, Merredin, Moora, Mukinbudin, Newman, Port Hedland and Tom Price.

At 1,587,758 km² (62 percent of the landmass of Western Australia), Durack is the largest electorate in Australia by land area and is the second largest single-member electorate in the world, after Nunavut in Canada.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Barry Haase	Liberal	2010–2013
	Melissa Price	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2013: Durack
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Melissa Price	28,143	38.01	−7.06
	National	Shane Van Styn	17,145	23.16	+5.46
	Labor	Daron Keogh	15,018	20.28	−3.75
	Greens	Ian James	5,227	7.06	−2.19
	Palmer United	Des Headland	4,998	6.75	+6.75
	Christians	Grahame Gould	972	1.31	+1.31
	Rise Up Australia	Shane Foreman	810	1.09	+1.09
	Katter's Australian	Aaron Todd	783	1.06	+1.06
	Family First	Ian Rose	763	1.03	−1.37
	CEC	Judy Sudholz	177	0.24	+0.24
Total formal votes			74,036	93.61	−1.53
Informal votes			5,056	6.39	+1.53
Turnout			79,092	87.04	−1.15
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Melissa Price	48,031	64.88	+1.21
	Labor	Daron Keogh	26,005	35.12	−1.21
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Liberal	Melissa Price	39,965	53.98	−9.69
	National	Shane Van Styn	34,071	46.02	+46.02
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. Final Federal Electoral Boundaries for Western Australia
2. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/27/2637319.htm
3. It's game on in Australia's biggest federal electorate

External links

• Division of Durack - Australian Electoral Commission

Coordinates: 22°46′37″S 121°25′41″E / 22.777°S 121.428°E