Division of Burt

Burt
Australian House of Representatives Division

Division of Burt in Western Australia, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created 2015
MP Matt Keogh
Party Labor
Namesake Sir Archibald Burt, Septimus Burt and Sir Francis Burt
Electors 99,572 (2016)
Area 172 km2 (66.4 sq mi)
Demographic Outer Metropolitan[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] 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:[6]

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Matt Keogh Labor 2016–present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2016: Burt[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Matt Keogh 39,673 47.03 +15.11
Liberal Matt O'Sullivan 29,836 35.37 −10.23
Greens Muhammad Salman 6,770 8.03 +0.28
Christians Warnar Spyker 4,345 5.15 +1.60
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Ian Blevin 3,734 4.43 +4.43
Total formal votes 84,358 95.58 +1.30
Informal votes 3,903 4.42 −1.30
Turnout 88,261 88.64 +1.28
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Matt Keogh 48,177 57.11 +13.20
Liberal Matt O'Sullivan 36,181 42.89 −13.20
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +13.20

Notes

  1. ↑ "Profile of the electoral division of Burt (WA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. ↑ http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2014/wa/proposed-report/files/proposed-report.pdf
  3. ↑ "2015 Western Australian Federal redistribution - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". ABC News.
  4. ↑ 2016 election pendulum: Antony Green ABC
  5. ↑ Bludgertrack: Poll Bludger
  6. ↑ "Profile of the electoral division of Burt (WA)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Burt, WA, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

Coordinates: 32°6′30″S 115°58′8″E / 32.10833°S 115.96889°E / -32.10833; 115.96889

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