Electoral district of Cannington

Infobox Australian Electorate
name = Cannington
state = wa


caption =
lifespan = 2008–present
mp = Bill Johnston
mp-party = Labor
namesake = Cannington
area = 29
class = South Metropolitan

Cannington is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district is based in the inner southern suburbs of Perth.

Politically, Canning is a safe Labor seat. Based on the results of the 2005 state election, the district was created with a Labor Party majority of 63.3% to 36.7% versus the Liberal Party.cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/elections/wa/2009/redistribution.htm | title=2007 Western Australia Redistribution | publisher=ABC | author=Antony Green]

Geography

Based in the southern suburbs of Perth, the district straddles both sides of the Canning River. It includes most of Cannington, as well as East Cannington, Beckenham, Queens Park, Wilson, Lynwood, Langford, most of Ferndale and part of Thornlie.

History

Cannington was first contested at the 2008 state election. It was a new seat created as a result of the one vote one value reforms. Its territory north of the Canning River was constructed from parts of Victoria Park and Kenwick, whilst territory south of the Canning River came from Riverton and Southern River.

Members for Cannington

Election results

Election box begin
title=Western Australian state election, 2008: Canningtonref label|1|1|1Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Bill Johnston
party = Labor
votes = 8,475
percentage = 45.44
change = -8.9

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Ryan Chorley
party = Liberal
votes = 6,105
percentage = 32.73
change = +3.3

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Christine Cunningham
party = Greens WA
votes = 3,045
percentage = 16.32
change = +9.3

Election box candidate AU party
candidate = Mark Staer
party = Christian Democrats
votes = 1,028
percentage = 5.51
change = +1.6

Election box formal
votes = 18,653
percentage = 93.02
change =

Election box informal
votes = 1,399
percentage = 6.98
change =

Election box turnout
votes = 20,052
percentage = 86.44
change =

Election box candidate AU party
party = Labor
candidate = Bill Johnston
votes = 11,003
percentage = 59.04
change = -4.3

Election box candidate AU party
party = Liberal
candidate = Ryan Chorley
votes = 7,633
percentage = 40.96
change = +4.3

Election box hold AU party
winner = Labor
swing = -4.3

:note label|1|1|1 Cannington was a new electorate at the 2008 election. Therefore, the swings presented are based on the ABC's calculation of redistributed results. On a two-party preferred basis it was notionally a Labor seat with a margin of 13.3% over the Liberal Party.

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