Electoral district of Canning
| Canning Canning River | |
|---|---|
| Demographic | South-East Metropolitan |
The electoral district of Canning was an
Canning River which ran through it, was first contested at the 1897 election,[1] but was abolished prior to the 1901 election, with most of its territory transferred to the new seat of South Perth. However, for the 1904 election, South Perth was abolished and Canning re-created. Canning was abolished for a second time in the 1988 redistribution.[2]
Canning covered much of
Labor Party
seat.
Geography
Canning initially covered all the land south of the
South Street, Roe Highway and Brook Road. Most of this area was rural at the time, and at the 1897 election contained only 321 enrolled voters, but from the 1920s onwards and especially after World War II, suburban development along with electoral reform resulted in areas meeting the threshold to require an elected member. In the 1929 redistribution, Victoria Park was established and areas northeast of Orrong Road were moved into Middle Swan
. Other areas were split in subsequent redistributions:
- 1948: South Perth and Melville
- 1955: Beeloo
- 1966: Clontarf
- 1976: Murdoch
In its final incarnation, from 1983 until 1989, Canning included the suburbs of Beckenham, Ferndale, Kenwick, Langford, Lynwood, Thornlie and Wattle Grove, and parts of Cannington and East Cannington.[3]
Members for Canning
| Canning (1897–1901) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Frank Wilson | Oppositionist | 1897–1901 | |
| Canning (1904–1989) | |||
| William Gordon | Ministerial | 1904–1911 | |
| Charles Lewis | Labor
|
1911–1914 | |
| Robert Robinson | Liberal | 1914–1917 | |
Nationalist
|
1917–1921 | ||
| Alec Clydesdale | Labor | 1921–1930 | |
| Herbert Wells | Nationalist | 1930–1933 | |
| Charles Cross | Labor | 1933–1947 | |
| George Yates | Liberal
|
1947–1949 | |
LCL
|
1949–1950 | ||
| Arthur Griffith | LCL | 1950–1953 | |
| Colin Jamieson | Labor | 1953–1956 | |
William Gaffy
|
Labor | 1956–1959 | |
| Des O'Neil | LCL | 1959–1962 | |
| Don May | Labor | 1962–1965 | |
Ross Elliott
|
LCL | 1965–1968 | |
| Tom Bateman | Labor | 1968–1986 | |
| Judyth Watson | Labor | 1986–1989 | |
Election results
References
- ^ Government of Western Australia (1896). "Constitution Act Amendment Act (60 Vict No 18)". Statutes of Western Australia, 1896. Given royal assent on 8 October 1896.
- ^ "Electoral Districts Act 1947–1985 – Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 29 April 1988. p. 1988:1339–1527.
- ^ "Electoral Districts Act 1947–1981 – Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 20 January 1982. p. 1982:113–173.