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| Fremantle Australian House of Representatives Division |
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 Fremantle, shown within Perth |
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| Created: | 1901 |
| MP: | Melissa Parke |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Fremantle |
| Electors: | 89,014 |
| Area: | 200 km² (77 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Fremantle is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia.
The division was created at Federation in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the city of Fremantle, which in turn is named for Captain Charles Fremantle, captain of the Challenger, which brought the first settlers to Western Australia. The Division is located in the southern suburbs of Perth, and includes Cockburn, Coolbelup and Palmyra as well as Fremantle. Since 1934 Fremantle has been a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party. It has been held by a succession of senior Labor figures, including John Curtin (Prime Minister of Australia 1941-45) and Cabinet ministers Kim Beazley (senior), John Dawkins and Carmen Lawrence, the former Premier of Western Australia. Lawrence retired at the 2007 election, and the Labor candidate for Fremantle was Melissa Parke as the seat has been reserved for female candidates under Labor's affirmative action policy.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elias Solomon | Free Trade | 1901–1903 | |
| William Carpenter | Labor | 1903–1906 | |
| William Hedges | Western Australian | 1906–1909 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal | 1909–1913 | ||
| Reginald Burchell | Labor | 1913–1916 | |
| Nationalist | 1916–1922 | ||
| William Watson | Independent | 1922–1928 | |
| John Curtin | Labor | 1928–1931 | |
| William Watson | United Australia | 1931–1934 | |
| John Curtin | Labor | 1934–1945 | |
| Kim Beazley (senior) | Labor | 1945–1977 | |
| John Dawkins | Labor | 1977–1994 | |
| Carmen Lawrence | Labor | 1994–2007 | |
| Melissa Parke | Labor | 2007–present | |
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Fremantle | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Melissa Parke | 36,102 | 45.18 | +0.60 | |
| Liberal | John Jamieson | 28,042 | 35.10 | -0.84 | |
| Greens | Steve Walker | 11,645 | 14.57 | +2.79 | |
| Christian Democrats | Bill Heggers | 1,376 | 1.72 | -0.38 | |
| Family First | Andriette du Plessis | 1,145 | 1.43 | +1.43 | |
| One Nation | Sue Bateman | 988 | 1.24 | -1.08 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Sam Wainwright | 361 | 0.45 | -0.03 | |
| CEC | Paul Ellison | 242 | 0.30 | -0.80 | |
| Total formal votes | 79,901 | 95.75 | +2.60 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,548 | 4.25 | -2.60 | ||
| Turnout | 83,449 | 93.75 | +0.55 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Melissa Parke | 47,253 | 59.14 | +1.38 | |
| Liberal | John Jamieson | 32,648 | 40.86 | -1.38 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +1.38 | |||
| Australian federal election, 2004: Fremantle | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Carmen Lawrence | 32,394 | 44.58 | -2.43 | |
| Liberal | Carmelo Zagami | 26,118 | 35.94 | +5.54 | |
| Greens | Nicola Paris | 8,562 | 11.78 | +2.72 | |
| One Nation | Craig Alan Mackintosh | 1,687 | 2.32 | -3.63 | |
| Christian Democrats | Michelle Shave | 1,524 | 2.10 | +0.69 | |
| Democrats | Delys Beaumont | 1,231 | 1.69 | -3.66 | |
| CEC | Damian Poole | 800 | 1.10 | +1.10 | |
| Socialist Alliance | Ian Jamieson | 350 | 0.48 | +0.48 | |
| Total formal votes | 72,666 | 93.15 | -1.14 | ||
| Informal votes | 5,344 | 6.85 | +1.14 | ||
| Turnout | 78,010 | 93.20 | -1.74 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Carmen Lawrence | 41,970 | 57.76 | -2.91 | |
| Liberal | Carmelo Zagami | 30,696 | 42.24 | +2.91 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -2.91 | |||
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