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| Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Hasluck, Western Australia
Eastern Perth: Guildford, Kalamunda, Kenwick, Midland
Sitting member: Hon Ken Wyatt (Liberal), elected 2010
Enrolment at close of rolls: 95,402
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 4.9%
2016 notional Liberal majority over Labor: 6.0%
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Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Hon Ken Wyatt
Liberal Party |
2. Patrick Hyslop
Australian Greens |
3. Bill Leadbetter
Australian Labor Party |
4. Phil Twiss
Australian Christians |
5. Henry Barnard
Rise Up Australia |
2013 results
Statistics and history
Hasluck was created at the 2001 redistribution, in Perth's fast- growing outer eastern suburbs. Although it has the high proportion of dwellings being
purchased typical of outer suburban seats, it has a lower rate of families with dependent children than is usual for such seats, and cannot be classed
as a pure mortgage belt seat as a result. It has a low proportion of people born in non English speaking countries, and a very low proportion of people
in professional occupations.
The Labor vote in concentrated in the Midland area, in the north of the suburban part of the seat, and around Kenwick and Maddington to the south. The
area between, around Kalamunda, is heavily Liberal, as are the semi-rural areas around Mundaring added by the 2016 redistribution. On the new boundaries
the Liberal majority increases from 4.9% to 6.1%, making the seat substantially safer for the Liberals.
Ken Wyatt, Liberal MP for Hasluck since 2010, is the first member to win the seat at two successive elections. He defeated Labor's Sharryn Jackson in
2010 and increased his majority in 2013. He was originally a teacher, then became manager of Aboriginal Education in the WA Department of Education. He
was later Director of Aboriginal Health in both NSW and WA. He is the first Indigenous person to win a seat in the House of Representatives. He was
appointed Assistant Minister for Health in 2015 and became Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care in February 2016.
Labor's candidate is Dr Bill Leadbetter, an author, historian, archaeologist and Professor of History at Edith Cowan University. Given that Wyatt has
the advantage of six years of incumbency, there will need to be a big swing against the Liberal Party in WA for his hold on the seat to be at risk.
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