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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of Fremantle, Western Australia
Western Perth: Cockburn, Coolbellup, Fremantle, Hammond Park, Palmyra
State seats: All of
Fremantle, parts of
Bicton,
Cottesloe and
Willagee
Local government areas: All of East Fremantle and Fremantle, parts of Cockburn and Melville
Enrolment at close of rolls: 105,383
1999 republic referendum: No 51.7
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 70.1
Sitting member: Josh Wilson (Labor):
Elected 2016. Resigned 2018. Elected 2018 by-election
2007 Labor majority over Liberal: 9.1%
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 5.7%
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 4.8%
2016 Labor majority over Liberal: 7.5%
2018 by-election Labor majority over Liberal Democrats: 23.3%
Status: Marginal Labor
2016 results
2018 by-election results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Janetia Knapp
Western Australian Party |
2. Josh Wilson
Australian Labor Party |
3. Brett Weary
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
4. Fatima Lever
United Australia Party |
5. Sam Wainwright
Socialist Alliance |
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6. Nicole Robins
Liberal Party |
7. Jesse Hutchinson
Australian Greens |
Candidate websites:
Jesse Hutchinson
Nicole Robins
Josh Wilson
Division of Fremantle
Fremantle has existed since Federation, and has always been based on the port city of Fremantle and surrounding
suburbs. Before 1949 it extended northwards into some of the wealthy areas which are now in the seat of Curtin,
and this made the seat politically marginal. After 1949, however, it was among the safest Labor seats in Australia,
although Labor majorities have slowly fallen as blue-collar employment has declined and the Fremantle area has become
colonised by middle-class people. Thus Fremantle now has a fairly high level of median family income for a safe
Labor seat, and a lower proportion of people born in non English speaking countries than Perth, Stirling or
Swan.
Fremantle, a traditional Labor "leadership seat," has been held by five Labor ministers in a row: Prime Minister
John Curtin, Kim Beazley senior, John Dawkins, Dr Carmen Lawrence, and Melissa Parke. Lawrence, a former WA
Premier, won a by-election in 1994. But her career in Canberra was haunted by events from her time as Premier, and
she retired in 2007. Parke was (briefly) a minister in the Rudd-Gillard Government. A strong leftist, she was
clearly frustrated with Labor policy under Bill Shorten and retired in 2016.
Josh Wilson, Labor MP for Fremantle since 2016, was a Fremantle City Councillor and staffer to Parke before his
election. In May 2018, after the High Court's ruling in the case of Senator Katy Gallagher, it became apparent that
he had not successfully renounced the British citizenship for which he was potentially eligible through his
grandmother. He therefore resigned and succcessfully contested a by-election in July, which the Liberal Party did
not contest.
The Liberal candidate in 2019 will be Nicole Robins, a teacher and Melville City councillor. The Greens candidate
will be Jesse Hutchinson, a teacher.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,713 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 13.4% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 60.4% (Australia 66.7%)
Ancestry: Italian 6.5%
Non-English-speaking households: 22.6% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 27.8% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 34.8% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 24.3% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 36.3% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 25.6% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 42.1% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 27.0% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 33.8% (Australia 32.8%)
Members:
Elias Solomon (FT) 1901-03
William Carpenter (Lab) 1903-06
William Hedges (WAP, Lib) 1906-13
Reginald Burchell (ALP, Nat) 1913-22
William Watson (Ind) 1922-28
John Curtin (ALP) 1928-31
William Watson (UAP) 1931-34
Rt Hon John Curtin (ALP) 1934-45
Hon Kim Beazley (ALP) 1945b-77
Hon John Dawkins (ALP) 1977-94
Hon Dr Carmen Lawrence (ALP) 1994b-2007
Hon Melissa Parke (ALP) 2007-16
Josh Wilson (ALP) 2016-18, 2018b
Boundaries following 2016 redistribution:
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