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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Durack, Western Australia
Named for: Dame Mary Durack (1913-94), writer, and other members of
the Durack pioneering family.
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Craig Shore
Australian Federation Party |
2. Hon Melissa Price
Liberal Party |
3. Adrian McCrae
Great Australian Party |
4. Anthony Fels
Western Australia Party |
5. Jeremiah Riley
Australian Labor Party |
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6. Brenton Johannsen
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
7. Ian Blayney
The Nationals |
8. Bianca McNeair
Australian Greens |
9. Andrew Middleton
United Australia Party |
Candidate websites:
Ian Blayney
Brenton Johannsen
Adrian McCrae
Bianca McNeair
Andrew Middleton
Hon Melissa Price
Jeremiah Riley
Craig Shore
Division of Durack
Durack was created by the 2010 Western Australian redistribution, which abolished the Federation seat of
Kalgoorlie
and put the City of Kalgoorlie into
O'Connor, thus requiring a new name for the seat covering the northern half
of the state. The seat consists of the northern half of the WA wheatbelt, formerly in O'Connor, and the Kimblerley
and Pilbara regions in the north, formerly in Kalgoorlie.
The southern part of the seat is heavily agricultural, with the low levels of family income and of people in
professional occupations typical of such areas. The northern part is devoted to the mining and pastoral industries,
and is rather wealthier. Durack's 16.7% Indigenous population is higher than that in any seat except Lingiari:
the state seat of Kimberley usually elects an Indigenous (Labor) member. Durack has one of the highest
proportions of households in rental accommodation of any seat, reflecting conditions in the mining towns.
Barry Haase, who had been MP for Kalgoorlie since 1998, was elected the first member for Durack in 2010. At the same
election, the Nationals defeated
Wilson Tuckey, the veteran Liberal MP for O'Connor. Encouraged by this, the Nationals
made a serious bid for Durack in 2013, when Haase retired. The result was very close, with the Liberals hanging
on by 1%.
Melissa Price, Liberal MP for Durack since 2013, was a solictor and corporate lawyer in the mining industry before
her election. She was comfortably re-elected in 2016, with the Nationals vote falling back to 16.0%. In August 2018
she was appointed Minister for the Environment, where her views proved controversial. In May 2019 she was moved to
Minister for Defence Industry. She has been in Cabinet since March 2021.
The 2021 redistribution has transferred a block of Wheatbelt territory around Merredin and Mount Marshall to
O'Connor, and extended Durack southwardsto in Northam and Toodyay, and even Bullsbrook just outside Perth.
This has reduced the agricultural character of the seat without changing its Liberal majority. The Labor candidate is
Jeremiah Riley, a Native Title lawyer, business consultant and as CEO of a large Indigenous community. The Nationals candidate
is Ian Blayney, who was MLA for Geraldton at the 2021 state election.
The state seats in this
area produced huge swings to Labor at the 2021 state election. This was
entirely due to state issues and should not be taken as an indicator that similar results
can be expected in WA at a federal election.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,656 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 10.1% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 71.2% (Australia 66.7%)
Indigenous: 16.7% (Australia 2.8%)
Non-English-speaking households: 10.3% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 22.2% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 32.0% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 11.2% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 27.8% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 17.7% (Australia 22.9%)
Employed in agriculture: 10.3% (Australia 3.3%)
Paying a mortgage: 21.8% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 49.7% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 31.3% (Australia 32.8%)
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