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Australian federal election, 2025
Division of Tangney, Western Australia
Named for: Senator Dorothy Tangney (1911-85), Senator 1943-68 (first woman Senator)
Southern Perth: Applecross, Bateman, Canning Vale, Melville, Riverton
Enrolment at 2019 election: 94,353
Enrolment at 2022 election: 122,190 (+29.6)
1999 republic referendum: No 53.5
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 61.6
2023 Voice referendum: No 58.7
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Sitting member: Sam Lim (Labor): Elected 2022
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2007 Liberal majority over Labor: 8.7%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 12.3%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 14.7%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor: 11.0%
2019 Liberal majority over Labor: 11.5%
2022 Labor majority over Liberal 2.4%
2025 notional Labor majority over Liberal 2.9%
Status: Very marginal Labor
Labor two-party vote 1983-2022
2022 results
Statistics and history
Announced candidates:
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Sam Lim
Australian Labor Party |
Howard Ong
Liberal Party |
Division of Tangney
Tangney was created in 1974, in Perth's fast-growing south-eastern suburbs. On its orginal boundaries it was
politically marginal, and was won by Labor in 1974 and again in 1983, but successive redistributions cut the
seat back to a block of wealthy riverside suburbs and made it safer for the Liberals. It has the high median
family income and the high proportion of people in professional and managerial occupations typical of such electorates. It also
has the high level of people from the UK seen in all the Perth seats, and is now also attracting immigrants from China.
Daryl Williams won Tangney for the Liberals in 1993, and was Attorney-General in the first Howard government. He was
succeeded in 2004 by
Dr Dennis Jensen, a South African-born scientist who proved to be an eccentric and outspoken
member. Jensen lost his Liberal endorsement in 2007 and again in 2010, but was saved both times by the Liberal
Party's State Executive. He was again disendorsed in 2016 but this time there was no intervention.
Ben Morton, who won Tangney in 2016, was WA Liberal Party state director
before his election. He was Assistant Minister to the Minister for the Public Service and for Electoral Matters in the Morrison Government. He
seemed set for a long career, but was a victim of the strong swing to Labor at the 2022 election, mainly driven by state issues.
Sam Lim, Labor MP for Tangney since 2022, is a Malaysian-born former police officer and
2020 WA Police Officer of the Year. His Liberal opponent in 2025 will be Howard Ong, an IT entrepreneur.
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