Electoral district of Cannington

Cannington Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2008–present
MP	Bill Johnston
Party	Labor
Namesake	Cannington
Area	29 km2 (11.2 sq mi)
Demographic	South Metropolitan

Cannington is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district is based in the inner southern suburbs of Perth.

Cannington is a safe Labor seat. Based on the results of the 2005 state election, the district was created with a Labor Party majority of 63.3% to 36.7% versus the Liberal Party.

Geography

Based in the southern suburbs of Perth, the district straddles both sides of the Canning River. It includes most of Cannington, as well as East Cannington, Beckenham, Queens Park, Wilson, Lynwood, Langford, most of Ferndale and part of Thornlie.

History

Cannington was first contested at the 2008 state election. It was a new seat created as a result of the one vote one value reforms. Its territory north of the Canning River was constructed from parts of Victoria Park and Kenwick, whilst territory south of the Canning River came from Riverton and Southern River.

Members for Cannington

Member		Party	Term
	Bill Johnston	Labor	2008–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cannington

Western Australian state election, 2013: Cannington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Johnston	8,457	43.8	–1.7
	Liberal	Jesse Jacobs	8,310	43.0	+10.2
	Greens	Christine Cunningham	1,850	9.6	–6.7
	Independent	Mark Harrington	702	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			19,319	92.6	-0.4
Informal votes			1,536	7.4	+0.4
Turnout			20,855	87.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Johnston	10,054	52.1	–7.0
	Liberal	Jesse Jacobs	9,259	47.9	+7.0
	Labor hold		Swing	–7.0