Division of Tangney

Tangney
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Tangney (green) in Western Australia
Created1974
MPSam Lim
PartyLabor
NamesakeDorothy Tangney
Electors94,848 (2013)
Area96 km2 (37.1 sq mi)
DemographicInner Metropolitan
Dorothy Tangney

The Division of Tangney is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia. It was named after Dame Dorothy Tangney, the first woman in the Australian Senate. it was set up in 1974.

It covers most of the City of Melville and a large part of the City of Canning. In Melville it includes the suburbs of:

In Canning it includes the suburbs of:

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  John Dawkins Labor 1974–1975
  Peter Richardson Liberal 1975–1977
  Progress 1977–1977
  Peter Shack Liberal 1977–1983
  George Gear Labor 1983–1984
  Peter Shack Liberal 1984–1993
  Daryl Williams Liberal 1993–2004
  Dennis Jensen Liberal 2004–2016
  Ben Morton Liberal 2016–2022
  Sam Lim Labor 2022–present

John Dawkins later became Treasurer of Australia (as Member for Fremantle). Daryl Williams, was Attorney-General of Australia in the Howard Government and Rhodes Scholar.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Tangney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Ben Morton 43,008 39.99 −11.32
Labor Sam Lim 40,940 38.07 +10.12
Greens Adam Abdul Razak 12,876 11.97 +1.09
Christians Mark Staer 2,481 2.31 +0.05
One Nation Tshung-Hui Chang 2,288 2.13 −0.28
Western Australia Jay Dean Gillett 2,096 1.95 +0.73
United Australia Travis Llewellyn Mark 1,721 1.60 +0.28
Liberal Democrats Jacqueline Holroyd 1,110 1.03 +1.03
Australian Federation Brent Fowler 1,028 0.96 +0.96
Total formal votes 107,548 96.18 +0.78
Informal votes 4,271 3.82 −0.78
Turnout 111,819 91.51 −1.99
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sam Lim 56,331 52.38 +11.88
Liberal Ben Morton 51,217 47.62 −11.88
Labor gain from Liberal Swing+11.88

References

  1. ↑ "ABC "Australia Votes" - Tangney Electorate Profile".
  2. ↑ Tangney, WA, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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