State: Western Australia

Name Derivation:Named after John Curtin 1885-1945, Prime Minister of Australia 1941-45.

Area and Location Description:Curtin covers an area of approximately 90 sq km west of Perth, bordered by the Indian Ocean In the West and the Swan River in the south. The main suburbs include Churchlands, City Beach, Claremont, Cottesloe, Crawley, Dalkeith, Daglish, Doubleview (Part), Floreat, Glendalough, Jolimont, Joondanna, Leederville, Mosman Park, Mount Claremont, Mount Hawthorn, Nedlands, North Perth (Part), Osborne Park (Part), Peppermint Grove, Shenton Park, Subiaco, Swanbourne, Wembley, Wembley Downs West Leederville, West Perth (Part) and Woodlands.

Map of Division: Curtin [PDF approx 150k]

Products/Industries of the Area:Mainly residential and recreational with some light retail.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1948/1949

Demographic Rating: Inner Metropolitan

Members:

• BISHOP, J (LP) 1998-
• ROCHER, A (LP/IND) 1981-1998
• GARLAND, R V (LP) 1969-1981
• HASLUCK, P M C (LP) 1949-1969

Current Member Details:See the Parliament of Australia website

AEC Divisional Office Address: See Divisional Office Contact Details

2004 Federal Election Results:

Enrolment:

84,216

Informal Vote:

3.52%

Turnout:

93.12%

Seat Status:

Safe Liberal

Two Party Preferred:

LP: 64.62%      ALP: 35.38%

Further information:

• 2004 Detailed Federal Election Results
• 2001 Federal Election Results
• 2001 Divisional Profile & Map

For supporting information, see Party Codes, Demographic Ratings and Seat Status.