Profile of the electoral division of Pearce (WA)

State/Territory:

Western Australia

Date this name and boundary was gazetted:

19 January 2016

First election this name was used at:

1990 federal election

First election this boundary was used at:

2016 federal election

Map of Division:

• A4 map of the electoral division of Pearce (2016) [PDF 6MB]
• Detailed map of the electoral division of Pearce (2016) [PDF 11MB]
• Download WA GIS data (2016)

Name derivation:

Named in honour of Sir George Foster Pearce, 1870–1952. Pearce was a Senator for Western Australia (1901–38) and served as Acting Prime Minister for seven months in 1916.

Area:

13,250 sq km

Location description:

Pearce contains all of the Shires of Beverly, Chittering, Gingin, Northam, Toodyay and York and parts of the Cities of Swan and Wanneroo. The Division includes the suburbs of Aveley, Banksia Grove, Baskerville, Brabham, Brigadoon, Bullsbrook, Carramar, Clarkson, Dayton, Ellenbrook, Henley Brook, Herne Hill, Lexia, Mariginiup, Melaleuca, Middle Swan (part), Mindarie, Morangup, Neerabup, Red Hill (part), Tamala Park, West Swan and Wundowie.

Demographic rating:

Outer Metropolitan – situated in capital cities and containing large areas of recent suburban expansion.

Current member details:

Please refer to the Parliament of Australia website

Previous members:

Former members for an electoral division of this name can be found by searching ‘Electoral divisions’ or ‘Members of the House of Representatives since 1901’ in the historical information section of the Parliamentary Handbook

AEC contact:

Pearce Divisional Office