Division of O\'Connor

O'Connor Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory:	Western Australia
Created:	1980
MP:	Wilson Tuckey
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	Charles O'Connor
Electors:	84,455
Area:	179,047 km² (69,130. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Charles Wilson Tuckey MP (born 10 July 1935) Australian politician has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. C Y O'Connor CMG ( 11 January 1843 – 10 March 1902) full name Charles Yelverton O'Connor, was an Irish Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 4 sq mi)
Demographic:	Rural

The Division of O'Connor is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It encircles the area around Perth, and runs from the Indian Ocean coast to the Southern Ocean coast. Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's Oceanic divisions covering about 20% of the water on the Earth 's surface The Southern Ocean, also known as the Great Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Ocean and the South Polar Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of It includes the cities of Geraldton and Albany, and much of the Midlands, Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions of Western Australia. Albany ( is located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, situated around a port on the southern coast The Wheatbelt region is one of the nine Regions of Western Australia. The Great Southern region is one of the nine Regions of Western Australia.

The Division was named after Charles Yelverton O'Connor, the Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia who designed Fremantle Harbour and the Goldfields Pipeline. C Y O'Connor CMG ( 11 January 1843 – 10 March 1902) full name Charles Yelverton O'Connor, was an Irish The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme, also known by names such as the Goldfields Pipeline, Goldfields and Agricultural Water Supply Scheme (GAWS, and originally The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 28 February 1980, and was first contested at the 1980 Federal election. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Issues The mood in the electorate was moving against the Fraser Government by 1980 The seat is currently a safe Liberal seat. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. It is currently held by Wilson Tuckey, the oldest member of the Australian House of Representatives, born in 1935. Charles Wilson Tuckey MP (born 10 July 1935) Australian politician has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Wilson Tuckey	Liberal	1980—present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: O'Connor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	34,876	45. Charles Wilson Tuckey MP (born 10 July 1935) Australian politician has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Issues The mood in the electorate was moving against the Fraser Government by 1980 Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Charles Wilson Tuckey MP (born 10 July 1935) Australian politician has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of 85	-7. 40
	Labor	Dominic Rose	15,541	20. 43	+1. 86
	National	Philip Gardiner	13,459	17. The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 69	+8. 25
	Greens	Adrian Price	5,188	6. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 82	+0. 09
	Christian Democrats	Mac Forsyth	2,235	2. The Christian Democratic Party (CDP is a minor Political party in Australia. 94	+0. 12
	One Nation	Ross Paravicini	1,214	1. Not to be confused with the One Nation program of infrastructure works carried out from 1991 to 1996 by the Keating Labor Government 60	-2. 75
	Independent	Michael Walton	1,128	1. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 48	+1. 48
	Family First	Stephen Carson	991	1. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 30	+1. 30
	Independent	George Giudice	986	1. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 30	-1. 46
	Independent	Darius Crowe	237	0. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 31	+0. 31
	Citizens Electoral Council	Judy Sudholz	212	0. The Citizens Electoral Council of Australia ( CEC) is a minor nationalist political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement 28	-0. 22
Total formal votes			76,067	95. 36	+0. 85
Informal votes			3,702	4. 64	-0. 85
Turnout			79,769	94. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 45	+1. 19
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	50,625	66. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Charles Wilson Tuckey MP (born 10 July 1935) Australian politician has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of 55	-3. 84
	Labor	Dominic Rose	25,442	33. 45	+3. 84
	Liberal hold		Swing	-3. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 84

Australian federal election, 2004: O'Connor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	38,878	53. Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October, 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Charles Wilson Tuckey MP (born 10 July 1935) Australian politician has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of 25	+3. 77
	Labor	Ursula Richards	13,559	18. 57	-1. 21
	National	Leigh Hardingham	6,895	9. The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 44	+2. 09
	Greens	Adrian Price	4,910	6. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 73	+2. 00
	One Nation	Brian McRae	3,177	4. Not to be confused with the One Nation program of infrastructure works carried out from 1991 to 1996 by the Keating Labor Government 35	-7. 42
	Christian Democrats	Justin Moseley	2,060	2. The Christian Democratic Party (CDP is a minor Political party in Australia. 82	+0. 66
	Independent	George Giudice	2,013	2. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 76	+2. 76
	New Country	Jan Hough	639	0. The New Country Party is a minor Political party in Australia. 88	+0. 88
	Democrats	David Thackrah	511	0. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 70	-1. 32
	Citizens Electoral Council	Callum Craig Payne	367	0. The Citizens Electoral Council of Australia ( CEC) is a minor nationalist political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement 50	+0. 05
Total formal votes			73,009	94. 51	+0. 43
Informal votes			4,245	5. 49	-0. 43
Turnout			77,254	93. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 26	-2. 04
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Wilson Tuckey	51,389	70. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Charles Wilson Tuckey MP (born 10 July 1935) Australian politician has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of 39	+1. 30
	Labor	Ursula Richards	21,620	29. 61	-1. 30
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 30

External links

Division of O'Connor. Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Retrieved on 2007-06-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. (PDF, 197 kB)

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