Division of Pearce

Pearce Australian House of Representatives Division
300px Division of Pearce (green) in Western Australia as it was in 2010
Created	1989
MP	Christian Porter
Party	Liberal
Namesake	George Pearce
Electors	101,324 (2013)
Area	14,401 km2 (5,560.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Pearce is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia. A hybrid urban-rural seat located to the east and north of Perth, it takes in the far northern suburbs of the metropolitan area before fanning inland from the Indian Ocean to take in portions of the Wheatbelt southeast, east and northeast of the capital.

It includes the Perth suburbs of Mindarie, Ellenbrook and Middle Swan and the 'Avon Arc' Wheatbelt towns of Gingin, Northam, York, Toodyay, Chittering and Beverley.

The division was named after Rt Hon Sir George Pearce, a founder of the Australian Labor Party in Western Australia, and the longest-serving member of the Australian Senate. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 31 March 1989, and was first contested at the 1990 federal election. It has been held by the Liberal Party of Australia for its entire existence, and has usually been fairly safe for that party.

On 12 June 2012, Western Australian state cabinet minister Christian Porter announced he would contest the federal seat of Pearce during the 2013 federal election due to the retirement of Judi Moylan. Porter retained the seat for the Liberal Party.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Fred Chaney	Liberal	1990–1993
	Judi Moylan	Liberal	1993–2013
	Christian Porter	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Pearce

Australian federal election, 2013: Pearce

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Christian Porter	40,275	45.67	−4.24
	Labor	Madeleine West	22,827	25.88	−3.64
	Greens	Sarah Nielsen-Harvey	9,901	11.23	−2.01
	Palmer United	Frank Hough	6,587	7.47	+7.47
	National	Craig McAllister	4,326	4.91	+2.37
	Christians	Danielle Canas	1,746	1.98	+1.98
	Rise Up Australia	Diane Davies	791	0.90	+0.90
	Katter's Australian	Eddie Richards	727	0.82	+0.82
	Democrats	Matthew Corica	572	0.65	+0.65
	CEC	Norman Gay	439	0.50	−0.08
Total formal votes			88,191	94.10	−0.19
Informal votes			5,528	5.90	+0.19
Turnout			93,719	92.49	−0.63
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Christian Porter	51,206	58.06	−0.80
	Labor	Madeleine West	36,985	41.94	+0.80
	Liberal hold		Swing	−0.80

External links

• Division of Pearce - Australian Electoral Commission