Division of Fremantle

Fremantle
Australian House of Representatives Division
Fremantle; Australian House of Representatives Division
	Division of Fremantle (green) in Western Australia
Created	1901
MP	Josh Wilson
Party	Labor
Namesake	Fremantle
Electors	93,378 (2010)
Area	201 km2 (77.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Fremantle is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. It was one of the original 75 divisions for the first federal election in 1901. It is named for the city of Fremantle, which in turn is named for Captain Charles Fremantle. Fremantle was captain of HMS Challenger, which brought the first settlers to Western Australia. The Division includes the southern suburbs of Perth, Cockburn, Coolbellup, Palmyra, Fremantle and Rottnest Island.

The division originally included Perth's southwestern suburbs. Boundary changes since 1949 have made it a very safe seat for the Australian Labor Party.

Members

	Party	Term
Elias Solomon	Free Trade	1901–1903
William Carpenter	Labor	1903–1906
William Hedges	Western Australian	1906–1909
William Hedges	Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1913
Reginald Burchell	Labor	1913–1916
	National Labor	1916–1917
	Nationalist	1917–1922
William Watson	Independent	1922–1928
John Curtin	Labor	1928–1931
William Watson	United Australia	1931–1934
John Curtin	Labor	1934–1945
Kim Beazley (senior)	Labor	1945–1977
John Dawkins	Labor	1977–1994
Carmen Lawrence	Labor	1994–2007
Melissa Parke	Labor	2007–present

Many senior Labor members have held Fremantle. The most famous was John Curtin, Prime Minister of Australia from 1941 to 1945.Others were Kim Beazley (senior), a minister in the Whitlam Government; John Dawkins, a minister in the Hawke Government and Keating Governments; and Carmen Lawrence, the former Premier of Western Australia and a minister in the Keating Government. Melissa Parke is a former United Nations lawyer.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Fremantle^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Josh Wilson	43,111	43.97	+5.95
	Liberal	Bill Koul	23,749	24.22	−10.75
	Greens	Felicity Townsend	17,790	18.14	+2.14
	One Nation	William Edgar	3,060	3.12	−0.71
	Great Australian	Ben Tilbury	2,293	2.34	+2.34
	Western Australia	Janetia Knapp	2,248	2.29	−0.27
	United Australia	Stella Jinman	2,000	2.04	+0.10
	Australian Federation	Cathy Gavranich	1,367	1.39	+1.39
	Liberal Democrats	Yan Loh	1,251	1.28	+1.28
	Socialist Alliance	Sam Wainwright	1,184	1.21	+0.12
Total formal votes			98,053	94.21	−0.39
Informal votes			6,025	5.79	+0.39
Turnout			104,078	89.12	−2.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Josh Wilson	65,585	66.89	+9.97
	Liberal	Bill Koul	32,468	33.11	−9.97
	Labor hold		Swing	+9.97