Division of Tangney

The Division of Tangney is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia. It was named after Dame Dorothy Tangney, the first woman in the Australian Senate. it was set up in 1974.

Tangney Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Tangney (green) in Western Australia
Created	1974
MP	Sam Lim
Party	Labor
Namesake	Dorothy Tangney
Electors	94,848 (2013)
Area	96 km2 (37.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

Dorothy Tangney

It covers most of the City of Melville and a large part of the City of Canning. In Melville it includes the suburbs of:

• Alfred Cove
• Applecross
• Ardross
• Attadale
• Bateman
• Booragoon
• Brentwood
• Bull Creek
• Kardinya (east of North Lake Road)
• Leeming
• Melville
• Mount Pleasant
• Murdoch (including Murdoch University)
• Myaree
• Winthrop

In Canning it includes the suburbs of:

• Parkwood
• Riverton
• Rossmoyne
• Shelley
• Willetton
• Canning Vale

Members

Member		Party	Term
	John Dawkins	Labor	1974–1975
	Peter Richardson	Liberal	1975–1977
		Progress	1977–1977
	Peter Shack	Liberal	1977–1983
	George Gear	Labor	1983–1984
	Peter Shack	Liberal	1984–1993
	Daryl Williams	Liberal	1993–2004
	Dennis Jensen	Liberal	2004–present

John Dawkins later became Treasurer of Australia (as Member for Fremantle). Daryl Williams, was Attorney-General of Australia in the Howard Government and Rhodes Scholar.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Tangney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ben Morton	43,008	39.99	−11.32
	Labor	Sam Lim	40,940	38.07	+10.12
	Greens	Adam Abdul Razak	12,876	11.97	+1.09
	Christians	Mark Staer	2,481	2.31	+0.05
	One Nation	Tshung-Hui Chang	2,288	2.13	−0.28
	Western Australia	Jay Dean Gillett	2,096	1.95	+0.73
	United Australia	Travis Llewellyn Mark	1,721	1.60	+0.28
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Holroyd	1,110	1.03	+1.03
	Australian Federation	Brent Fowler	1,028	0.96	+0.96
Total formal votes			107,548	96.18	+0.78
Informal votes			4,271	3.82	−0.78
Turnout			111,819	91.51	−1.99
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sam Lim	56,331	52.38	+11.88
	Liberal	Ben Morton	51,217	47.62	−11.88
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+11.88

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Other websites

• Division of Tangney - Australian Electoral Commission
• Dennis Jensen's website Archived 2015-02-27 at the Wayback Machine