Electorate: Pearce. Dear Pearce Election Candidate We are writing ask about your views on the solution to the PFAS contamination in Bullsbrook. Attorney-General Christian Porter has retained the Perth seat of Pearce with 56 per cent of the vote after 44.24 per cent of votes have been counted. The proposed laws would give the government the power to keep secret some types of information used to cancel visas or citizenship. Further east in the lower Swan valley, the rapidly growing new housing estates around Ellenbrook are included. The division consists of the eastern region of outer metropolitan Perth and surrounding rural areas. However, the criticism of him for his part in John Howard's replacement as leader by Andrew Peacock disheartened Chaney, and he retired in 1993. Credit: AAP. The Australian Electoral Commission is putting the final touches to its proposed redistribution reports for WA and Victoria. Strauss is a physiotherapist, who has been happily married to her devoted husband and living in the Pearce region for the past 8 years. If the bill passed, the government could rely on confidential information from intelligence and law enforcement to revoke citizenship or refuse a visa, and prevent that information from ever being disclosed - including to the person who needs the visa. He had been Treasurer and Attorney-General in the Liberal state government. I want to see an Australia with more employment, more opportunities and more prosperity built on self-reliance for my kids and the children of every family in my electorate. Electorate. The median/average age of the population of Pearce is 36 years of age. Porter retained the seat for the Liberal Party. For most of its first quarter-century, it was usually a reasonably safe Liberal seat. Pearce stretches as far north as Lancelin on the coast and as far south as Beverley in the central Wheatbelt. Stevan Edward Pearce (born August 24, 1947) is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. Representative for New Mexico's 2nd congressional district from 2003 to 2009 and from 2011 to 2019. (Victories by a party of government are indicated by thick coloured underlining. The Attorney General was campaigning at a prepolling station near his electorate. In order to vote, you must be correctly enrolled. Porter's margin was cut by a 5.7% swing against him at the 2016 election. Marshall was born in Malaysia and moved to Perth at the age of two with his family. The revised boundaries for the 2019 State election can be viewed on the Boundaries website. More information about the electorate of Pearce The polling place map bellows shows that despite the electorate's size, it is the polling places on the northern edge of metropolitan Perth that will decide the result in Pearce. Blyth has owned a successful business for 20 years. 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A spreadsheet of State and local council electorates listed by locality and postcode is also available in Excel format. Therese Pearce Laanela is the Head of Electoral Processes at International IDEA. Results 1983-2016. Pearce was also Acting Prime Minister for 7 months in 1916 while Billy Hughes visited Europe. Four seats, La Trobe and Flinders in Victoria, Pearce in Western Australia and Leichhardt in far north Queensland, have each had at least 10 promises made by local candidates or senior ministers. It has been held by the Liberal Party of Australia for its entire existence. Generally, electorate boundaries in the ACT follow suburb boundaries. For most of its first quarter-century, it was usually a reasonably safe Liberal seat. Forster is a former East Ward councillor for the Shire of Mundaring. The electorate covers 13,250 square kilometres. Profile of division of Pearce (WA) Elected member: Porter, C (LP). Name: Pearce; Location: Pearce contains all of the Shires of Beverly, Chittering, Gingin, Northam, Toodyay and York and parts of the Cities of Swan and Wanneroo. That means that each suburb is wholly contained in a single electorate. Pearce was created in 1993 and is named after Sir George Pearce, the Parliament's longest ever serving Senator, representing WA from 1901-36. Contact details for the electorate of Pearce. In his bid for re-election in 2016, however, Porter suffered a five-point swing, making Pearce a marginal seat for the first time. Pearce was a Senator for Western Australia (190138) and served as Acting Prime Minister for seven months in 1916. The only exception to this rule is the suburb of Kambah, which for the 2020 ACT election will be split between Brindabella and Murrumbidgee, east/west by Drakeford Drive. Travers is a police officer who has been in the force for over 28 years. Electoral Division Names and Boundaries of adjoining Electoral Divisions Names and Boundaries of Local Government Areas (2015) PEARCE January 2016 MAP OF THE FEDERAL ELECTORAL DIVISION OF N 0 20 km PEARCE The division was named after Sir George Pearce, a founder of the Australian Labor Party in Western Australia, and the longest-serving member of the Australian Senate. Perths Sunday Times has modestly sampled polls from the states three most marginal seats, conducted on Wednesday by YouGov Galaxy. Address: She was promoted to Superintendent in 2015 and before the election was overseeing the delivery of the 2-year Mental Health Co-Response Trial and the WA Police Custodial Services and Mental Health Division. He has served on numerous local organisations and committees and has a background in fire and emergency management. Area: Pearce is my home. Name Pearce was elected for Labor in 1901, became a Nationalist in 1917 following Labor's split over conscription, before becoming part of the new United Australia Party in 1931. The electorate of Pearce is named after Sir George Foster Pearce (1870 1952), a former Australian Member of Federal Parliament and the longest serving member of the Australian Senate. Fax: 02 6293 7602. 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, 18701952. Pearce MHR Christian Porter this week said the Liberal party would provide $5 million if re-elected on May 18. It is carried out by the Office of the Electoral Distribution Commissioners. What went wrong for Labor? Elected 2013. The Division of Pearce is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time). Pearce is Australia's longest serving Defence Minister, with 4 periods totalling 12 years. What happened to the climate change vote? The electorate of Pearce is one of the most diverse in the country. She served as a founding staff member at International IDEA and as Assistant Director for the Democracy Program at The Carter Center. Profile of division of Pearce (WA) Elected member: Porter, C (LP). The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 31 March 1989, and was first contested at the 1990 federal election. Attorney-General. Antony Green is the ABC's chief election analyst. Given John Hewson's defeat at the 1993 election, Chaney may have ended up as Liberal leader had he not chosen to retire. The Australian Electoral Commission confirmed on Wednesday it would release its proposed new federal seat boundaries for both WA and Victoria on March 19. Thought of as a likely successor to Premier Colin Barnett, Porter chose a different political path in June 2012 when he resigned from cabinet and announced he would instead contest Pearce at the 2013 Federal election. See it here. He is currently self-employed providing consultancy services on fire engineering, policy development and incident management as well as running his own business transporting horses. Judy Moylan won Pearce for the Liberal Party in 1993 and was easily returned at every election until retiring at the 2013 election. Pearce was born in South Australia but moved to Western Australia in 1891. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Know the rules. 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. Mr Porter, who represents the West Australian electorate of Pearce, has gone on sick leave following the furore over historical rape allegations, which he vehemently denies. GetUp!, which has long advocated progressive causes and targeted conservative MPs in other states, said it was hoping to make 180,000 phone calls in Mr Porters marginal electorate of Pearce Party represented at the last federal election: LP . Old first started her career securing an apprenticeship in hairdressing and has run a small business for over 35 years. ), The gap between results in Pearce and state-wide results in Western Australia has narrowed at the last two elections, bad news for Christian Porter if there is a swing to Labor at the 2019 election. The division includes the Perth suburbs of Mindarie, Ellenbrook and Middle Swan and the 'Avon Arc' Wheatbelt towns of Gingin, Northam, York, Toodyay, Chittering and Beverley. He grew up in Gosnells and studied music and now works as a piano teacher. It has been held by the Liberal Party of Australia for its entire existence. Pearce Electorate Demographics (WA) In the 2011 census the population of Pearce was 153,919 and is comprised of approximately 50.0% females and 50.0% males. WAEC has put together a fact sheet about misleading electors. Telephone: 132326. 64.7% of people living in the electorate of Pearce were born in Australia. Pearce MP Christian Porter with cafe owner Mandy Smith. The division was named after Sir George Pearce, a founder of the Australian Labor Party in Western Australia, and the longest-serving member of the Australian Senate. 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Pearce was elected for Labor in 1901, became a Nationalist in 1917 following Labor's split over conscription, before becoming part of the new United Australia Party in 1931. 1996 Australian federal election: Pearce Party Candidate Votes % % Liberal: Judi Moylan: 38,070 54.18 +2.82 Labor: Paul Andrews: 20,313 28.91 -3.68 Democrats: Julie Ward 7,031 10.01 +5.46 Greens: Robert Barnacle 4,857 6.91 -1.15 Total formal votes 70,271 96.93 -0.99 Informal votes 2,229 3.07 +0.99 Turnout: 72,500 95.88 -0.34 Two-party-preferred result Liberal Download State and local council electorate spreadsheet (Excel) She wants to make sure it's 'not in vain', How this 900,000-litre water tank could help lure Hollywood down under, Victorian Liberal MP Brad Battin resigns from shadow ministry after failed leadership bid, 'Tragic incident': Three dead in San Diego after driver ploughs into tents of homeless people, Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny posts Instagram update from 'concentration camp', 'An explosion of COVID on our doorstep': Australia urged to help PNG as COVID crisis worsens, Four men in car come under attack as tensions boil over in Sydney's Indian community, Junior doctors launch class action claiming systemic underpayment by public hospitals, Christian Porter Attorney-General holds marginal Perth seat. A distribution reviews electorate boundaries to ensure the number of electors in districts or regions is maintained as the population moves and changes over time. Left out of the ministry after the 1998 election, Moylan became a backbench critic of the government's policy of being tough on asylum seekers. Are Brisbane's latest COVID-19 cases a cluster that might lead to community transmission? Federal Electorate: PEARCE. In one photo, Patsy became a lightning rod for anger against the police. Elected in 2013, he was appointed Minister for Social Services when Malcolm Turnbull became Prime Minister, becoming Attorney General in December 2017 when George Brandis resigned from Cabinet and Parliament. Pearce was elected for Labor in 1901, became a Nationalist in 1917 following Labor's split over conscription, before becoming part of the new United Australia Party in 1931. Vote counting The boundaries take in an arc of rural areas to the north and east of Perth, extending from Lancelin on the coast through Gin Gin to the historic agricultural towns of Toodyay, Northam, York and south to Beverley and Westdale. Calautti has operated his own business as an Electrical Contractor and for the past 16 years has worked in the Mining Construction Sector as a FIFO Electrical Superintendent. A hybrid urban-rural seat located to the east and north of Perth, the division 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. Pearce is a mixed urban-rural electorates taking in areas defined by their proximity to Perth rather than their relationship to each other. Name The Division of Pearce is a WA electorate for the Federal House of Representatives. Pearce Laanela has a background working with elections on the field, headquarters and policy levels. Porter became Attorney General and Minister for Corrective Services on the formation of the Barnett government, switching to become Treasurer and Attorney General in December 2010 following the resignation of Troy Buswell as Treasurer. To make a comment or suggest a change to the election site, pleasecontact us. Attorney-General Christian Porter's West Australian electorate of Pearce may be abolished. Updated 2 Sep 2019. Porter has a family pedigree in the Liberal Party, his grandfather Charles Robert Porter being one of the dissident Queensland Liberal MPs in the Bjelke-Petersen era, and his father Charles 'Chilla' Porter being a former state director of the WA Liberal Party. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}313918S 1161756E / 31.655S 116.299E / -31.655; 116.299, Electoral results for the Division of Pearce, Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Western Australia Pearce, Division of Pearce - Australian Electoral Commission, Australian Capital and Northern Territories, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Division_of_Pearce&oldid=1010001654, Use Australian English from September 2017, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 3 March 2021, at 09:43. In Perth's outer northern beaches Pearce includes Clarkson, Carramar, Banksia Grove and suburbs along the Coast north to Two Rocks. Moylan was succeeded in 2013 by current Liberal MP Christian Porter. Please see access to AEC services during COVID-19. We realise you are extremely busy at the moment but would appreciate your response to this email. While this sweep of territory accounts for most of the area of Pearce, most of the population lives in two disconnected parts of the Perth metropolitan area. Moylan was Minister for Family Services in the first years of the Howard government, but failed in trying to sell the idea of accommodation bonds for nursing homes, an idea subsequently dropped by the government. Its where I live with my wife Jennifer and our two children, Lachlan and Florence. Due to her experience in her career, Travers is an advocate for mental health awareness and sensitivity in the police force. He is Currently an Auditor for Horticulture Industry ( Production Nursery). The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 31 March 1989, and was first contested at the 1990 federal election. He has chaired landcare groups, High School Boards and Electoral Councils, and lectured Horticulture, landscaping and Conservation land management at Tafe's. 48 year-old Porter worked as a law lecturer at the University of Western Australia and also as a lawyer with the Director of Public Prosecutions before his 2008 election to the WA parliament at the Murdoch by-election. Member: Christian PORTER. Pearce was the seat by which Fred Chaney moved to the House of Representatives in 1990.