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Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Fremantle, Western Australia
The Division of Fremantle was created in 1901. It is named for the City of Fremantle (after Captain Charles Fremantle (1800-69), captain of the Challenger, which brought the first British settlers to Western Australia).
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Canning, Claremont, Fremantle, Murray
1906: Canning, Claremont, Fremantle, Guildford
1913: Canning, Claremont, Fremantle, Guildford
1922: Balcatta, Claremont, Fremantle, West Subiaco
1937: Claremont, Fremantle, Leederville, South Perth
1949: Claremont, Fremantle, Wembley Park
1955: Cottesloe, Fremantle, Melville
1969: Coolbellup, Fremantle, Melville, Palmyra
1974: Cottesloe, Fremantle, Melville, Palmyra
1977: Cockburn, Cottesloe, Fremantle, Palmyra
1980: Cockburn, Coolbellup, Fremantle, Palmyra
1984: Cockburn, Coolbelup, Fremantle, Melville
1990: Cockburn, Coolbelup, Fremantle, Melville
1998: Cockburn, Coolbelup, Fremantle, Melville
2001: Cockburn, Coolbelup, Fremantle, Palmyra
2010: Coolbelup, Fremantle, Jandakot, Willagee
2016: Coolbelup, Fremantle, Jandakot, Willagee
2021: Coolbelup, Fremantle, Jandakot, Willagee
2025: Cockburn, Coolbellup, Fremantle, Palmyra
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Free Trade 10.3
1903: Labor 11.3
1906: Anti-Socialist 00.9
1910: Liberal 04.5
1913: Labor 05.8
1914: Labor 06.3
1917: Nationalist 18.9
1919: Nationalist 10.8
1922: Independent 06.9
1925: Independent 08.1
1928: Labor 02.1
1929: Labor 07.0
1931: United Australia 05.5
1934: Labor 01.1
1937: Labor 07.2
1940: Labor 00.6
1943: Labor 19.3*
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1945b: Labor 12.1
1946: Labor 14.1
1949: Labor 06.2
1951: Labor 06.7
1954: Labor 06.0
1955: Labor 10.0
1958: Labor 09.5
1961: Labor 12.9
1963: Labor 07.0
1966: Labor 10.1
1969: Labor 14.2
1972: Labor 08.5
1974: Labor 10.6
1975: Labor 01.6
1977: Labor 01.8
1980: Labor 13.1
1983: Labor 16.5
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1984: Labor 13.0
1987: Labor 12.8
1990: Labor 08.3
1993: Labor 07.8
1994b: Labor 08.8
1996: Labor 04.3
1998: Labor 10.0
2001: Labor 10.7
2004: Labor 07.8
2007: Labor 09.1
2010: Labor 05.7
2013: Labor 04.8
2016: Labor 07.5
2018b: Labor 14.1**
2019: Labor 06.9
2022: Labor 16.9
2025: Labor 00.7*
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* Majority over independent
** Majority over Lib Dem
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
Click here to see full results for Fremantle at every election since 1901.
MEMBERS FOR FREMANTLE
Elias Solomon (FT) 1901-03
William Carpenter (Lab) 1903-06
William Hedges (WAP, Lib) 1906-13
Reginald Burchell (ALP, Nat) 1913-22
William Watson (Ind) 1922-28
John Curtin (ALP) 1928-31
William Watson (UAP) 1931-34
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Rt Hon John Curtin (ALP) 1934-45
Hon Kim Beazley (ALP) 1945b-77
Hon John Dawkins (ALP) 1977-94
Hon Dr Carmen Lawrence (ALP) 1994b-2007
Hon Melissa Parke (ALP) 2007-16
Hon Josh Wilson (ALP) 2016-18, 2018b-
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| Elias Solomon (FT) 1901-03 |
William Carpenter (Lab) 1903-06 |
William Hedges (WAP, Lib) 1906-13 |
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| Reginald Burchell (ALP, Nat) 1913-22 |
William Watson (Ind) 1922-28 |
John Curtin (ALP) 1928-31 |
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| William Watson (UAP) 1931-34 |
Rt Hon John Curtin (ALP) 1934-45 |
Hon Kim Beazley (ALP) 1945-77 |
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| Hon John Dawkins (ALP) 1977-94 |
Hon Dr Carmen Lawrence (ALP) 1994-2007 |
Hon Melissa Parke (ALP) 2007-16 |
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| Hon Josh Wilson (ALP) 2016-18, 2018- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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