Division of Canning

The **Division of Canning** is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. It was set up in 1949 and is jointly named in honour of Sadie Miriam Canning MBE, 1930–2008. Sadie Canning was Western Australia’s, and possibly Australia’s, first Indigenous Australian nurse and matron who made a significant contribution to Australian health and Indigenous outcomes; and Alfred Wernam Canning, 1860–1936. Alfred Canning was a surveyor who surveyed routes for the rabbit-proof fence from Starvation Harbour to Cape Keraudren and stockroutes to bring cattle from the Kimberley district to feed those working the Western Australian goldfields. It once covered country areas but now includes the outer southern suburbs of Perth. It includes the suburbs of Armadale, Mandurah, Kelmscott, Roleystone, Westfield and Wungong. It also includes Byford, Cardup, Dwellingup, Forrestdale, Halls Head, Jarrahdale, Mundijong, North Dandalup, Oakford, Pinjarra, Ravenswood, Serpentine, Waroona and Yunderup.

## Members

||Image|Member|Party|Term|Notes|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||||Len Hamilton|Country|nowrap|1949 Australian federal election, 10 December 1949 – 1961 Australian federal election, 2 November 1961|Previously held the Division of Swan. Retired|
||||Neil McNeill|Liberal|nowrap|1961 Australian federal election, 9 December 1961 – 1963 Australian federal election, 30 November 1963|Lost seat. Later elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1965|
||||John Hallett|Country|nowrap|1963 Australian federal election, 30 November 1963 – 1974 Australian federal election, 18 May 1974|Lost seat|
||||Mel Bungey|Liberal|nowrap|1974 Australian federal election, 18 May 1974 – 1983 Australian federal election, 5 March 1983|Lost seat|
||||Wendy Fatin|Labor|nowrap|1983 Australian federal election, 5 March 1983 – 1984 Australian federal election, 1 December 1984|Transferred to the Division of Brand|
||||George Gear|Labor|nowrap|1984 Australian federal election, 1 December 1984 – 1996 Australian federal election, 2 March 1996|Previously held the Division of Tangney. Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Hawke and Keating. Served as minister under Paul Keating. Lost seat|
||||Ricky Johnston|Liberal|nowrap|1996 Australian federal election, 2 March 1996 – 1998 Australian federal election, 3 October 1998|Lost seat|
||||Jane Gerick|Labor|nowrap|1998 Australian federal election, 3 October 1998 – 2001 Australian federal election, 10 November 2001|Lost seat|
||||Don Randall|Liberal|nowrap|2001 Australian federal election, 10 November 2001 – 21 July 2015|Previously held the Division of Swan. Died in office|
||||Andrew Hastie|Liberal|nowrap|2015 Canning by-election, 19 September 2015 – present|Incumbent|

## Other websites

- Division of Canning – Australian Electoral Commission

## Infobox (australian electorate)

- **federal**: yes
- **name**: Canning
- **image**: Division of Canning 2010.png
- **imagesize**: 300
- **caption**: Division of Canning (green) in Western Australia
- **created**: 1949
- **mp**: Andrew Hastie
- **mp-party**: Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal
- **namesake**: Alfred Canning
- **electors**: 90,079 (2010)
- **area**: 6178
- **class**: Outer Metropolitan