Burns Beach, Western Australia - Politics

Politics

Burns Beach is a reasonably affluent suburb with a large elderly population. While this would normally point to a clear Liberal Party preference, fishermen and permanent residents of the caravan park who favour Labor comprise a fair proportion of those voting at Burns, making it a marginal booth with no clear preference at either federal or state elections. Nearby Kinross, an urban residential estate suburb similar to the proposed Burns Beach Estate, favours the Liberal Party although not as strongly as Currambine and Ocean Reef to the south.

2004 Federal Election
Source: AEC
Liberal 55.7%
Labor 34.2%
Greens 5.21%
One Nation 3.26%
CDP 1.30%
2001 Federal Election
Source: AEC
Liberal 52.3%
Labor 36.2%
Greens 4.56%
One Nation 3.23%
Democrats 2.15%
1998 Federal Election
Labor 32.8%
Liberal 30.3%
Independent 27.7%
Greens 4.18%
One Nation 3.54%
2005 State Election
Source: WAEC
Labor 41.0%
Liberal 39.2%
Greens 8.68%
Family First 3.59%
CDP 2.99%
2001 State Election
Source: WAEC
Labor 43.7%
Liberal 34.4%
One Nation 8.61%
Greens 6.62%
Independent 3.97%
1996 State Election
Source: WAEC
Liberal 47.5%
Labor 39.7%
Greens 7.09%
Democrats 5.67%

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