Profile of the electoral division of O'Connor (WA)

State/Territory:

Western Australia

Date this name and boundary was gazetted:

19 January 2016

First election this name was used at:

1980 federal election

First election this boundary was used at:

2016 federal election

Map of Division:

• A4 map of the electoral division of O'Connor (2016) [PDF 6MB]
• Detailed map of the electoral division of O'Connor (2016) [PDF 25MB]
• Download WA GIS data (2016)

Name derivation:

Named in honour of Charles Yelverton O'Connor, 1843–1902. In 1891, O'Connor became Western Australia's engineer-in-chief and was responsible for designing Fremantle Harbour and the pipeline which supplies Kalgoorlie and other goldfields with water.

Area:

868,576 sq km

Location description:

O'Connor covers a large area from the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku in the north to the Shire of Dundas in the south following the coast west to Manjimup. The Division includes the Cities of Albany and Kalgoorlie-Boulder, and the Shires of Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Collie, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Denmark, Dundas, Esperance, Kondinin, Laverton, Manjimup, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wandering and Williams.

Demographic rating:

Rural – outside capital cities and without majority of enrolment in major provincial cities.

Current member details:

Please refer to the Parliament of Australia website

Previous members:

Former members for an electoral division of this name can be found by searching 'Electorates' in the Parliamentary Handbook

AEC contact:

O'Connor Divisional Office