Electoral district of Cannington

This article is about a provincial electoral district in Western Australia. For other articles, see Cannington (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Cannington (electoral district).

Cannington is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

Cannington Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2025 state election
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2008–present
MP	Ron Sao
Party	Labor
Namesake	Cannington
Electors	31,312 (2025)
Area	40 km2 (15.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	32.03°S 115.94°E / -32.03; 115.94
Electorates around Cannington: Victoria Park Belmont Forrestfield Riverton Cannington Thornlie Jandakot Southern River Thornlie

The district is based in the inner southern suburbs of Perth.

Cannington is a safe Labor seat. Based on the results of the 2005 state election, the district was created with a Labor Party majority of 63.3% to 36.7% versus the Liberal Party.^[1]

Geography

Based in the southern suburbs of Perth, the district straddles both sides of the Canning River. It includes most of Cannington, as well as East Cannington, Beckenham, Queens Park, Wilson, Lynwood, Langford, most of Ferndale and part of Thornlie.

History

Cannington was first contested at the 2008 state election. It was a new seat created as a result of the one vote one value reforms. Its territory north of the Canning River was constructed from parts of Victoria Park and Kenwick, whilst territory south of the Canning River came from Riverton and Southern River.

Members for Cannington

Member		Party	Term
	Bill Johnston	Labor	2008–2025
	Ron Sao	Labor	2025–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cannington

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Cannington.[edit]

2025 Western Australian state election: Cannington^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ron Sao	13,178	54.2	−17.7
	Liberal	Bruce Henderson	5,882	24.2	+11.3
	Greens	Eric Hayward	3,730	15.4	+8.9
	Christians	Mark Staer	1,507	6.2	+1.9
Total formal votes			24,297	94.3	−1.7
Informal votes			1,465	5.7	+1.7
Turnout			25,762	82.3	+2.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ron Sao	16,490	67.9	−12.8
	Liberal	Bruce Henderson	7,798	32.1	+12.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−12.8