Electoral district of Cockburn

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

Cockburn Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of electoral district boundaries from the 2025 state election
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1962–present
MP	David Scaife
Party	Labor
Namesake	City of Cockburn
Electors	32,794 (2025)
Area	65 km2 (25.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	32.13°S 115.81°E / -32.13; 115.81
Electorates around Cockburn: Fremantle Bibra Lake Jandakot Indian Ocean Cockburn Jandakot Indian Ocean Kwinana Oakford

The district is based in Perth's south-western suburbs. Politically, it is a safe Labor seat.

Geography

Cockburn is located in the south-western suburbs of Perth. It is a coastal electorate, lying to the west of the Kwinana Freeway. The district includes the suburbs of Cockburn Central, Atwell, Yangebup, Munster, Beeliar, Success, most of Coogee and Lake Coogee

History

Cockburn was first contested at the 1962 state election. The seat's first member was Henry Curran, who had previously been the member for South Fremantle.

Cockburn has been at all times held by the Labor Party.

Members for Cockburn

Member		Party	Term
	Henry Curran	Labor	1962–1968
	Don Taylor	Labor	1968–1984
	Clive Hughes	Labor	1984–1986
	Norm Marlborough	Labor	1986–1989
	Bill Thomas	Labor	1989–2001
	Fran Logan	Labor	2001–2021
	David Scaife	Labor	2021–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cockburn

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

2025 Western Australian state election: Cockburn^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	David Scaife	14,219	52.2	−17.7
	Liberal	Brunetta Di Russo	6,750	24.8	+7.2
	Greens	Brendan Graham Sturcke	3,282	12.0	+5.9
	Legalise Cannabis	Christopher Rennick	1,577	5.8	+5.8
	Christians	Gopi Veloo	1,424	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			27,252	95.0	−1.2
Informal votes			1,422	5.0	+1.2
Turnout			28,674	87.4	+6.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	David Scaife	18,479	67.8	−10.2
	Liberal	Brunetta Di Russo	8,764	32.2	+10.2
	Labor hold		Swing	−10.2