Division of O'Connor

The Division of O'Connor is an Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia. It is one of Western Australia's three rural seats. It is named after C. Y. O'Connor, the Engineer-in-Chief of Western Australia who designed Fremantle Harbour and the Goldfields Pipeline.^[1] It was set up for the 1980 election.^[1]

O'Connor Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of O'Connor (green) in Western Australia
Created	1980
MP	Rick Wilson
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Charles Yelverton O'Connor
Electors	95,069 (2013)
Area	908,954 km2 (350,949.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

C. Y. O'Connor, 1897

There were large changes to the area covered by O'Connor for the 2010 election. The northern half was added to the new seat of Durack. The boundary for the division moved to the east, including most of the south part of the former Division of Kalgoorlie. It now includes the cities of Albany and Kalgoorlie, and the regional towns of Bridgetown, Denmark, Esperance, Kojonup, Laverton, Leonora, Manjimup, Mount Barker, Ravensthorpe, Southern Cross, Wagin and Warburton.^[1]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Wilson Tuckey	Liberal	1980–2010
	Tony Crook	WA Nationals	2010–2013
	Rick Wilson	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: O'Connor[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rick Wilson	43,295	44.76	+2.23
	Labor	Shaneane Weldon	25,754	26.63	+6.01
	Greens	Giz Watson	10,284	10.63	+2.47
	One Nation	Stan Kustrin	6,833	7.06	−1.41
	Christians	Justin Moseley	2,779	2.87	+0.22
	Western Australia	Morris Bessant	2,366	2.45	+0.87
	Great Australian	Brenden Barber	2,337	2.42	+1.50
	United Australia	Tracy Tirronen	1,722	1.78	−0.10
	Australian Federation	Isaac Middle	1,348	1.39	+1.39
Total formal votes			96,718	94.25	+0.43
Informal votes			5,906	5.75	−0.43
Turnout			102,624	87.12	−4.70
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Rick Wilson	55,104	56.97	−8.44
	Labor	Shaneane Weldon	41,614	43.03	+8.44
	Liberal hold		Swing	−8.44