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 | Cockburn Electorate Profile | |
| | x x Francis Logan emigrated to Western Australia in 1980. Having trained as a mechanic, he worked in the aircraft and mining industries and later completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Economics at Sydney University. Logan was employed as a trade union official with the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union from 1986 until entering Parliament in 2001. He won preselection for the seat of Cockburn on the retirement of Bill Thomas. Logan won the seat at the 2001 election, subsequently retaining the seat at the 2005, 2008, 2013 and 2017 elections. He was a Minister in the Carpenter government, and is currently Minister for Emergency Services and Corrective Services Contact Details and Speeches Biography | | Cockburn Electorate Map xx  (Click map for larger image) | |
| | Statistical Profile of the Cockburn Electorate | | |
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| | About the Cockburn Electorate | | |
| Number of Electors: 25,309 (9 March 2015) Western Australian Electoral Commission. State Electorate Information. Nomenclature: Cockburn Sound was named by Captain James Stirling in March 1827, after Admiral Sir George Cockburn, born in London, 22 April 1772, died at Learmington, England 19 August 1853. He served at the reduction of Martinique in 1809, and assisted at the capture of Washington 1814. It was he who took Napoleon to Saint Helena after the Battle of Waterloo. Source: Western Australia. Department of Land Administration. Names and Places. Suburbs: Beeliar, Cockburn Central, Coogee, Munster, South Lake*, Spearwood*, Success, and Yangebup. * = Suburb/Town split between more than one District. Source: Western Australian Electoral Commission. State Electorate Information. Local Governments within District | | Local Newspapers Cockburn City Herald Cockburn Gazette Books about Cockburn: Michael Berson: Cockburn - the making of a community (244p. Town of Cockburn, 1978) Schools in the Cockburn Electorate: Government: Beeliar Primary School Coogee Primary School Fremantle Language Development Centre Jandakot Primary School Newton Primary School South Coogee Primary School Spearwood Alternative School Success Primary School Yangebup Primary School Other: Divine Mercy College Emmanuel Catholic College SMYL Community College St Jerome's Primary School Mater Christi Catholic Primary School | |
| | 2017 Election Result | | |
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Successive Members for the Cockburn District |
 Henry Curran | Constituency created under Redistribution of Seats 1961
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