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Cannington Electorate Profile (2025)

About the Cannington Electorate

Map showing the boundaries of the Cannington electorate for the 2025 election

PDF version of Cannington electorate mapPDF/pdf-file.png

Area (sq km): 40
Number of Electors: 30,891
Source: 2023 Final Distribution Report, Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission.

Origin of the Name:
This name was given according to the English practice of adding the term 'ton' to a name, denoting a town. Subdivision of the suburb of Cannington began in 1882. A railway station was constructed there in the early 1890s and was named 'Cannington'. The area surrounding this station soon became known by this name.
Source: Western Australia. Department of Land Administration. Names and Places.

Suburbs and Towns within the Electorate:
The Cannington electorate includes all or part of Beckenham, Bentley, Cannington, East Cannington, Ferndale, Langford, Lynwood, Queens Park, Wattle Grove, Welshpool and Wilson.
Source: Western Australian Electoral Commission.


Local Governments within the Electorate:
City of Canning; Statistical Profile of City of Canning
City of Gosnells; Statistical Profile of City of Gosnells
City of Kalamunda;

Schools
Government: Bannister Creek Primary School; Beckenham Primary School; Brookman Primary School; Cannington Community College; Cannington Community Education Support Centre; East Kenwick Primary School; Gibbs Street Primary School; Kenwick School; Queens Park Primary School; Sevenoaks Senior College.

Other: Fountain College; Al-Ameen College (Langford Islamic College); Communicare Academy; Rehoboth Christian College; St Jude's Catholic School; St Joseph's School; St Norbert College.



Books about Cannington:
  • Dorothea Morrow: A place by the river (150p, 1986)
  • F G Garden: Along the Canning - a history of the Shire of the Canning district, Western Australia (183p. Shire of Canning, 1968)

Statistical Profile of the Cannington Electorate

Successive Members for the Cannington Electorate

Constituency created under the Redistribution of Seats 2007

Name Party Term
William (Bill) Joseph Johnston Australian Labor Party 2008 -

Source:
Black, David & Valerie Prescott. Election Statistics: Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, WA: Parliament of Western Australia Electoral Commission, 1997.
Parliament of Western Australia, Members (website) http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au