Electoral district of Cannington

Cannington
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Cannington; Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Cannington (dark green) in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2008–present
MP	Bill Johnston
Party	Labor
Namesake	Cannington
Electors	29,108 (2021)
Area	31 km2 (12.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	32°02′S 115°56′E / 32.03°S 115.94°E

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

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.

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.

Member		Party	Term
	Bill Johnston	Labor	2008–present

2021 Western Australian state election: Cannington^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Johnston	16,884	71.8	+17.3
	Liberal	Bruce Henderson	3,059	13.0	−11.1
	Greens	River Clarke	1,476	6.3	−2.8
	Christians	Mark Staer	1,092	4.6	+0.9
	One Nation	Gabrielle Iriks	385	1.6	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Ondra	304	1.3	+1.3
	No Mandatory Vaccination	June Cahill	302	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			23,502	96.2	+1.1
Informal votes			927	3.8	−1.1
Turnout			24,429	83.9	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Johnston	18,899	80.4	+12.9
	Liberal	Bruce Henderson	4,596	19.6	−12.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+12.9