Cockburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
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 MemberPartyTerm 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
References
External links ABC election profiles: 2005 2008 WAEC district maps: current boundaries , previous distributions