O'Connor (WA)

Wilson Tuckey (Liberal)

RuralA

Seat Margin: 19.1%

2001 election swing:

 3.1% to Coalition

WA swing: 

1.1% to Coalition

  Republic 'yes': 28.1r

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2001 Census Data*

National ranking
(out of 150)

State 
ranking
(out of 15)

Median household income

723

133

15

Unemployment

7.7%

68

8

Persons aged over 65

11.8%

101

8

Born in NES country

3.7%

127

15


Oldest person in parliament, in one of the Coalition's safest seats. In 1987 the ALP tried to unseat Tuckey by directing preferences to the National candidate. It didn't work, not least because the Nat dropped out of the count before Labor. Anticipating this, the ALP had considered running two candidates, so splitting their vote and ensuring distribution of their preferences. 

They didn't proceed with that, and with Tuckey getting 49.5 percent of the primary vote (and so needing only half a percent of preferences to get over the line), it was always a lost cause. See preferential voting.

External links

AEC Member

   ABC (Antony Green)

Poll Bludger

A: AEC socio-demographic  
r: yes vote at 1999 referendum 
* From Parliament House Library