About the Burt electorate
The Electorate of Burt is an outer metropolitan seat located in Perth’s south-eastern Suburbs.
Following the Federal Redistribution in 2024, the following areas will be in the Division of Burt at the time of the next Federal Election:
- City of Armadale, the localities of Armadale, Brookdale, Camillo, Champion Lakes, Doobarda, Forrestdale, Harrisdale, Haynes, Hilbert, Kelmscott West of Albany Highway, Piara Waters, Seville Grove, and Wungong on the Western Side of the South Western Highway.
- City of Gosnells, the localities of Gosnells, Huntingdale, Kenwick, Maddington Southern River, and Thornlie.
- Shire of Serpentine Jarrahdale, Byford to the West of South Western Highway, Darling Downs, and Oakford.
Until the Federal Election, the Division of Burt also includes the localities of:
Beckenham, Kelmscott to the east of Albany Highway, Langford, Martin to the West of Tonkin Highway, Mount Nasura, and Orange Grove.
The following State Members of Parliament also represent our community:
- Armadale - Hon Tony Buti MLA
- Jandakot - Yaz Mubarakai MLA
- Southern River - Terry Healy MLA
- Thornlie - Chris Tallentire MLA
- Darling Range - Hugh Jones MLA
- Cannington - Hon Bill Johnston MLA
- Forrestfield - Stephen Price MLA
- East Metropolitan Region - Matt Swinbourn MLC
- South Metropolitan Region - Sue Ellery MLC
- South Metropolitan Region - Kate Doust MLC
The name of Burt honours succeeding generations of the Burt family for their significant contributions to the justice system and for their wider contributions to public service, specifically:
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Sir Archibald Burt (1810 - 1879), first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
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Septimus Burt (1847 - 1919), whose public roles included that of Attorney-General of Western Australia at the time of colonial self-government, and
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Sir Francis Burt (1918 - 2004), who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, Chief Justice of Western Australia, and Governor of Western Australia from 1990 until 1993.
