ALP 1.5%
Incumbent MP
Bill Johnston, since 2008.
Geography
South-eastern Perth. Cannington covers the suburbs of Cannington, East Cannington, Beckenham, Queens Park, Wilson, Lynwood, Langford, Parkwood and parts of Ferndale, Thornlie, Welshpool. Cannington covers parts of Canning and Gosnells council areas.
Redistribution
Cannington lost a small area south of the Roe Highway to Thornlie, and gained Parkwood from Riverton and part of Welshpool from Victoria Park. These changes cut the Labor margin from 2.1% to 1.5%.
History
Cannington was created as a new district in the 2008 redistribution as a notional Labor seat, with a margin of over 13%.
Cannington was won in 2008 by Labor’s Bill Johnston, and he was re-elected in 2013.
Candidates
- Jesse Jacobs (Liberal)
- Elliot Thompson (Greens)
- Gary Smith (Australian Christians)
- Mohsin Virk (Independent)
- Zena Rihani (Micro Business Party)
- Bill Johnston (Labor)
- Rozane Bezuidenhout (One Nation)
Assessment
Cannington is a very marginal Labor seat, but it is likely that the seat will become safer for Labor if there is a general statewide swing away from the government.
2013 result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Bill Johnston | Labor | 8,457 | 43.8 | -1.7 | 43.7 |
| Jesse Jacobs | Liberal | 8,310 | 43.0 | +10.2 | 43.8 |
| Christine Cunningham | Greens | 1,850 | 9.6 | -6.7 | 9.0 |
| Mark Harrington | Independent | 702 | 3.6 | +3.6 | 2.9 |
| Others | 0.5 | ||||
| Informal | 1,536 | 7.4 |
2013 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Bill Johnston | Labor | 10,054 | 52.1 | -7.0 | 51.5 |
| Jesse Jacobs | Liberal | 9,259 | 47.9 | +7.0 | 48.5 |
Booth breakdown
Booths have been divided into three parts: north, south-east and west.
Labor won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from about 51% in the north and west to almost 56% in the south-east.
| Voter group | GRN % | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| West | 8.3 | 51.0 | 5,268 | 26.6 |
| North | 9.1 | 50.7 | 4,978 | 25.2 |
| South-East | 8.7 | 55.8 | 4,727 | 23.9 |
| Pre-poll | 8.7 | 50.1 | 1,707 | 8.6 |
| Other votes | 11.0 | 48.1 | 3,110 | 15.7 |
Two-party-preferred votes in Cannington at the 2013 WA state election