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Federal division, inner-metropolitan

# Curtin

In Western Australia.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kate_Chaney_MP.jpg?width=96)**Kate Chaney** Independent, Curtin ](https://politics.computer/mp/kate-chaney)

About

## About Curtin

Curtin is a federal electoral division in Western Australia, covering wealthy beachside suburbs west of Perth. It is held by Kate Chaney, who sits as an Independent in the House of Representatives. The seat was held by the Liberal Party or conservative independents for 73 years before Chaney won it at the 2022 election.

Created

1949

Named after

John Curtin, Prime Minister from 1941 to 1945

Classification

Inner-metropolitan

Held by the same party since

Independent since 2022 election

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FCurtin), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Curtin whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Curtin yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Curtin are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

## Other divisions in Western Australia

- [Brand](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/brand)
- [Bullwinkel](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bullwinkel)
- [Burt](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/burt)
- [Canning](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/canning)
- [Cowan](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cowan)
- [Durack](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/durack)
- [Forrest](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/forrest)
- [Fremantle](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/fremantle)
- [Hasluck](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hasluck)
- [Moore](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/moore)
- [O'Connor](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/o-connor)
- [Pearce](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/pearce)
- [Perth](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/perth)
- [Swan](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/swan)
- [Tangney](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/tangney)

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