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title: "Perth: members and political ads | Politics Computer"
description: "Perth: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads."
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Federal division, inner-metropolitan

# Perth

In Western Australia. The advertiser we follow here has spent $100–$199 on Facebook and Instagram ads.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Patrick_Gorman_PMC_2022.jpg?width=96)**Patrick Gorman** Labor, Perth ](https://politics.computer/mp/patrick-gorman)

About

## About Perth

Perth is an inner-metropolitan House of Representatives seat in Western Australia, centred on and named after the city of Perth. Its sitting member is Patrick Gorman of the Australian Labor Party, who has represented the seat since 2018.

Classification

Inner-metropolitan

Original division

One of original 65 divisions, contested 1901 federal election

Location

Northeast along north bank of Swan River from Perth

Labor member since

2018

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

## Who's advertising

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

1. [Patrick Gorman](https://politics.computer/mp/patrick-gorman) MP, Labor  
$100 –$199 1 ad, 1 running

 At least  Up to (Meta only publishes ranges) 

## Their biggest ads

- [![Electric buses are being charged in Perth’s backyard and coming to a bus stop near you.  Bayswater is leading the charge with Transperth’s ](https://politics.computer/media/ac67c0c48d678b9caa44c3f155d2130c6c4e2a9a77f64aee2e777030e4661d01?w=480) Patrick Gorman$100–$199 spent Running since 8 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/ac67c0c48d678b9caa44c3f155d2130c6c4e2a9a77f64aee2e777030e4661d01)

## 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)
- [Curtin](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/curtin)
- [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)
- [Swan](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/swan)
- [Tangney](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/tangney)

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