Divisions · Western Australia · 117,244 enrolled
Curtin
Kate Chaney (Independent) won Curtin in 2025 with 53.27% of the final two-candidate vote against Tom White (Liberal), a marginal margin of 3.27 points.
Member now Kate Chaney Independent · in Parliament since 21 May 2022
- Turnout
- 91.39%
- Informal
- 1.68%
- Labor TPP
- 47.84%
- TPP swing to Labor
- +3.48
- Formal votes
- 105,348
- 2022 winner
- Kate Chaney (Independent)
2025 · first preferences
6 candidates
- Tom WhiteLiberal 42,436 40.28% −1.08
- Kate ChaneyIndependent · sitting member · elected 33,952 32.23% +2.51
- Viktor Andrew KoLabor 15,626 14.83% +1.08
- Kitty HemsleyGreens 8,235 7.82% −2.53
- Alexander IronsideOne Nation 2,731 2.59% +1.38
- Fred MulhollandLegalise Cannabis 2,368 2.25% +2.25
Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).
After preferences
The final two
Kate Chaney · Independent 53.27% 56,118
Tom White · Liberal 46.73% 49,230
Lead: 6,888 of 105,348 votes. The final two were not Labor and the Coalition; the AEC's separate Labor–Coalition count gives Labor 47.84%.
Distribution of preferences · 5 counts
| Candidate | First | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom White · Liberal | 42,436 | 42,800 | 44,618 | 45,180 | 49,230 |
| Kitty Hemsley · Greens | 8,235 | 8,824 | 9,021 | excl. | |
| Kate Chaney · Independent | 33,952 | 34,536 | 35,365 | 40,249 | 56,118 |
| Alexander Ironside · One Nation | 2,731 | 3,079 | excl. | ||
| Fred Mulholland · Legalise Cannabis | 2,368 | excl. | |||
| Viktor Andrew Ko · Labor | 15,626 | 16,109 | 16,344 | 19,919 | excl. |
Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.
Photos: Kate Chaney — Kate Chaney for Curtin, CC BY 3.0 . Via Wikimedia Commons.