Bullwinkel Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Namesake | Vivian Bullwinkel |
The Division of Bullwinkel is a proposed Australian electoral division in the state of Western Australia. It was created in 2024 as part of a redistribution, and is expected to come into effect at the next federal election. [1] The seat is notionally held by the Labor Party. [2]
Bullwinkel will incorporate parts of the divisions of Hasluck, Durack, Swan, O'Connor, and Canning. [3]
The seat is named after Vivian Bullwinkel (1915−2000), an Australian Army nurse during the Second World War who was the sole surviving nurse of the Bangka Island Massacre. [4] [5]