The eponyms of the division are Sir Paul Hasluck, the member for the Division of Curtin in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1969[2] and subsequently the Governor-General of Australia from 1969 to 1974, and his wife, Dame Alexandra Hasluck, an author.At the 2013 federal election there was a swing towards the incumbent Liberal member Ken Wyatt, breaking this pattern.In August 2021, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) announced a number of changes to the boundaries of Hasluck.In addition, the Kalamunda suburbs of Maida Vale and Wattle Grove, along with the seat's portion of Forrestfield, were transferred to the electorate of Swan.Hasluck consequently gained a large portion of the City of Swan from the seat of Pearce, including the suburbs of Aveley, Baskerville, Belhus, Brabham, Brigadoon, Dayton, Ellenbrook, Henley Brook, Herne Hill, Millendon, The Vines, Upper Swan, West Swan and Whiteman, a portion of Lexia, and the remainder of Middle Swan and Red Hill, also gaining the suburb of Bennett Springs from the seat of Cowan.
Alluvial diagram
for preference flows in the seat of Hasluck in the
2022 federal election
.
Y
indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.