The Electorate of Burt is an outer metropolitan seat located in Perth’s south-eastern Suburbs.
Following the Federal Election in 2025, the following areas comprise the Division of Burt:
City of Armadale, the localities of Armadale, Brookdale, Camillo, Champion Lakes, Doobarda, Forrestdale, Harrisdale, Haynes, Hilbert, Kelmscott West of Albany Highway, Piara Waters, Seville Grove, and Wungong on the Western Side of the South Western Highway.
City of Gosnells, the localities of Gosnells, Huntingdale, Kenwick, Maddington Southern River, and Thornlie.
The name of Burt honours succeeding generations of the Burt family for their significant contributions to the justice system and for their wider contributions to public service, specifically:
Sir Archibald Burt (1810 - 1879), first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia
Septimus Burt (1847 - 1919), whose public roles included that of Attorney-General of Western Australia at the time of colonial self-government, and
Sir Francis Burt (1918 - 2004), who served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, Chief Justice of Western Australia, and Governor of Western Australia from 1990 until 1993.
