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Mining and Pastoral Region

The Mining and Pastoral Region is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the northern and eastern regions of the state. It was created by the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with five members who had been elected at the 1989 state election three months earlier. At the 2008 election, it was increased to six members.

Mining and Pastoral Region
Western Australia—Legislative Council
Location of Mining and Pastoral Region in Western Australia
StateWestern Australia
Created1989
MP
Party
  •   Labor (4)
  •   Liberal (1)
  •   Daylight Saving (1)
Electors69,651 (2021)
Area2,205,281 km2 (851,463.8 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Coordinates24°23′S 122°45′E / 24.38°S 122.75°E / -24.38; 122.75

Legislation to abolish the region, along with all other Western Australian Electoral Regions was passed in November 2021, with the 2025 state election to use a single state-wide electorate of 37 members.[1]

Geography edit

The Region is made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts, which change at each distribution.

Redistribution Period Electoral districts Electors % of state electors Area
29 April 1988[2] 22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997

Ashburton, Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Northern Rivers, Pilbara (6)

80,626 6.59% 2,210,722 km2 (853,565 sq mi)
28 November 1994[3] 22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005

Burrup, Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Ningaloo, Pilbara (6)

64,840 6.27% 2,243,711 km2 (866,302 sq mi)
4 August 2003[4] 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009

Central Kimberley-Pilbara, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Murchison-Eyre, North West Coastal (5)

68,556 5.64% 2,223,052 km2 (858,325 sq mi)
29 October 2007[5] 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017

Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, North West, Pilbara (5)

73,776 6.18% 2,280,730 km2 (880,590 sq mi)
27 November 2015[6] 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021

Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, North West Central, Pilbara (4)

68,480 4.30% 2,200,087 km2 (849,458 sq mi)
27 November 2019[7] 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025

As per 2015

69,651 4.06% 2,205,281 km2 (851,464 sq mi)

Representation edit

Distribution of seats edit

As 5-member seat:

Election Seats won
1989–1993          
1993–1997          
1997–2001          
2001–2005          
2005–2009          

As 6-member seat:

Election Seats won
2009–2013            
2013–2017            
2017–2021            
2021–2025            

Legend:

  Labor
  Liberal
  National
  Greens WA
  One Nation
  Daylight Saving

Members edit

Since its creation, the electorate has had 24 members. All five of the members elected in 1989 had previously been members of the Legislative Council—two from the Lower North Province, two from the North Province and one from the South-East Province.

Members for Mining and Pastoral Region
Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1989 Tom Stephens Labor Tom Helm Labor Mark Nevill Labor Phil Lockyer Liberal Norman Moore Liberal
1993
1996 Greg Smith Liberal
1999 Independent
2000 Independent
2001 Jon Ford Labor Robin Chapple Greens John Fischer One Nation
2004 Kevin Leahy Labor Independent
2005 Vince Catania Labor Shelley Archer Labor Ken Baston Liberal
2007 Independent
2008 Shelley Eaton Labor
2008 Robin Chapple Greens Helen Bullock Labor Wendy Duncan Nationals
2013 Dave Grills Nationals
2013 Stephen Dawson Labor Mark Lewis Liberal Jacqui Boydell Nationals
2017 Kyle McGinn Labor Robin Scott One Nation
2021 Peter Foster Labor Rosetta Sahanna Labor Wilson Tucker Daylight Saving Neil Thomson Liberal
2023 Independent Daylight Saving

Election results edit

Main article: Electoral results for the Mining and Pastoral Region
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council) § Mining and Pastoral.[edit]
2021 Western Australian state election: Mining and Pastoral[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 7,010
Labor 1. Stephen Dawson (elected 1)
2. Kyle McGinn (elected 2)
3. Peter Foster (elected 3)
4. Rosetta Sahanna (elected 4)
5. Kelvin Portland
6. Bobby-Lee Field 		28,002 57.07 +22.91
Liberal 1. Neil Thomson (elected 6)
2. Michael Huston
3. Jodie Richardson
4. Matt Blampey 		5,250 10.70 −4.99
National 1. Nicholas Fardell
2. Lionel Quartermaine
3. Tony Crook
4. Kieran Dart
5. Mark Young
6. Tessa Daly 		5,032 10.26 −8.72
Greens 1. Kimberly Smith
2. Giz Watson 		2,431 4.95 −0.72
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. Matt Priest
2. Royce Normington
3. Kingsley Smith 		1,705 3.48 −1.67
One Nation 1. Robin Scott
2. David Modolo 		1,490 3.04 −10.66
Legalise Cannabis 1. James Brown
2. Donald Watt 		1,277 2.60 +2.60
Western Australia 1. Dave Grills
2. Julie Matheson 		729 1.49 +1.22
Christians 1. Jacky Young
2. Ross Patterson 		582 1.19 −0.32
Liberals for Climate 1. Curtis Greening
2. Gavin McFerran 		552 1.13 +0.10
No Mandatory Vaccination 1. Andrew Middleton
2. Deborah Middleton 		526 1.07 +1.07
Animal Justice 1. Emmarae Cole-Darby
2. Scott Dunning 		398 0.81 +0.81
Liberal Democrats 1. Robbie Parr
2. Jake McCoull 		198 0.40 −0.29
Independent 1. Tayla Squires
2. Cameron Gardiner 		188 0.38 +0.38
Sustainable Australia 1. Brian Mollan
2. Anthony Park 		158 0.32 +0.32
WAxit 1. Brenden Hatton
2. Huw Grossmith 		116 0.24 +0.10
Great Australian 1. Nathan Webb-Smith
2. Laona Mullings 		113 0.23 +0.23
Daylight Saving 1. Wilson Tucker (elected 5)
2. Janet Wilson 		98 0.20 −0.30
Independent 1. Anthony Fels
2. Van Son Le 		85 0.17 +0.17
Health Australia 1. Teddy Craies
2. Simon Martin 		82 0.17 +0.17
Independent 1. Christine Kelly
2. Noel McGinniss 		52 0.11 +0.11
Total formal votes 49,064 97.83 +0.74
Informal votes 1,088 2.17 −0.74
Turnout 50,152 72.00 −15.20

References edit

  1. ^ "'Devastating for regional communities': WA government uses majority to overhaul state's electoral laws". ABC News. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 29 April 1988. p. 1988:1339-1527.
  3. ^ "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Six Electoral Regions and 57 Electoral Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners". Western Australia Government Gazette. 28 November 1994. p. 1994:6135-6327.
  4. ^ "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Electoral Regions and Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners". Western Australia Government Gazette. 4 August 2003. p. 2003:3475-3566.
  5. ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (29 October 2007). "Mining and Pastoral Region Profile". Archived from the original on 27 March 2011. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  6. ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (27 November 2015). "Mining and Pastoral Region". Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  7. ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (27 November 2019). "Mining and Pastoral Region" (PDF). Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  8. ^ "2021 State General Election Results: Mining and Pastoral Region". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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