Mining and Pastoral Region
Mining and Pastoral Region Western Australia—Legislative Council | |
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State | Western Australia |
Created | 1989 |
MP |
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Electors | 69,651 (2021) |
Area | 2,205,281 km2 (851,463.8 sq mi) |
Demographic | Rural |
Coordinates | 24°23′S 122°45′E / 24.38°S 122.75°E |
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.
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 |
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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 | 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 | 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:
As 6-member seat:
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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.
Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||||||
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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]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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]- ^ "'Devastating for regional communities': WA government uses majority to overhaul state's electoral laws". ABC News. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
- ^ "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 29 April 1988. p. 1988:1339-1527.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (27 November 2015). "Mining and Pastoral Region". Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (27 November 2019). "Mining and Pastoral Region" (PDF). Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "2021 State General Election Results: Mining and Pastoral Region". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 April 2021.