Agricultural Region Explained

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Agricultural Region
State:wa
Created:1989
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Mp-Party:
Electors:103378
Electors Year:2021
Area:288922
Class:Rural

The Agricultural Region is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the South West, Peel and part of the Great Southern 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

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

RedistributionPeriodElectoral districtsElectors% of state electorsArea
29 April 198822 May 1989 – 22 May 1997width = 200 Avon, Geraldton, Greenough, Merredin, Moore, Roe, Wagin (7)align=right 80,626align=right 8.89%align=right 267448km2
28 November 199422 May 1997 – 22 May 2005width = 200 As per 1988align=right 87,137align=right 8.27%align=right 267448km2
4 August 200322 May 2005 – 22 May 2009width = 200 As per 1988align=right 94,877align=right 7.81%align=right 261282km2
29 October 2007[2] 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017width = 200 Central Wheatbelt, Geraldton, Moore, Wagin (4)align=right 82,479align=right 6.56%align=right 200091km2
27 November 2015[3] 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021width = 200 Central Wheatbelt, Geraldton, Moore, Roe (4)align=right 102,748align=right 6.45%align=right 281264km2
27 November 2019[4] 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025width = 200 As per 2015align=right 103,378align=right 6.02%align=right 288922km2

Representation

Distribution of seats

As 5-member seat:
ElectionSeats won
1989–1993width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  
1993–1997width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  
1997–2001width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  
2001–2005width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  
2005–2009width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  

As 6-member seat:

ElectionSeats won
2009–2013width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  
2013–2017width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  
2017–2021width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  
2021–2025width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  width=15  
align=center width=50% Legend:
width=15  Labor
width=15  Liberal
width=15  National
width=15  Greens
width=15  One Nation
width=15  Shooters, Fishers and Farmers

Members

Since its creation, the electorate has had 25 members, only seven of whom were or are not from either the Liberal or National parties. All five of the members elected in 1989 had previously been members of the Legislative Council—two from the South Province, one from the Central Province, one from the South-East Province, and one from the Upper West Province.

Members for Agricultural Region
YearMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
1989Jim BrownLaborMargaret McAleerLiberalDavid WordsworthLiberalEric CharltonNationalsJohn CaldwellNationals
1992Kim ChanceLabor
1993Murray NixonLiberalBruce DonaldsonLiberalMurray CriddleNationals
1996
1998Dexter DaviesNationals
2001Dee MargettsGreensFrank HoughOne Nation
2004New Country
2005Margaret RoweLiberalAnthony FelsLiberal
2007Brian EllisLiberal
2008Family FirstWendy DuncanNationals
2008Matt Benson-LidholmLaborJim ChownLiberalPhilip GardinerNationalsMia DaviesNationalsMax TrenordenNationals
2012IndependentIndependent
2013Martin AldridgeNationals
2013Darren WestLaborRick MazzaShooters, Fishers, FarmersPaul BrownNationals
2017Laurie GrahamLaborColin de GrussaNationals
2021Shelley PayneLaborSandra CarrLaborSteve MartinLiberal

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the Agricultural Region.

Notes and References

  1. News: 2021-11-16 . 'Devastating for regional communities': WA government uses majority to overhaul state's electoral laws . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-03-19.
  2. Web site: South West Region Profile . Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) . 29 October 2007 . 2008-10-22 .
  3. Web site: Agricultural Region . Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) . 27 November 2015 . 20 April 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170420144756/http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/have-your-say/2015-final-report/country#AG . 20 April 2017 . dead .
  4. Web site: Agricultural Region . Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) . 27 November 2019 . 9 March 2021 .

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