Mining and Pastoral Region explained

Upper:	yes
Mining and Pastoral Region
State:	wa
Created:	1989
Mp:	Peter Foster (Labor) Stephen Dawson (Labor) Kyle McGinn (Labor) Rosetta Sahanna (Labor) Neil Thomson (Liberal) Wilson Tucker (Daylight Saving)
Mp-Party:	Labor (4) Liberal (1) Daylight Saving (1)
Electors:	69651
Electors Year:	2021
Area:	2205281
Class:	Rural
Coordinates:	-24.38°N 122.75°W

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

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	22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997	width = 200	Ashburton, Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Northern Rivers, Pilbara (6)	align=right	80,626	align=right	6.59%	align=right	2210722km2
28 November 1994	22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005	width = 200	Burrup, Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Ningaloo, Pilbara (6)	align=right	64,840	align=right	6.27%	align=right	2243711km2
4 August 2003	22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009	width = 200	Central Kimberley-Pilbara,Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Murchison-Eyre, North West Coastal (5)	align=right	68,556	align=right	5.64%	align=right	2223052km2
29 October 2007^[2]	22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017	width = 200	Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, North West, Pilbara (5)	align=right	73,776	align=right	6.18%	align=right	2280730km2
27 November 2015^[3]	22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021	width = 200	Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, North West Central, Pilbara (4)	align=right	68,480	align=right	4.30%	align=right	2200087km2
27 November 2019^[4]	22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025	width = 200	As per 2015	align=right	69,651	align=right	4.06%	align=right	2205281km2

Representation

Distribution of seats

As 5-member seat:

Election	Seats won
1989–1993	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15
1993–1997	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15
1997–2001	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15
2001–2005	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15
2005–2009	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15

As 6-member seat:

Election	Seats won
2009–2013	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15
2013–2017	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15
2017–2021	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15	width=15
2021–2025	width=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 WA
width=15		One Nation
width=15		Daylight Saving

Members

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

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the Mining and Pastoral Region.

Notes and References

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.
Web site: Mining and Pastoral Region Profile . Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) . 29 October 2007 . 2008-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110327075552/http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/2007/Final-Boundaries/Mining-and-Pastoral-Region/ . 27 March 2011 .
Web site: Mining and Pastoral Region . Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) . 27 November 2015 . 2017-04-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170420144756/http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/have-your-say/2015-final-report/country#MP . 20 April 2017 . dead .
Web site: Mining and Pastoral Region . Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) . 27 November 2019 . 2021-03-25.