Electoral district of Wagin
| Wagin Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
| State | Western Australia |
| Dates current | 1911–1950; 1989–present |
| MP | Terry Waldron |
| Party | National |
| Namesake | Wagin |
| Area | 72,488 km2 (27,987.8 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Agricultural |
Wagin is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
Wagin is named for the rural town of Wagin. The district covers a vast expanse of territory in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region.
The district is a safe National Party seat.
Geography
Wagin is a large rural electorate in the southern part of the Wheatbelt region. Its major population centres include Cuballing, Boddington, Brookton, Corrigin, Gnowangerup, Hyden, Lake Grace, Katanning, Kojonup, Narrogin and Wagin.
History
Wagin was first created for the 1911 state election. Until 1947, its member was Sydney Stubbs who represented several different conservative parties over that time. Stubbs was succeeded by Crawford Nalder, who would later become Country Party leader. Wagin was abolished ahead of the 1950 state election whence Nalder instead became the member for Katanning.
Wagin was recreated at the 1989 state election. The first member of the recreated seat was National MP Bob Wiese, formerly the member for Narrogin; the district that Wagin largely replaced. Wiese was succeeded by current member and National MP Terry Waldron at the 2001 state election.
Members for Wagin
| Wagin (1911–1950) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Sydney Stubbs | Liberal (WA) | 1911–1917 | |
| Country | 1917–1923 | ||
| Country (MCP) | 1923–1924 | ||
| Nationalist | 1924–1927 | ||
| Country | 1927–1947 | ||
| Crawford Nalder | Country | 1947–1950 | |
| Wagin (1989–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Bob Wiese | National | 1989–2001 | |
| Terry Waldron | National | 2001–present | |
Election results
| Western Australian state election, 2013: Wagin | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| WA Nationals | Terry Waldron | 12,108 | 63.7 | +0.4 | |
| Liberal | Phillip Blight | 3,316 | 17.4 | +0.3 | |
| Labor | Josh Stokes | 2,122 | 11.2 | +0.4 | |
| Greens | Shirley Collins | 849 | 4.5 | +0.7 | |
| Christians | Jacky Young | 620 | 3.3 | –0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 19,015 | 95.6 | –1.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 869 | 4.4 | +1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 19,884 | 90.7 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Phillip Blight | 14,408 | 75.8 | +0.9 | |
| Labor | Josh Stokes | 4,588 | 24.2 | –0.9 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| WA Nationals | Terry Waldron | 14,623 | 76.9 | –1.5 | |
| Liberal | Phillip Blight | 4,390 | 23.1 | +1.5 | |
| WA Nationals hold | Swing | –1.5 | |||