Electoral region of Mining and Pastoral

The electoral region of Mining and Pastoral 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.

Geography

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

Redistribution	Period	Electoral districts	Electors	% of State	Area
29 April 1988[1]	22 May 1989–22 May 1997	Ashburton, Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Northern Rivers, Pilbara (6)	80,626	6.59%	2,210,722 km^2 (853,565 sq mi)
28 November 1994[2]	22 May 1997–22 May 2005	Burrup, Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Ningaloo, Pilbara (6)	64,840	6.27%	2,243,711 km^2 (866,302 sq mi)
4 August 2003[3]	22 May 2005–22 May 2009	Central Kimberley-Pilbara, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Murchison-Eyre, North West Coastal (5)	68,556	5.64%	2,223,052 km^2 (858,325 sq mi)
29 October 2007[4]	22 May 2009–22 May 2017	Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, North West, Pilbara (5)	73,776	6.18%	2,280,730 km^2 (880,590 sq mi)

Representation

Distribution of seats

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

Legend:   Labor   Liberal   National   Greens WA   One Nation

Members

Since its creation, the electorate has had 20 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.

		Five member seat					Six member seat
Member	Party	1989–93	1993–97	1997–01	2001–05	2005–09	2009–13^[a]	2013-17^[b]
Tom Helm	Labor/Ind.^[2]
Mark Nevill	Labor/Ind.^[1]
Tom Stephens^[4]	Labor				–2004
Jon Ford	Labor
Kevin Leahy^[4]	Labor				2004–
Shelley Archer	Labor/Ind.^[5]
Vince Catania^[6]	Labor					–2008
Shelley Eaton^[6]	Labor					2008–
Helen Bullock	Labor
Stephen Dawson	Labor
Robin Chapple	Greens
Phil Lockyer	Liberal
Norman Moore	Liberal
Greg Smith	Liberal
Ken Baston	Liberal
Mark Lewis	Liberal
John Fischer^[3]	One Nation/Ind.
Wendy Duncan^[7]	National						–2013
Dave Grills^[7]	National						2013–
Jacqui Boydell	National

Notes

^a Members serving for the 2009–2013 term were elected in 2008 but do not take their seats in Parliament until 22 May 2009.

^b Members serving for the 2013–2017 term do not take their seats in Parliament until 22 May 2013.

¹ Mark Nevill was elected as a Labor member, but resigned to sit as an independent on 23 August 1999.

² Tom Helm was elected as a Labor member, but resigned to sit as an independent on 27 July 2000 after losing preselection to recontest his seat at the 2001 state election.

³ John Fischer was elected as a One Nation member, but resigned from the party on 1 June 2004 and served out his term as an independent.

⁴ Labor MLC Tom Stephens resigned his seat on 28 September 2004 to contest the federal Kalgoorlie at the 2004 election, after the existing candidate died suddenly. Kevin Leahy served as a temporary replacement for the remainder of Stephens' term. Though Stephens failed to win the Kalgoorlie contest, he was instead elected to the Legislative Assembly as the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara on 26 February 2005.

⁵ Shelley Archer was elected as a Labor member, but resigned from the party on 15 November 2007 after Premier Alan Carpenter called for her expulsion from parliament over an ongoing corruption scandal. She served out her term as an Independent and, despite initial suggestions to the contrary, did not recontest.

⁶ Labor MLC Vince Catania resigned his seat on 17 September 2008 to contest the lower house seat of North West. Shelley Eaton was elected in the resulting countback on 12 August 2008 to serve the remainder of his term.

⁷ National MLC Wendy Duncan resigned her seat on 12 February 2013 to contest the lower house seat of Kalgoorlie. Dave Grills was elected in the resulting countback on 5 April 2013.

References

1. "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 29 April 1988. p. 1988:1339-1527.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (29 October 2007). "Mining and Pastoral Region Profile". Retrieved 2008-10-22.