Electoral region of Mining and Pastoral
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The electoral region of Mining and Pastoral is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australia
n 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.
districts
, which change at each distribution.
Notes:
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
n Legislative Council
Western Australian Legislative Council
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the Legislative Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state...
, 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
Western Australian state election, 1989
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 4 February 1989 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council...
three months earlier. At the 2008 election
Western Australian state election, 2008
A general election was held in the state of Western Australia on Saturday 6 September 2008 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council...
, it was increased to six members.
Geography
The Region is made up of several complete Legislative AssemblyWestern Australian Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth....
districts
Electoral districts of Western Australia
The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as electorates or seats....
, which change at each distribution.
| Redistribution | Period | Electoral districts | Electors | % of State | Area |
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| 29 April 1988 | 22 May 1989–22 May 1997 | Ashburton Electoral district of Ashburton Ashburton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1901 and again from 1989 to 1996.... , Eyre Electoral district of Eyre Eyre is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district covers large tracts of the rural south-east of Western Australia... , Kalgoorlie Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district includes not only the town of Kalgoorlie, but significant parts of the outback in central and eastern Western Australia.... , Kimberley Electoral district of Kimberley -External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:... , Northern Rivers Electoral district of Northern Rivers Northern Rivers was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1989 to 1996.-Members for Northern Rivers:... , Pilbara (6) |
80,626 | 6.59% | 2210722 km² (853,564.5 sq mi) |
| 28 November 1994 | 22 May 1997–22 May 2005 | Burrup Electoral district of Burrup Burrup was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1996 to 2005.The district was based in the rural north-west of Western Australia... , Eyre Electoral district of Eyre Eyre is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district covers large tracts of the rural south-east of Western Australia... , Kalgoorlie Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district includes not only the town of Kalgoorlie, but significant parts of the outback in central and eastern Western Australia.... , Kimberley Electoral district of Kimberley -External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:... , Ningaloo Electoral district of Ningaloo Ningaloo was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1996 to 2005.The district was based in the rural north-west of Western Australia... , Pilbara (6) |
64,840 | 6.27% | 2243711 km² (866,301.7 sq mi) |
| 4 August 2003 | 22 May 2005–22 May 2009 | Central Kimberley-Pilbara Electoral district of Central Kimberley-Pilbara The Electoral district of Pilbara is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Pilbara is named for the region of Western Australia in which it is located... , Kalgoorlie Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district includes not only the town of Kalgoorlie, but significant parts of the outback in central and eastern Western Australia.... , Kimberley Electoral district of Kimberley -External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:... , Murchison-Eyre Electoral district of Murchison-Eyre Murchison-Eyre was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1989 and again from 2005 to 2008.... , North West Coastal (5) |
68,556 | 5.64% | 2223052 km² (858,325.2 sq mi) |
| 29 October 2007 | 22 May 2009–22 May 2017 | Eyre Electoral district of Eyre Eyre is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district covers large tracts of the rural south-east of Western Australia... , Kalgoorlie Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district includes not only the town of Kalgoorlie, but significant parts of the outback in central and eastern Western Australia.... , Kimberley Electoral district of Kimberley -External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:... , North West, Pilbara (5) |
73,776 | 6.18% | 2280730 km² (880,594.8 sq mi) |
Distribution of seats
As 5-member seat:
As 6-member seat:
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Members
Since its creation, the electorate has had 15 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 | |||||||
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| Member | Party | 1989–93 | 1993–97 | 1997–01 | 2001–05 | 2005–09 | ||
| Tom Helm | Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... /Ind. |
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| Mark Nevill | Labor/Ind. | |||||||
| Tom Stephens Tom Stephens Thomas Gregory Stephens is a West Australian parliamentarian. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Parliament of Western Australia since 1982, serving in the Legislative Council from 1982 to 2004, and in the Legislative Assembly since 2005... |
Labor | –2004 | ||||||
| Jon Ford | Labor | |||||||
| Kevin Leahy | Labor | 2004– | ||||||
| Shelley Archer Shelley Archer Shelley Frances Archer is an Australian politician. She was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from May 2005, representing the Mining and Pastoral electoral region... |
Labor/Ind. | |||||||
| Vince Catania Vince Catania Vincent Alexander Catania is an Australian politician. He sat in the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2005 to 2008 and has been a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 2008... |
Labor | –2008 | ||||||
| Shelley Eaton Shelley Eaton Shelley Elizabeth Eaton is an Australian politician. She was born in Subiaco, Western Australia. On 17 September 2008, she was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council as a Labor member in a countback resulting from Vince Catania's resignation; she represents Mining and Pastoral... |
Labor | 2008– | ||||||
| Helen Bullock Helen Bullock Helen Hong Hui Bullock is a Chinese-born Australian politician.Born in China, Bullock arrived in Western Australia on 28 January 1991. She was an accountant before entering politics, holding a Bachelor of Commerce and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business... |
Labor | |||||||
| Robin Chapple Robin Chapple Robin Chapple is a Greens politician serving in the Western Australian Legislative Council. From 2001 to 2005 Chapple represented the Mining and Pastoral Region... |
Greens Greens Western Australia The Greens Western Australia is the state branch of the Australian Greens in Western Australia. The Greens WA was formed following the merger of the WA Greens and the Green Earth Alliance... |
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| Phil Lockyer | Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
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| Norman Moore Norman Moore Norman Frederick Moore is an Australian politician. As of 2001, he has been the leader of the opposition in the Western Australian Legislative Council holding a seat for the Electoral region of Mining and Pastoral and has been the opposition spokesman for Mining and Resources... |
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| Greg Smith Greg Smith (Western Australian politician) Gregory David "Greg" Smith is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for Mining and Pastoral from 1997 to 2001.... |
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| Ken Baston Ken Baston Kenneth Charles Baston is the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the Mining and Pastoral Region. Elected to Parliament in the 2005 state election he is a member of the Liberal Party.... |
Liberal | |||||||
| John Fischer John Fischer (politician) John Duncombe Fischer is a former Australian politician. Born in Fremantle, Western Australia, he was a business proprietor before entering politics. In 2001, he was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council for Mining and Pastoral, representing One Nation... |
One Nation One Nation Party One Nation is a far-right and nationalist political party in Australia. It gained 22% of the vote translating to 11 of 89 seats in Queensland's unicameral legislative assembly at the 1998 state election and made major inroads into the vote of the existing parties... /Ind. |
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| Wendy Duncan Wendy Duncan Wendy Maxine Duncan is an Australian politician from Western Australia. She has been a Nationals member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 2008, representing the region of Agricultural.... |
National National Party of Western Australia The National Party of Western Australia is a political party in Western Australia. It is affiliated with the National Party of Australia but maintains a separate structure and identity.... |
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Notes:
- Members serving for the 2009–2013 term were elected in 2008Western Australian state election, 2008A general election was held in the state of Western Australia on Saturday 6 September 2008 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council...
but do not take their seats in Parliament until 22 May 2009. - next term of office
- Mark Nevill was elected as a Labor member, but resigned to sit as an independent on 23 August 1999.
- 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 electionWestern Australian state election, 2001Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 10 February 2001 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council...
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was elected as a One Nation member, but resigned from the party on 1 June 2004 and served out his term as an independent. - Labor MLC Tom StephensTom StephensThomas Gregory Stephens is a West Australian parliamentarian. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Parliament of Western Australia since 1982, serving in the Legislative Council from 1982 to 2004, and in the Legislative Assembly since 2005...
resigned his seat on 28 September 2004 to contest the federal KalgoorlieDivision of KalgoorlieThe Division of Kalgoorlie was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia, named after the city of Kalgoorlie. The Division, which was proclaimed in 1900 as one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election, covered most of the land area of...
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-PilbaraElectoral district of Central Kimberley-PilbaraThe Electoral district of Pilbara is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Pilbara is named for the region of Western Australia in which it is located...
on 26 February 2005. - Shelley ArcherShelley ArcherShelley Frances Archer is an Australian politician. She was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from May 2005, representing the Mining and Pastoral electoral region...
was elected as a Labor member, but resigned from the party on 15 November 2007 after Premier Alan CarpenterAlan CarpenterAlan John Carpenter is a former Australian politician. He was the 28th Premier of Western Australia, serving from 2006 to 2008. He took office following the resignation of Dr Geoff Gallop...
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. - Vince CataniaVince CataniaVincent Alexander Catania is an Australian politician. He sat in the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2005 to 2008 and has been a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 2008...
resigned his seat on 17 September 2008 to contest the lower house seat of North West. He was successful. Shelley EatonShelley EatonShelley Elizabeth Eaton is an Australian politician. She was born in Subiaco, Western Australia. On 17 September 2008, she was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council as a Labor member in a countback resulting from Vince Catania's resignation; she represents Mining and Pastoral...
was appointed on 12 August 2008 to serve the remainder of his term.