Electoral district of Bunbury

{{Short description|State electoral district of Western Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian electorate |

|name = Bunbury

|state = wa

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|From the 2021 state election to 2025

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|From the 2025 state election

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|caption = Interactive map of district boundaries

|lifespan = 1890–present

|mp = Don Punch

|mp-party = Labor

|namesake = Bunbury

|electors = 32845

|electors_year = 2025

|area = 110

|class = Provincial

|coordinates = {{coord|33.36|S|115.66|E|display=inline,title}}

|near-n = Indian Ocean

|near-ne = Murray-Wellington

|near-nw = Indian Ocean

|near-e = Collie-Preston

|near-w = Indian Ocean

|near-s = Collie-Preston

|near-se = Collie-Preston

|near-sw = Vasse

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Bunbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district, taking in the city of Bunbury, has existed continuously since 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 general election. Except for 2005-2008 the seat has always been held by the party of government, making it an effective bellwether. Two early Premiers of Western Australia, Sir John Forrest and Sir Newton Moore, held Bunbury during their time in office. However, after Moore's retirement in 1911, another member for Bunbury was not appointed to a cabinet post until 2008, when John Castrilli became Minister for Local Government under Colin Barnett.

Members for Bunbury

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{{Australian party style|Ministerial (WA)}}| 

| Sir John Forrest

| Ministerial

| 1890–1901

{{Australian party style|Ministerial (WA)}}| 

| Thomas Hayward

| Ministerial

| 1901–1904

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| Sir Newton Moore

| Ministerial

| 1904–1911

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| rowspan=2 | William Thomas

| Labor

| 1911–1917

{{Australian party style|National Labor}} | 

| National Labor

| 1917

{{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| 

| Griffin Money

| Nationalist

| 1917–1924

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Frederick Withers

| Labor

| 1924–1947

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 

| rowspan="2"|James Murray

| Liberal

| 1947–1949

{{Australian party style|LCL WA}}| 

| LCL

| 1949–1950

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Frank Guthrie

| Labor

| 1950–1955

{{Australian party style|LCL WA}}| 

| George Roberts

| LCL

| 1955–1962

{{Australian party style|LCL WA}}| 

| rowspan="2"|Maurice Williams

| LCL

| 1962–1968

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 

| Liberal

| 1968–1973

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 

| John Sibson

| Liberal

| 1973–1983

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Phil Smith

| Labor

| 1983–1993

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 

| Ian Osborne

| Liberal

| 1993–2001

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Tony Dean

| Labor

| 2001–2005

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}| 

| John Castrilli

| Liberal

| 2005–2017

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Don Punch

| Labor

| 2017–present

Election results

{{main|Electoral results for the district of Bunbury}}

{{Excerpt|Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)|section=Bunbury}}

References

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