Mining and Pastoral Region

{{Short description|Electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council}}

{{Infobox Australian electorate

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| name = Mining and Pastoral Region

| state = wa

| image = WA Election 2021 - Mining and Pastoral Region.png

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| caption = Location of Mining and Pastoral Region in Western Australia

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| electors = 69651

| electors_year = 2021

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| area = 2205281

| class = Rural

| coordinates = {{coord|-24.38|122.75|display=inline,title}}

|lifespan=1989-2025}}

The Mining and Pastoral Region was 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.

The region, along with all other Western Australian Electoral Regions, was abolished in time with the 2025 state election, following legislation passed in November 2021 to create a single, state-wide constituency of 37 members.{{Cite news |date=2025-02-08 |title=Scrapping region-based voting in WA could have unintended consequences |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-09/wa-state-election-upper-house-changes-regional-representation/104906182 |access-date=2025-05-28 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}

Geography

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

Redistribution	Period	Electoral districts	Electors	% of state electors	Area
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29 April 1988{{Gazette WA \| title = Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council \| page = 1988:1339-1527 \| date = 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 \| {{convert\|2210722\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on}}
28 November 1994{{Gazette WA \| title = Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Six Electoral Regions and 57 Electoral Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners \| page = 1994:6135-6327 \| date = 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 \| {{convert\|2243711\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on}}
4 August 2003{{Gazette WA \| title = Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Electoral Regions and Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners \| page = 2003:3475-3566 \| date = 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 \| {{convert\|2223052\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on}}
29 October 2007{{cite web\|url=http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/2007/Final-Boundaries/Mining-and-Pastoral-Region/ \|title=Mining and Pastoral Region Profile \|author=Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) \|date=29 October 2007 \|access-date=2008-10-22 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110327075552/http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/2007/Final-Boundaries/Mining-and-Pastoral-Region/ \|archive-date=27 March 2011 }} \| 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 \| {{convert\|2280730\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on}}
27 November 2015{{cite web \|url=http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/have-your-say/2015-final-report/country#MP \|title=Mining and Pastoral Region \|author=Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) \|date=27 November 2015 \|access-date=2017-04-20 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420144756/http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/have-your-say/2015-final-report/country#MP \|archive-date=20 April 2017 \|url-status=dead }} \| 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 \| {{convert\|2200087\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on}}
27 November 2019{{cite web \|url=https://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/2019%20Nov%20Final%20Distribution%20Report.pdf \|title=Mining and Pastoral Region \|author=Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) \|date=27 November 2019 \|access-date=2021-03-25}} \| 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025 \| width = 200 \| As per 2015 \| align=right \| 69,651 \| align=right \| 4.06% \| align=right \| {{convert\|2205281\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on}}

Representation

=Distribution of seats=

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As 5-member seat:

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! Election

! colspan=7| Seats won

| 1989–1993

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| 1993–1997

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| 1997–2001

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| 2001–2005

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|One Nation}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| 2005–2009

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

As 6-member seat:

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! Election

! colspan=6| Seats won

| 2009–2013

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationals}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| 2013–2017

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationals}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| 2017–2021

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationals}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|One Nation}} |

| 2021–2025

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Daylight Saving}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

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Legend:

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| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| Labor

width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| Liberal

width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationals}} |

| National

width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} |

| Greens WA

width=15 {{Australian party style|One Nation}} |

| One Nation

width=15 {{Australian party style|Daylight Saving}} |

| Daylight Saving

|}

=Members=

Since its creation, the electorate 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.

class=wikitable \|+ Members for Mining and Pastoral Region
Year ! colspan=2\|Member ! Party ! colspan=2\|Member ! Party ! colspan=2\|Member ! Party ! colspan=2\|Member ! Party ! colspan=2\|Member ! Party ! colspan=2\|Member ! Party
1989 \| rowspan=10 {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| rowspan=6\|Tom Stephens \| rowspan=6\|Labor \| rowspan=4 {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| rowspan=5\|Tom Helm \| rowspan=4\|Labor \| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| rowspan=5\|Mark Nevill \| rowspan=3\|Labor \| rowspan=5 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| rowspan=2\|Phil Lockyer \| rowspan=2\|Liberal \| rowspan=12 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| rowspan=12\|Norman Moore \| rowspan=12\|Liberal \| colspan=3 rowspan=10\|
1993
1996 \| rowspan=3\|Greg Smith \| rowspan=3\|Liberal
1999 \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Independent}}\| \| rowspan=2\|Independent
2000 \| {{Australian party style\|Independent}}\| \| Independent
2001 \| rowspan=11 {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| rowspan=7\|Jon Ford \| rowspan=7\|Labor \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Greens}}\| \| rowspan=2\|Robin Chapple \| rowspan=2\|Greens \| {{Australian party style\|One Nation}}\| \| rowspan=2\|John Fischer \| One Nation
2004 \| Kevin Leahy \| Labor \| {{Australian party style\|Independent}}\| \| Independent
2005 \| rowspan=2\|Vince Catania \| rowspan=2\|Labor \| {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| rowspan=3\|Shelley Archer \| Labor \| rowspan=7 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| rowspan=7\|Ken Baston \| rowspan=7\|Liberal
2007 \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Independent}}\| \| rowspan=2\|Independent
2008 \| Shelley Eaton \| Labor
2008 \| rowspan=4 {{Australian party style\|Greens}}\| \| rowspan=4\|Robin Chapple \| rowspan=4\|Greens \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| rowspan=2\|Helen Bullock \| rowspan=2\|Labor \| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style\|Nationals}}\| \| Wendy Duncan \| Nationals
2013 \| rowspan=2\|Dave Grills \| rowspan=2\|Nationals
2013 \| rowspan=4\|Stephen Dawson \| rowspan=4\|Labor \| {{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| Mark Lewis \| Liberal \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Nationals}}\| \| rowspan=2\|Jacqui Boydell \| rowspan=2\|Nationals
2017 \| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| rowspan=3\|Kyle McGinn \| rowspan=3\|Labor \| {{Australian party style\|One Nation}}\| \| Robin Scott \| One Nation
2021 \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| rowspan=2 \| Peter Foster \| rowspan=2 \| Labor \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| rowspan=2 \| Rosetta Sahanna \| rowspan=2 \| Labor \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Daylight Saving}}\| \| rowspan=2 \| Wilson Tucker \| Daylight Saving \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| rowspan=2 \| Neil Thomson \| rowspan=2 \| Liberal
2023 \| Independent Daylight Saving

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|+ Members for Mining and Pastoral Region

Year

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