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 for the 2025 state election, following legislation passed in November 2021 to create a single, state-wide constituency of 37 members.
Geography The Region was made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts, which changed at each distribution.
RedistributionPeriodElectoral districtsElectors% of state electorsArea 29 April 1988 22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997Ashburton, Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Northern Rivers, Pilbara (6) 80,626 6.59% 28 November 1994 22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005Burrup, Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Ningaloo, Pilbara (6) 64,840 6.27% 4 August 2003 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009Central Kimberley-Pilbara, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Murchison-Eyre, North West Coastal (5) 68,556 5.64% 29 October 2007 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, North West, Pilbara (5) 73,776 6.18% 27 November 2015 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, North West Central, Pilbara (4) 68,480 4.30% 27 November 2019 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025As per 2015 69,651 4.06%
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 2017–2021 2021–2025 Legend:
Labor Liberal National Greens WA One Nation 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.
+ Members for Mining and Pastoral Region YearMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember Party 1989Tom StephensLaborTom HelmLaborMark NevillLaborPhil LockyerLiberalNorman MooreLiberal 1993 1996Greg SmithLiberal 1999Independent 2000 Independent 2001Jon FordLaborRobin ChappleGreensJohn Fischer One Nation 2004 Kevin Leahy Labor Independent 2005Vince CataniaLaborShelley Archer LaborKen BastonLiberal 2007Independent 2008 Shelley Eaton Labor 2008Robin ChappleGreensHelen BullockLabor Wendy Duncan Nationals 2013Dave GrillsNationals 2013Stephen DawsonLabor Mark Lewis LiberalJacqui BoydellNationals 2017Kyle McGinnLabor Robin Scott One Nation 2021 Peter Foster Labor Rosetta Sahanna Labor Wilson Tucker Daylight Saving Neil Thomson Liberal 2023 Independent Daylight Saving
Election results
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