The South West Region was a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council the South West, Peel and part of the Great Southern regions of the state. It was created by the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with seven members who had been elected at the 1989 state election three months earlier. At the 2008 election, it was reduced to six members. The region included the cities of Albany, Bunbury and Mandurah.

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.

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 1997Albany, Bunbury, Collie, Mandurah, Mitchell, Murray, Stirling, Vasse, Warren, Wellington (10) 99,510 10.94% 28 November 1994 22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005Albany, Bunbury, Collie, Dawesville, Mandurah, Mitchell, Murray-Wellington, Stirling, Vasse, Warren-Blackwood (10) 121,408 11.74% 4 August 2003 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009Albany, Bunbury, Capel, Collie-Wellington, Dawesville, Leschenault, Mandurah, Murray, Stirling, Vasse, Warren-Blackwood (11) 152,494 12.55% 29 October 2007 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017Albany, Blackwood-Stirling, Bunbury, Collie-Preston, Dawesville, Mandurah, Murray-Wellington, Vasse (8) 167,871 13.33% 27 November 2015 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021Albany, Bunbury, Collie-Preston, Dawesville, Mandurah, Murray-Wellington, Vasse, Warren-Blackwood (8) 226,051 14.19% 27 November 2019 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025As per 2015 242,983 14.15%

Representation

Distribution of seats

As 7-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   Legalise Cannabis

Members Since its creation, the electorate had 17 members. Four of these members had previously been members of the Legislative Council—Beryl Jones (Lower West Province), Bill Stretch (Lower Central Province), Doug Wenn and Barry House (both South West Province).

+ Members for South West Region YearMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember Party 1989 Beryl Jones LaborBob ThomasLaborDoug WennLaborBill StretchLiberalMuriel PattersonLiberalBarry HouseLiberalMurray MontgomeryNationals 1993John CowdellLabor 1996Chrissy SharpGreens 2001Adele FarinaLaborRobyn McSweeneyLiberalPaddy Embry One Nation 2003 New Country 2005Sally TalbotLabor Matt Benson-Lidholm LaborNigel HallettLiberal Paul Llewellyn Greens 2008Colin HoltNationals 2013 2016 Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 2017 Diane Evers GreensSteve ThomasLiberal Colin Tincknell One Nation 2021Alannah MacTiernanLaborJackie JarvisLaborSophia MoermondLegalise CannabisJames Hayward Nationals 2021Independent 2023aBen Dawkins Independent Labor 2023bIndependentLouise KingstonNationals2024aIndependent2024b Independent

Election results

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