Electoral region of Agricultural

The electoral region of Agricultural is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in 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 five members who had been elected at the 1989 state election three months earlier. At the 2008 election, it was increased to six members.

Geography

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

Redistribution	Period	Electoral districts	Electors	% of State	Area
29 April 1988[1]	22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997	Avon, Geraldton, Greenough, Merredin, Moore, Roe, Wagin (7)	80,626	8.89%	267,448 km^2 (103,262 sq mi)
28 November 1994[2]	22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005	As per 1988	87,137	8.27%	267,448 km^2 (103,262 sq mi)
4 August 2003[3]	22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009	As per 1988	94,877	7.81%	261,282 km^2 (100,882 sq mi)
29 October 2007[4]	22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017	Central Wheatbelt, Geraldton, Moore, Wagin (4)	82,479	6.56%	200,091 km^2 (77,256 sq mi)
27 November 2015[5]	22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021	Central Wheatbelt, Geraldton, Moore, Roe (4)	102,748	6.45%	281,264 km^2 (108,597 sq mi)

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

Legend:   Labor   Liberal   National   Greens   One Nation   Shooters, Fishers and Farmers

Members

Since its creation, the electorate has had 25 members, only seven of whom were or are not from either the Liberal or National parties. All five of the members elected in 1989 had previously been members of the Legislative Council—two from the South Province, one from the Central Province, one from the South-East Province, and one from the Upper West Province.

Members for Agricultural Region

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1989		Jim Brown	Labor		Margaret McAleer	Liberal		David Wordsworth	Liberal		Eric Charlton	Nationals		John Caldwell	Nationals
1992		Kim Chance	Labor
1993					Murray Nixon	Liberal		Bruce Donaldson	Liberal					Murray Criddle	Nationals
1996
1998											Dexter Davies	Nationals
2001					Dee Margetts	Greens					Frank Hough	One Nation
2004												New Country
2005					Anthony Fels	Liberal					Margaret Rowe	Liberal
2007											Brian Ellis	Liberal
2008						Family First								Wendy Duncan	Nationals
2008		Matt Benson-Lidholm	Labor		Philip Gardiner	Nationals		Jim Chown	Liberal					Mia Davies	Nationals		Max Trenorden	Nationals
2012						Independent												Independent
2013														Martin Aldridge	Nationals
2013		Darren West	Labor		Rick Mazza	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers											Paul Brown	Nationals
2017											Laurie Graham	Labor					Colin de Grussa	Nationals

References

1. "Electoral Districts Act 1947–1985 – Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 29 April 1988. p. 1988:1339–1527.
2. "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 – Division of the State into Six Electoral Regions and 57 Electoral Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners". Western Australia Government Gazette. 28 November 1994. p. 1994:6135–6327.
3. "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 – Division of the State into Electoral Regions and Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners". Western Australia Government Gazette. 4 August 2003. p. 2003:3475–3566.
4. Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (29 October 2007). "South West Region Profile". Retrieved 22 October 2008.
5. Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (27 November 2015). "Agricultural Region". Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.