| North West Western Australia—Legislative Assembly |
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| State or territory: | Western Australia |
| Dates current: | 2005–present1 |
| MP: | Vince Catania |
| Party: | National |
| Namesake: | North west region of Western Australia |
| Area: | 409,083 km² (157,948 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Mining and Pastoral |
| 1 known as North West Coastal 2005–2008 | |
North West is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
The district was based in the rural north-west of Western Australia. It is a marginal seat.
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Originally known as North West Coastal, the district was first created for the 2005 state election, incorporating territory from the abolished districts of Burrup and Ningaloo. The seat was won by Labor MP, and then member for Burrup, Fred Riebeling.
The district was expanded for the 2008 state election, incorporating more inland territory which resulted in the name change to North West. With Riebeling's decision to retire, the contest pitted Labor MP Vince Catania, then a member of the Legislative Council, against Liberal candidate, and former Ningaloo MP, Rod Sweetman, with Catania emerging victorious. On 20 July 2009, Catania announced his decision to leave the Labor Party to join the rival National Party.[1]
Based in the remote north west of Western Australia, the district includes the towns of Carnarvon, Coral Bay, Cue, Dampier, Denham, Exmouth, Karratha, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Onslow, Roebourne, Wickham and Yalgoo.
| North West Coastal (2005–2008) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| Fred Riebeling | Labor | 2005–2008 | |
| North West (2008–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Vince Catania | Labor | 2008–2009 | |
| National | 2009–present | ||
| Western Australian state election, 2008: North West[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Vince Catania | 4,161 | 36.2 | -7.4 | |
| Liberal | Rod Sweetman | 3,071 | 26.7 | -10.4 | |
| WA Nationals | Tom Day | 2,609 | 22.7 | +22.7 | |
| Greens | Peter Shaw | 840 | 7.3 | +2.4 | |
| Independent | Lex Fullarton | 828 | 7.2 | -3.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 11,509 | 95.7 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 520 | 4.3 | -0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 12,029 | 75.4 | |||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Vince Catania | 6,103 | 53.1 | +0.0 | |
| Liberal | Rod Sweetman | 5,384 | 46.9 | +0.0 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +0.0 | |||
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