Electoral district of Central Wheatbelt

Central Wheatbelt
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State Western Australia
Dates current 2008–present
MP Mia Davies
Party Nationals WA
Namesake Wheatbelt region
Area 53,898 km2 (20,810.1 sq mi)
Demographic Agricultural

Central Wheatbelt is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

As the name suggests, the district is centrally located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

Politically, Central Wheatbelt is a safe National Party seat.

History

Central Wheatbelt was first created for the 2008 state election. It was essentially an almagamation of the abolished National-held districts of Avon and Merredin, although parts of each ended up in neighbouring districts. Roughly half the new district's voters came from each of the two former districts.

The original proposal had the newly created district persisting with the name Merredin.[1] However, this was the focus of several objections, as Merredin is but one town in the eastern part of this sizeable electorate.[2] Instead, the more generic name of Central Wheatbelt was adopted.

Geography

Central Wheatbelt incorporates a number of rural inland shires to the east of Perth. Its population centres include Ballidu, Beacon, Beverley, Meckering, Merredin, Narembeen, Northam, Westonia, Wongan Hills, Wundowie, Wyalkatchem and York.

Members for Central Wheatbelt

MemberPartyTerm
  Brendon Grylls National 2008–2013
  Mia Davies National 2013–present

Election results

Western Australian state election, 2013: Central Wheatbelt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
WA Nationals Mia Davies 8,414 43.6 –5.9
Liberal Stephen Strange 6,088 31.5 +6.6
Labor John Watters 3,375 17.5 +1.5
Greens Tricia Walters 637 3.3 –2.2
Independent Gerald Sturman 474 2.5 +2.5
Christians Bob Adair 328 1.7 –1.5
Total formal votes 19,316 94.7 –1.4
Informal votes 1,076 5.3 +1.4
Turnout 20,392 90.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Stephen Strange 13,729 71.1 –0.2
Labor John Watters 5,573 28.9 +0.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
WA Nationals Mia Davies 11,168 57.9 –10.9
Liberal Stephen Strange 8,110 42.1 +10.9
WA Nationals hold Swing –10.9

References

  1. ↑ "2007 Redistribution: Proposed Boundaries". boundarieswa.com.
  2. ↑ "2007 Redistribution: Written Objections". boundarieswa.com.

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