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Electoral district of Bunbury

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


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

The district, taking in the city of Bunbury, has existed continuously since 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 general election. Except for 2005-2008 the seat has always been held by the party of government, making it an effective bellwether. Two early Premiers of Western Australia, Sir John Forrest and Sir Newton Moore, held Bunbury during their time in office. However, after Moore's retirement in 1911, another member for Bunbury was not appointed to a cabinet post until 2008, when John Castrilli became Minister for Local Government under Colin Barnett.

MemberPartyTerm
Sir John ForrestMinisterial1890–1901
Thomas HaywardMinisterial1901–1904
Sir Newton MooreMinisterial1904–1911
William ThomasLabor1911–1917
National Labor1917
Griffin MoneyNationalist1917–1924
Frederick WithersLabor1924–1947
James MurrayLiberal1947–1949
LCL1949–1950
Frank GuthrieLabor1950–1955
George RobertsLCL1955–1962
Maurice WilliamsLCL1962–1968
Liberal1968–1973
John SibsonLiberal1973–1983
Phil SmithLabor1983–1993
Ian OsborneLiberal1993–2001
Tony DeanLabor2001–2005
John CastrilliLiberal2005–2017
Don PunchLabor2017–present
  • ABC election profiles: 2005 Archived 10 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine 2008 Archived 9 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  • WAEC district maps: current boundaries Archived 15 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine, previous distributions
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