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South West Region (Western Australia)

Electoral region of Western Australia

Summary

Electoral region of Western Australia

Field	Value
upper	yes
name	South West Region
state	wa
image	WA Election 2021 - South West Region.png
caption	Location of South West Region in
electors	242983
electors_year	2021
area	38592
class	Regional
coordinates
lifespan	1989-2025

the electoral region

| mp-party = 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.

Redistribution	Period	Electoral districts	Electors	% of state electors	Area
29 April 1988	22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997		99,510	10.94%	43659 km2
28 November 1994	22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005		121,408	11.74%	43659 km2
4 August 2003	22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009		152,494	12.55%	37493 km2
29 October 2007	22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017		167,871	13.33%	41008 km2
27 November 2015	22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021		226,051	14.19%	45079 km2
title=2019 Review of Western Australia’s Electoral Boundaries	url=https://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/2019%20Nov%20Final%20Distribution%20Report.pdf	publisher=Electoral Boundaries WA	access-date=6 April 2021}}	22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025		242,983	14.15%	38592 km2

Representation

Distribution of seats

Election	Seats won
	1989–1993	Labor}}
	1993–1997	Labor}}
	1997–2001	Labor}}
	2001–2005	Labor}}
	2005–2009	Labor}}

As 6-member seat:

Election	Seats won
	2009–2013	Labor}}
	2013–2017	Labor}}
	2017–2021	Labor}}
	2021–2025	Labor}}

Legend:

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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).

Year	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party
1989	Labor}}		Beryl Jones	Labor	Labor}}		Bob Thomas	Labor	Labor}}		Doug Wenn	Labor	Liberal}}		Bill Stretch	Liberal	Liberal}}	Muriel Patterson
1993	John Cowdell	Labor
1996	Greens}}		Chrissy Sharp	Greens
2001	Adele Farina	Labor	Robyn McSweeney	Liberal			Paddy Embry	One Nation
2003			New Country
2005	Sally Talbot	Labor			Matt Benson-Lidholm	Labor	Nigel Hallett	Liberal			Paul Llewellyn	Greens
2008	Nationals}}		Colin Holt	Nationals
2013
2016			Shooters, Fishers, Farmers
2017			Diane Evers	Greens	Steve Thomas	Liberal			Colin Tincknell	One Nation
2021	Alannah MacTiernan	Labor	Labor}}		Jackie Jarvis	Labor	Legalise Cannabis WA}}		Sophia Moermond	Legalise Cannabis			James Hayward	Nationals
2021	Independent}}		Independent
2023a			Ben Dawkins	Independent Labor
2023b	Independent}}		Independent	Nationals}}		Louise Kingston	Nationals
2024a	Independent}}		Independent
2024b			Independent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the South West Region

References

(2025-02-08). "Scrapping region-based voting in WA could have unintended consequences". ABC News.
(29 April 1988). "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council".
(28 November 1994). "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Six Electoral Regions and 57 Electoral Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners".
(4 August 2003). "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Electoral Regions and Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners".
Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC). (29 October 2007). "South West Region Profile".
Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC). (27 November 2015). "South West Region".
"2019 Review of Western Australia’s Electoral Boundaries". Electoral Boundaries WA.

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