Electoral district of Central Wheatbelt
| Central Wheatbelt Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2008–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Lachlan Hunter | ||||||||||||||
| Party | National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Wheatbelt region | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 32,155 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 97,953 km2 (37,819.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 31°25′S 117°55′E / 31.41°S 117.91°E | ||||||||||||||
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Central Wheatbelt is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
The district is centrally located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
Politically, Central Wheatbelt is a safe National Party seat.
History
[edit]Central Wheatbelt was first created for the 2008 state election. It was essentially an amalgamation 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
[edit]Central Wheatbelt incorporates a number of rural inland shires to the east of Perth. Its population centres include Ballidu, Beacon, Beverley, Dowerin, Koorda, Meckering, Merredin, Narembeen, Northam, Pingelly, Southern Cross, Tammin, Westonia, Wongan Hills, Wundowie, Wyalkatchem and York.
Members for Central Wheatbelt
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brendon Grylls | National | 2008–2013 | |
| Mia Davies | National | 2013–present | |
| Lachlan Hunter | National | 2025–present | |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Lachlan Hunter | 12,417 | 46.7 | +1.3 | |
| Labor | Rebecca Atkinson | 5,314 | 20.0 | −14.8 | |
| Liberal | Lance French | 3,928 | 14.8 | +5.8 | |
| One Nation | Peter Lines | 2,475 | 9.3 | +7.3 | |
| Greens | Peter Stephen Leam | 1,447 | 5.4 | +3.2 | |
| Christians | Les Holten | 1,030 | 3.9 | +2.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 26,611 | 96.5 | +0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 976 | 3.5 | −0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 27,587 | 85.8 | +4.1 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| National | Lachlan Hunter | 19,490 | 73.3 | +14.1 | |
| Labor | Rebecca Atkinson | 7,096 | 26.7 | −14.1 | |
| National hold | Swing | +14.1 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "2007 Redistribution: Proposed Boundaries". boundarieswa.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008.
- ^ "2007 Redistribution: Written Objections". boundarieswa.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008.
- ^ 2025 State General Election – Central Wheatbelt District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- "Map of Central Wheatbelt". boundarieswa.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013.
- Antony Green. "2008 Election Profile: Central Wheatbelt". ABC.