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{{Short description|Electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian electorate
| upper              = yes
| name               = Mining and Pastoral Region
| state              = wa
| image              = WA Election 2021 - Mining and Pastoral Region.png
| image_upright      = 
| image_alt          = 
| caption            = Location of Mining and Pastoral Region in Western Australia
| created            = 
| mp                 = 
| mp-party           = 
| namesake           = 
| electors           = 69651
| electors_year      = 2021
| electors_footnotes = 
| area               = 2205281
| class              = Rural
| coordinates        = {{coord|-24.38|122.75|display=inline,title}}
|lifespan=1989-2025}}
The '''Mining and Pastoral Region''' was a multi-member electoral region of the [[Western Australia]]n [[Western Australian Legislative Council|Legislative Council]], located in the northern and eastern regions of the state. It was created by the ''Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987'', and became effective on 22 May 1989 with five members who had been elected at the [[1989 Western Australian state election|1989 state election]] three months earlier. At the [[2008 Western Australian state election|2008 election]], it was increased to six members.

The region, along with all other Western Australian Electoral Regions, was abolished in time with the [[2025 Western Australian state election|2025 state election]], following legislation passed in November 2021 to create a single, state-wide constituency of 37 members.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-02-08 |title=Scrapping region-based voting in WA could have unintended consequences |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-09/wa-state-election-upper-house-changes-regional-representation/104906182 |access-date=2025-05-28 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>

==Geography==
The Region was made up of several complete [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] [[Electoral districts of Western Australia|districts]], which changed at each distribution.

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Redistribution!!Period!!Electoral districts!!Electors!!% of state electors!!Area
|-
| 29 April 1988<ref>{{Gazette WA | title = Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council | page = 1988:1339-1527 | date = 29 April 1988}}</ref>
| 22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997
| width = 200 |
[[Electoral district of Ashburton|Ashburton]], 
[[Electoral district of Eyre|Eyre]], 
[[Electoral district of Kalgoorlie|Kalgoorlie]], 
[[Electoral district of Kimberley|Kimberley]], 
[[Electoral district of Northern Rivers|Northern Rivers]], 
[[Electoral district of Pilbara|Pilbara]] (6)
| align=right | 80,626
| align=right | 6.59%
| align=right | {{convert|2210722|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|-
| 28 November 1994<ref>{{Gazette WA | title = Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Six Electoral Regions and 57 Electoral Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners | page = 1994:6135-6327 | date = 28 November 1994}}</ref>
| 22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005
| width = 200 |
[[Electoral district of Burrup|Burrup]], 
[[Electoral district of Eyre|Eyre]], 
[[Electoral district of Kalgoorlie|Kalgoorlie]], 
[[Electoral district of Kimberley|Kimberley]], 
[[Electoral district of Ningaloo|Ningaloo]], 
[[Electoral district of Pilbara|Pilbara]] (6)
| align=right | 64,840
| align=right | 6.27%
| align=right | {{convert|2243711|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|-
| 4 August 2003<ref>{{Gazette WA | title = Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Electoral Regions and Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners | page = 2003:3475-3566 | date = 4 August 2003}}</ref>
| 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009
| width = 200 |
[[Electoral district of Central Kimberley-Pilbara|Central Kimberley-Pilbara]],
[[Electoral district of Kalgoorlie|Kalgoorlie]], 
[[Electoral district of Kimberley|Kimberley]], 
[[Electoral district of Murchison-Eyre|Murchison-Eyre]], 
[[Electoral district of North West Coastal|North West Coastal]] (5)
| align=right | 68,556
| align=right | 5.64%
| align=right | {{convert|2223052|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|-
| 29 October 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/2007/Final-Boundaries/Mining-and-Pastoral-Region/ |title=Mining and Pastoral Region Profile |author=Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) |date=29 October 2007 |access-date=2008-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110327075552/http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/2007/Final-Boundaries/Mining-and-Pastoral-Region/ |archive-date=27 March 2011 }}</ref>
| 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017
| width = 200 |
[[Electoral district of Eyre|Eyre]], 
[[Electoral district of Kalgoorlie|Kalgoorlie]], 
[[Electoral district of Kimberley|Kimberley]], 
[[Electoral district of North West|North West]], 
[[Electoral district of Pilbara|Pilbara]] (5)
| align=right | 73,776
| align=right | 6.18%
| align=right | {{convert|2280730|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|-
| 27 November 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/have-your-say/2015-final-report/country#MP |title=Mining and Pastoral Region |author=Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) |date=27 November 2015 |access-date=2017-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420144756/http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/have-your-say/2015-final-report/country#MP |archive-date=20 April 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021
| width = 200 |
[[Electoral district of Kalgoorlie|Kalgoorlie]], 
[[Electoral district of Kimberley|Kimberley]], 
[[Electoral district of North West Central|North West Central]], 
[[Electoral district of Pilbara|Pilbara]] (4)
| align=right | 68,480
| align=right | 4.30%
| align=right | {{convert|2200087|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|-
| 27 November 2019<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/2019%20Nov%20Final%20Distribution%20Report.pdf |title=Mining and Pastoral Region |author=Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) |date=27 November 2019 |access-date=2021-03-25}}</ref>
| 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025
| width = 200 |
''As per 2015''
| align=right | 69,651
| align=right | 4.06%
| align=right | {{convert|2205281|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|}

==Representation==
===Distribution of seats===
{| border="0"
|-
|
As 5-member seat:

{| class="wikitable"
! Election
! colspan=7| Seats won
|-
|| [[1989 Western Australian state election|1989–1993]]
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
|-
|| [[1993 Western Australian state election|1993–1997]]
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
|-
|| [[1996 Western Australian state election|1997–2001]]
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
|-
|| [[2001 Western Australian state election|2001–2005]]
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|One Nation}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
|-
|| [[2005 Western Australian state election|2005–2009]]
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
|}

As 6-member seat:

{| class="wikitable"
! Election
! colspan=6| Seats won
|-
|| [[2008 Western Australian state election|2009–2013]]
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationals}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
|-
|| [[2013 Western Australian state election|2013–2017]]
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationals}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationals}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
|-
|| [[2017 Western Australian state election|2017–2021]]
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationals}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|One Nation}} | &nbsp;
|-
|| [[2021 Western Australian state election|2021–2025]]
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Daylight Saving}} | &nbsp;
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
|}

| align=center width=50% |

'''Legend:'''

{| class="wikitable"
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | &nbsp;
| [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
|-
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | &nbsp;
| [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]]
|-
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationals}} | &nbsp;
| [[National Party of Australia (WA)|National]]
|-
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} | &nbsp;
| [[Greens Western Australia|Greens WA]]
|-
| width=15 {{Australian party style|One Nation}} | &nbsp;
| [[One Nation Party|One Nation]]
|-
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Daylight Saving}} | &nbsp;
| [[Daylight Saving Party|Daylight Saving]]
|}
|}

===Members===
Since its creation, the electorate had 24 members. All five of the members elected in 1989 had previously been members of the Legislative Council—two from the [[Lower North Province]], two from the [[North Province (Western Australia)|North Province]] and one from the [[South-East Province]].

{|class=wikitable
|+ Members for Mining and Pastoral Region
|-
! Year
! colspan=2|Member
! Party
! colspan=2|Member
! Party
! colspan=2|Member
! Party
! colspan=2|Member
! Party
! colspan=2|Member
! Party
! colspan=2|Member
! Party
|-
| [[1989 Western Australian state election|1989]]
| rowspan=10 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| rowspan=6|[[Tom Stephens]]
| rowspan=6|[[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
| rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| rowspan=5|[[Tom Helm (politician)|Tom Helm]]
| rowspan=4|[[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| rowspan=5|[[Mark Nevill]]
| rowspan=3|[[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
| rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
| rowspan=2|[[Phil Lockyer]]
| rowspan=2|[[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]]
| rowspan=12 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
| rowspan=12|[[Norman Moore (politician)|Norman Moore]]
| rowspan=12|[[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]]
| colspan=3 rowspan=10|
|-
| [[1993 Western Australian state election|1993]]
|-
| [[1996 Western Australian state election|1996]]
| rowspan=3|[[Greg Smith (Western Australian politician)|Greg Smith]]
| rowspan=3|[[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]]
|-
| ''1999''
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| rowspan=2|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
| ''2000''
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
| [[2001 Western Australian state election|2001]]
| rowspan=11 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| rowspan=7|[[Jon Ford (Australian politician)|Jon Ford]]
| rowspan=7|[[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Greens}}|
| rowspan=2|[[Robin Chapple]]
| rowspan=2|[[Greens Western Australia|Greens]]
| {{Australian party style|One Nation}}|
| rowspan=2|[[John Fischer (politician)|John Fischer]]
| [[One Nation Party|One Nation]]
|-
| ''2004''
| [[Kevin Leahy (politician)|Kevin Leahy]]
| [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
| [[2005 Western Australian state election|2005]]
| rowspan=2|[[Vince Catania]]
| rowspan=2|[[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| rowspan=3|[[Shelley Archer]]
| [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
| rowspan=7 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
| rowspan=7|[[Ken Baston]]
| rowspan=7|[[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]]
|-
| ''2007''
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Independent}}|
| rowspan=2|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|-
| ''2008''
| [[Shelley Eaton]]
| [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
|-
| [[2008 Western Australian state election|2008]]
| rowspan=4 {{Australian party style|Greens}}|
| rowspan=4|[[Robin Chapple]]
| rowspan=4|[[Greens Western Australia|Greens]]
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| rowspan=2|[[Helen Bullock (politician)|Helen Bullock]]
| rowspan=2|[[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Nationals}}|
| [[Wendy Duncan]]
| [[National Party of Australia (WA)|Nationals]]
|-
| ''2013''
| rowspan=2|[[Dave Grills]]
| rowspan=2|[[National Party of Australia (WA)|Nationals]]
|-
| [[2013 Western Australian state election|2013]]
| rowspan=4|[[Stephen Dawson (politician)|Stephen Dawson]]
| rowspan=4|[[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
| [[Mark Lewis (politician)|Mark Lewis]]
| [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]]
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Nationals}}|
| rowspan=2|[[Jacqui Boydell]]
| rowspan=2|[[National Party of Australia (WA)|Nationals]]
|-
| [[2017 Western Australian state election|2017]]
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| rowspan=3|[[Kyle McGinn]]
| rowspan=3|[[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
| {{Australian party style|One Nation}}|
| [[Robin Scott (Western Australian politician)|Robin Scott]]
| [[One Nation Party|One Nation]]
|-
| [[2021 Western Australian state election|2021]]
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| rowspan=2 | [[Peter Foster (politician)|Peter Foster]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor}}|
| rowspan=2 | [[Rosetta Sahanna]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]]
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Daylight Saving}}|
| rowspan=2 | [[Wilson Tucker (politician)|Wilson Tucker]]
| [[Daylight Saving Party|Daylight Saving]]
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|
| rowspan=2 | [[Neil Thomson (politician)|Neil Thomson]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]]
|-
| ''2023''
| [[Daylight Saving Party|Independent Daylight Saving]]
|}

==Election results==
{{main|Electoral results for the Mining and Pastoral Region}}
{{excerpt|Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)|section=Mining and Pastoral}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Electoral regions of Western Australia}}

[[Category:Electoral regions of Western Australia|Mining and Pastoral]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1989]]
[[Category:1989 establishments in Australia]]