Electoral district of Wagin

Wagin was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia. It was in existence from 1911 to 1950 and from 1989 to 2017. The seat was named after the town of Wagin and incorporated portions of the Wheatbelt, albeit with varying boundaries. Wagin was a safe seat for the National Party for most of its existence.

History

Wagin was first created for the 1911 state election. Until 1947, its member was Sydney Stubbs who represented several different conservative parties over that time. Stubbs was succeeded by Crawford Nalder, who would later become Country Party leader. Wagin was abolished ahead of the 1950 state election whence Nalder instead became the member for Katanning.

Wagin was recreated at the 1989 state election. The first member of the recreated seat was National MP Bob Wiese, formerly the member for Narrogin; the district that Wagin largely replaced. Wiese was succeeded by current member and National MP Terry Waldron at the 2001 state election. Waldron held the seat until Wagin was abolished in a redistribution prior to the 2017 state election. Its territory was incorporated in the seats of Albany, Central Wheatbelt, Roe and Warren-Blackwood.

In its last incarnation, Wagin was a large rural electorate in the southern part of the Wheatbelt region. Its major population centres included Cuballing, Boddington, Brookton, Corrigin, Gnowangerup, Hyden, Lake Grace, Katanning, Kojonup, Narrogin and Wagin.

Members for Wagin

Wagin (1911–1950)
Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian party style|	Sydney Stubbs	Liberal (WA)	1911–1917
Template:Australian party style|		Country	1917–1923
Template:Australian party style|		Country (MCP)	1923–1924
Template:Australian party style|		Nationalist	1924–1927
Template:Australian party style|		Country	1927–1947
Template:Australian party style|	Crawford Nalder	Country	1947–1950
Wagin (1989–2017)
Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian party style|	Bob Wiese	National	1989–2001
Template:Australian party style|	Terry Waldron	National	2001–2017

Election results

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2013 Western Australian state election: Wagin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Terry Waldron	12,108	63.7
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Phillip Blight	3,316	17.4
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Josh Stokes	2,122	11.2
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Shirley Collins	849	4.5
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Jacky Young	620	3.3
Total formal votes			19,015	95.6
Informal votes			869	4.4
Turnout			19,884	90.7
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Phillip Blight	14,408	75.8
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Josh Stokes	4,588	24.2
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Terry Waldron	14,623	76.9
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name	Phillip Blight	4,390	23.1
Template:Australian party style |	Template:Australian politics/name hold		Swing

External links

• ABC election profiles: 2005 2008
• WAEC district maps: 1996–2005 2005–2008 2008–