# South West Region (Western Australia)

The South West Region is 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 includes the cities of Albany, Bunbury and Mandurah.
Legislation to abolish the region, along with all other Western Australian Electoral Regions was passed in November 2021, with the 2025 state election to use a single state-wide electorate of 37 members.

## Geography

The Region is made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts, which change at each distribution.
| Redistribution | Period | Electoral districts | Electors | % of state electors | Area |
| 29 April 1988 | 22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997 | Albany, Bunbury, Collie, Mandurah, Mitchell, Murray, Stirling, Vasse, Warren, Wellington (10) | 99,510 | 10.94% | 43,659 km$^2$ (16,857 sq mi) |
| 28 November 1994 | 22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005 | Albany, Bunbury, Collie, Dawesville, Mandurah, Mitchell, Murray-Wellington, Stirling, Vasse, Warren-Blackwood (10) | 121,408 | 11.74% | 43,659 km$^2$ (16,857 sq mi) |
| 4 August 2003 | 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009 | Albany, Bunbury, Capel, Collie-Wellington, Dawesville, Leschenault, Mandurah, Murray, Stirling, Vasse, Warren-Blackwood (11) | 152,494 | 12.55% | 37,493 km$^2$ (14,476 sq mi) |
| 29 October 2007 | 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017 | Albany, Blackwood-Stirling, Bunbury, Collie-Preston, Dawesville, Mandurah, Murray-Wellington, Vasse (8) | 167,871 | 13.33% | 41,008 km$^2$ (15,833 sq mi) |
| 27 November 2015 | 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021 | Albany, Bunbury, Collie-Preston, Dawesville, Mandurah, Murray-Wellington, Vasse, Warren-Blackwood (8) | 226,051 | 14.19% | 45,079 km$^2$ (17,405 sq mi) |
| 27 November 2019 | 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025 | As per 2015 | 242,983 | 14.15% | 38,592 km$^2$ (14,900 sq mi) |

## Representation
### Distribution of seats

* Election
* 1989–1993
* 1993–1997
* 1997–2001
* 2001–2005
* 2005–2009
* Election
* 2009–2013
* 2013–2017
* 2017–2021
* 2021–2025
* Labor
* Liberal
* National
* Greens WA
* One Nation
* Legalise Cannabis

### Members

Since its creation, the electorate has 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).
Members for South West Region :
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party |
| 1989 | Beryl Jones | Labor | Bob Thomas | Labor | Doug Wenn | Labor | Bill Stretch | Liberal | Muriel Patterson | Liberal | Barry House | Liberal | Murray Montgomery | Nationals |
| 1993 | John Cowdell | Labor | Bob Thomas | Labor | Doug Wenn | Labor | Bill Stretch | Liberal | Muriel Patterson | Liberal | Barry House | Liberal | Murray Montgomery | Nationals |
| 1996 | John Cowdell | Labor | Bob Thomas | Labor | Chrissy Sharp | Greens | Bill Stretch | Liberal | Muriel Patterson | Liberal | Barry House | Liberal | Murray Montgomery | Nationals |
| 2001 | John Cowdell | Labor | Adele Farina | Labor | Chrissy Sharp | Greens | Bill Stretch | Liberal | Robyn McSweeney | Liberal | Barry House | Liberal | Paddy Embry | One Nation |
| 2003 | John Cowdell | Labor | Adele Farina | Labor | Chrissy Sharp | Greens | Bill Stretch | Liberal | Robyn McSweeney | Liberal | Barry House | Liberal | Paddy Embry | New Country |
| 2005 | Sally Talbot | Labor | Adele Farina | Labor | Matt Benson-Lidholm | Labor | Nigel Hallett | Liberal | Robyn McSweeney | Liberal | Barry House | Liberal | Paul Llewellyn | Greens |
| 2008 | Sally Talbot | Labor | Adele Farina | Labor | Colin Holt | Nationals | Nigel Hallett | Liberal | Robyn McSweeney | Liberal | Barry House | Liberal | | |
| 2013 | Sally Talbot | Labor | Adele Farina | Labor | Colin Holt | Nationals | Nigel Hallett | Liberal | Robyn McSweeney | Liberal | Barry House | Liberal | | |
| 2016 | Sally Talbot | Labor | Adele Farina | Labor | Colin Holt | Nationals | Nigel Hallett | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Robyn McSweeney | Liberal | Barry House | Liberal | | |
| 2017 | Sally Talbot | Labor | Adele Farina | Labor | Colin Holt | Nationals | Diane Evers | Greens | Steve Thomas | Liberal | Colin Tincknell | One Nation | | |
| 2021 | Sally Talbot | Labor | Alannah MacTiernan | Labor | Jackie Jarvis | Labor | Sophia Moermond | Legalise Cannabis | Steve Thomas | Liberal | James Hayward | Nationals | | |
| 2021 | Sally Talbot | Labor | Alannah MacTiernan | Labor | Jackie Jarvis | Labor | Sophia Moermond | Legalise Cannabis | Steve Thomas | Liberal | James Hayward | Independent | | |
| 2023a | Sally Talbot | Labor | Ben Dawkins | Independent Labor | Jackie Jarvis | Labor | Sophia Moermond | Legalise Cannabis | Steve Thomas | Liberal | James Hayward | Independent | | |
| 2023b | Sally Talbot | Labor | Ben Dawkins | Independent | Jackie Jarvis | Labor | Sophia Moermond | Legalise Cannabis | Steve Thomas | Liberal | Louise Kingston | Nationals | | |
| 2024a | Sally Talbot | Labor | Ben Dawkins | Independent | Jackie Jarvis | Labor | Sophia Moermond | Independent | Steve Thomas | Liberal | Louise Kingston | Nationals | | |
| 2024b | Sally Talbot | Labor | Ben Dawkins | Independent | Jackie Jarvis | Labor | Sophia Moermond | Independent | Steve Thomas | Liberal | Louise Kingston | Independent | | |

## Election results

2021 Western Australian state election: South West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 29,300 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Sally Talbot (elected 1) 2. Alannah MacTiernan (elected 3) 3. Jackie Jarvis (elected 4) 4. John Mondy 5. Ben Dawkins 6. Kylie Fitzgerald | 114,713 | 55.93 | +19.49 |
| | Liberal | 1. Steve Thomas (elected 2) 2. Greg Stocks 3. Anita Shortland 4. Hayden Burbidge | 37,736 | 18.40 | −4.28 |
| | National | 1. James Hayward (elected 6) 2. Louise Kingston 3. Rod Pfeiffer | 12,254 | 5.97 | −6.06 |
| | Greens | 1. Diane Evers 2. Donald Clarke 3. Jodie Moffat | 12,220 | 5.96 | −1.62 |
| | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Rick Mazza 2. Russell McCarthy 3. Ray Hull | 5,178 | 2.52 | −1.59 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | 1. Sophia Moermond (elected 5) 2. Nicola Johnson | 4,531 | 2.21 | +2.21 |
| | One Nation | 1. Colin Tincknell 2. Paul Howard 3. Michael Pelle | 3,841 | 1.87 | −8.76 |
| | Christians | 1. Laurence Van der Plas 2. Joan Albany | 3,782 | 1.84 | +0.15 |
| | No Mandatory Vaccination | 1. Keith Bunton 2. Elisabeth Bluntschli | 2,504 | 1.22 | +1.22 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1. Eli Bernstein 2. David Fishlock | 2,014 | 0.98 | +0.03 |
| | Western Australia | 1. Terri Sharp 2. Joanne Munro | 1,420 | 0.69 | +0.55 |
| | Sustainable Australia | 1. Daniel Minson 2. Heather Scott | 904 | 0.44 | +0.44 |
| | WAxit | 1. Chas Hopkins 2. Malcolm Gilmour | 810 | 0.39 | +0.20 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Vicki Bailey 2. Sarah Gould | 798 | 0.39 | −0.40 |
| | Health Australia | 1. Justin Zwartkruis 2. Hayley Green | 493 | 0.24 | +0.24 |
| | Great Australian | 1. Nick Robinson 2. Andy Gleeson | 461 | 0.22 | +0.22 |
| | Liberals for Climate | 1. Mark Bentley 2. Pieter Lottering | 410 | 0.20 | −0.23 |
| | Daylight Saving | 1. Garry Spiers 2. Lizabeth Taylor | 283 | 0.14 | −0.22 |
| | Independent | 1. Yasmin Bartlett 2. Karen Perttula | 242 | 0.12 | +0.12 |
| | Independent | Dave Schumacher | 170 | 0.08 | +0.08 |
| | Independent | 1. George Seth 2. Noel Avery | 145 | 0.07 | +0.07 |
| | Independent | 1. John Banks 2. Phillip Spencer | 101 | 0.05 | +0.05 |
| | Independent | Bob Burdett | 89 | 0.04 | +0.04 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 205,099 | 97.92 | +0.83 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 4,357 | 2.08 | −0.83 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 209,456 | 86.20 | −1.00 |