# Mining and Pastoral Region

The Mining and Pastoral Region is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian 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 state election three months earlier. At the 2008 election, it was increased to six members.
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 | Ashburton, Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Northern Rivers, Pilbara (6) | 80,626 | 6.59% | 2,210,722 km$^2$ (853,565 sq mi) |
| 28 November 1994 | 22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005 | Burrup, Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Ningaloo, Pilbara (6) | 64,840 | 6.27% | 2,243,711 km$^2$ (866,302 sq mi) |
| 4 August 2003 | 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009 | Central Kimberley-Pilbara, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, Murchison-Eyre, North West Coastal (5) | 68,556 | 5.64% | 2,223,052 km$^2$ (858,325 sq mi) |
| 29 October 2007 | 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017 | Eyre, Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, North West, Pilbara (5) | 73,776 | 6.18% | 2,280,730 km$^2$ (880,590 sq mi) |
| 27 November 2015 | 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021 | Kalgoorlie, Kimberley, North West Central, Pilbara (4) | 68,480 | 4.30% | 2,200,087 km$^2$ (849,458 sq mi) |
| 27 November 2019 | 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025 | As per 2015 | 69,651 | 4.06% | 2,205,281 km$^2$ (851,464 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
* Daylight Saving

### Members

Since its creation, the electorate has 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 and one from the South-East Province.
Members for Mining and Pastoral Region :
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party |
| 1989 | Tom Stephens | Labor | Tom Helm | Labor | Mark Nevill | Labor | Phil Lockyer | Liberal | Norman Moore | Liberal | | |
| 1993 | Tom Stephens | Labor | Tom Helm | Labor | Mark Nevill | Labor | Phil Lockyer | Liberal | Norman Moore | Liberal | | |
| 1996 | Tom Stephens | Labor | Tom Helm | Labor | Mark Nevill | Labor | Greg Smith | Liberal | Norman Moore | Liberal | | |
| 1999 | Tom Stephens | Labor | Tom Helm | Labor | Mark Nevill | Independent | Greg Smith | Liberal | Norman Moore | Liberal | | |
| 2000 | Tom Stephens | Labor | Tom Helm | Independent | Mark Nevill | Independent | Greg Smith | Liberal | Norman Moore | Liberal | | |
| 2001 | Tom Stephens | Labor | Jon Ford | Labor | Robin Chapple | Greens | John Fischer | One Nation | Norman Moore | Liberal | | |
| 2004 | Kevin Leahy | Labor | Jon Ford | Labor | Robin Chapple | Greens | John Fischer | Independent | Norman Moore | Liberal | | |
| 2005 | Vince Catania | Labor | Jon Ford | Labor | Shelley Archer | Labor | Ken Baston | Liberal | Norman Moore | Liberal | | |
| 2007 | Vince Catania | Labor | Jon Ford | Labor | Shelley Archer | Independent | Ken Baston | Liberal | Norman Moore | Liberal | | |
| 2008 | Shelley Eaton | Labor | Jon Ford | Labor | Shelley Archer | Independent | Ken Baston | Liberal | Norman Moore | Liberal | | |
| 2008 | Robin Chapple | Greens | Jon Ford | Labor | Helen Bullock | Labor | Ken Baston | Liberal | Norman Moore | Liberal | Wendy Duncan | Nationals |
| 2013 | Robin Chapple | Greens | Jon Ford | Labor | Helen Bullock | Labor | Ken Baston | Liberal | Norman Moore | Liberal | Dave Grills | Nationals |
| 2013 | Robin Chapple | Greens | Stephen Dawson | Labor | Mark Lewis | Liberal | Ken Baston | Liberal | Jacqui Boydell | Nationals | Dave Grills | Nationals |
| 2017 | Robin Chapple | Greens | Stephen Dawson | Labor | Kyle McGinn | Labor | Ken Baston | Liberal | Jacqui Boydell | Nationals | Robin Scott | One Nation |
| 2021 | Peter Foster | Labor | Stephen Dawson | Labor | Kyle McGinn | Labor | Rosetta Sahanna | Labor | Wilson Tucker | Daylight Saving | Neil Thomson | Liberal |
| 2023 | Peter Foster | Labor | Stephen Dawson | Labor | Kyle McGinn | Labor | Rosetta Sahanna | Labor | Wilson Tucker | Independent Daylight Saving | Neil Thomson | Liberal |

## Election results

2021 Western Australian state election: Mining and Pastoral :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 7,010 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Stephen Dawson (elected 1) 2. Kyle McGinn (elected 2) 3. Peter Foster (elected 3) 4. Rosetta Sahanna (elected 4) 5. Kelvin Portland 6. Bobby-Lee Field | 28,002 | 57.07 | +22.91 |
| | Liberal | 1. Neil Thomson (elected 6) 2. Michael Huston 3. Jodie Richardson 4. Matt Blampey | 5,250 | 10.70 | −4.99 |
| | National | 1. Nicholas Fardell 2. Lionel Quartermaine 3. Tony Crook 4. Kieran Dart 5. Mark Young 6. Tessa Daly | 5,032 | 10.26 | −8.72 |
| | Greens | 1. Kimberly Smith 2. Giz Watson | 2,431 | 4.95 | −0.72 |
| | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Matt Priest 2. Royce Normington 3. Kingsley Smith | 1,705 | 3.48 | −1.67 |
| | One Nation | 1. Robin Scott 2. David Modolo | 1,490 | 3.04 | −10.66 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | 1. James Brown 2. Donald Watt | 1,277 | 2.60 | +2.60 |
| | Western Australia | 1. Dave Grills 2. Julie Matheson | 729 | 1.49 | +1.22 |
| | Christians | 1. Jacky Young 2. Ross Patterson | 582 | 1.19 | −0.32 |
| | Liberals for Climate | 1. Curtis Greening 2. Gavin McFerran | 552 | 1.13 | +0.10 |
| | No Mandatory Vaccination | 1. Andrew Middleton 2. Deborah Middleton | 526 | 1.07 | +1.07 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Emmarae Cole-Darby 2. Scott Dunning | 398 | 0.81 | +0.81 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1. Robbie Parr 2. Jake McCoull | 198 | 0.40 | −0.29 |
| | Independent | 1. Tayla Squires 2. Cameron Gardiner | 188 | 0.38 | +0.38 |
| | Sustainable Australia | 1. Brian Mollan 2. Anthony Park | 158 | 0.32 | +0.32 |
| | WAxit | 1. Brenden Hatton 2. Huw Grossmith | 116 | 0.24 | +0.10 |
| | Great Australian | 1. Nathan Webb-Smith 2. Laona Mullings | 113 | 0.23 | +0.23 |
| | Daylight Saving | 1. Wilson Tucker (elected 5) 2. Janet Wilson | 98 | 0.20 | −0.30 |
| | Independent | 1. Anthony Fels 2. Van Son Le | 85 | 0.17 | +0.17 |
| | Health Australia | 1. Teddy Craies 2. Simon Martin | 82 | 0.17 | +0.17 |
| | Independent | 1. Christine Kelly 2. Noel McGinniss | 52 | 0.11 | +0.11 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 49,064 | 97.83 | +0.74 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,088 | 2.17 | −0.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 50,152 | 72.00 | −15.20 |