South West Region (Western Australia)

This article is about the electoral region. For other uses, see South West, Western Australia.
South West Region
Western Australia—Legislative Council
Location of South West Region in
StateWestern Australia
Created1989
MP
Party
  •   Labor (2)
  •   Liberal (1)
  •   Independent (3)
Electors242,983 (2021)
Area38,592 km2 (14,900.5 sq mi)
DemographicRegional

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.[1]

  1. ^ "'Devastating for regional communities': WA government uses majority to overhaul state's electoral laws". ABC News. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023.