Mining and Pastoral Region

Mining and Pastoral Region
Western Australia—Legislative Council
Mining and Pastoral Region; Western Australia—Legislative Council
	Location of Mining and Pastoral Region in Western Australia
State	Western Australia
Created	1989
MP	Peter Foster (Labor); Stephen Dawson (Labor); Kyle McGinn (Labor); Rosetta Sahanna (Labor); Neil Thomson (Liberal); Wilson Tucker (Daylight Saving);
Party	Labor (4); Liberal (1); Daylight Saving (1);
Electors	69,651 (2021)
Area	2,205,281 km2 (851,463.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	24°23′S 122°45′E / 24.38°S 122.75°E

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.^[1]

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

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

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