Electoral district of Bunbury

Bunbury Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
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State	Western Australia
Dates current	1890–present
MP	Don Punch
Party	Labor
Namesake	Bunbury
Electors	32,845 (2025)
Area	110 km2 (42.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Coordinates	33°22′S115°40′E / 33.36°S 115.66°E / -33.36; 115.66
Electorates around Bunbury: Indian Ocean Indian Ocean Murray-Wellington Indian Ocean Bunbury Collie-Preston Collie-Preston Collie-Preston Collie-Preston

Bunbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district, taking in the city of Bunbury, has existed continuously since 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 general election. Except for 2005-2008 the seat has always been held by the party of government, making it an effective bellwether. Two early Premiers of Western Australia, Sir John Forrest and Sir Newton Moore, held Bunbury during their time in office. However, after Moore's retirement in 1911, another member for Bunbury was not appointed to a cabinet post until 2008, when John Castrilli became Minister for Local Government under Colin Barnett.

Members for Bunbury

Member		Party	Term
	Sir John Forrest	Ministerial	1890–1901
	Thomas Hayward	Ministerial	1901–1904
	Sir Newton Moore	Ministerial	1904–1911
	William Thomas	Labor	1911–1917
		National Labor	1917
	Griffin Money	Nationalist	1917–1924
	Frederick Withers	Labor	1924–1947
	James Murray	Liberal	1947–1949
		LCL	1949–1950
	Frank Guthrie	Labor	1950–1955
	George Roberts	LCL	1955–1962
	Maurice Williams	LCL	1962–1968
		Liberal	1968–1973
	John Sibson	Liberal	1973–1983
	Phil Smith	Labor	1983–1993
	Ian Osborne	Liberal	1993–2001
	Tony Dean	Labor	2001–2005
	John Castrilli	Liberal	2005–2017
	Don Punch	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bunbury

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bunbury.[ edit ]

2025 Western Australian state election: Bunbury ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Punch	9,756	41.7	−18.7
	Liberal	Heather Reid	6,596	28.2	+9.4
	Greens	Patricia Perks	2,141	9.2	+4.4
	Legalise Cannabis	John Bell	1,394	6.0	+3.6
	One Nation	Shane Myles	1,331	5.7	+3.0
	National	Codee-Lee Down	1,240	5.3	+0.9
	Christians	Boyd Davey	627	2.7	+2.7
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Cameron Van Veen	298	1.3	−1.2
Total formal votes			23,383	96.0	+0.5
Informal votes			982	4.0	−0.5
Turnout			24,365	74.2	−6.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Punch	12,596	58.0	−14.5
	Liberal	Heather Reid	9,121	42.0	+14.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−14.5

Results are not final. Last updated on 9 March 2025 at 4:30 PM AWST

References

1. 2025 State General Election – Bunbury District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 9 March 2025.

External links

• ABC election profiles: 2005 2008
• WAEC district maps: current boundaries, previous distributions