Electoral district of Central Wheatbelt

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Central Wheatbelt
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
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Electoral district of Central Wheatbelt
Interactive map of district boundaries
State Western Australia
Dates current2008–present
MP Lachlan Hunter
Party National
Namesake Wheatbelt region
Electors 32,155 (2025)
Area97,953 km2 (37,819.9 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Coordinates 31°25′S117°55′E / 31.41°S 117.91°E / -31.41; 117.91
Electorates around Central Wheatbelt:
Moore North West Central Kalgoorlie
Moore Central Wheatbelt Kalgoorlie
Swan Hills
Darling Range
Murray-Wellington 		Roe Roe

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

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The district is centrally located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

Politically, Central Wheatbelt is a safe National Party seat.

History

Central Wheatbelt was first created for the 2008 state election. It was essentially an amalgamation of the abolished National-held districts of Avon and Merredin, although parts of each ended up in neighbouring districts. Roughly half the new district's voters came from each of the two former districts.

The original proposal had the newly created district persisting with the name Merredin. [1] However, this was the focus of several objections, as Merredin is but one town in the eastern part of this sizeable electorate. [2] Instead, the more generic name of Central Wheatbelt was adopted.

Geography

Central Wheatbelt incorporates a number of rural inland shires to the east of Perth. Its population centres include Ballidu, Beacon, Beverley, Dowerin, Koorda, Meckering, Merredin, Narembeen, Northam, Pingelly, Southern Cross, Tammin, Westonia, Wongan Hills, Wundowie, Wyalkatchem and York.

Members for Central Wheatbelt

MemberPartyTerm
  Brendon Grylls National 2008–2013
  Mia Davies National 2013–present
  Lachlan Hunter National 2025–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Central Wheatbelt.[ edit ]
2025 Western Australian state election: Central Wheatbelt [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Lachlan Hunter6,28947.1+1.7
Labor Rebecca Atkinson2,43918.3−16.5
Liberal Lance French1,86614.0+5.0
One Nation Peter Lines1,66512.5+10.4
Greens Peter Stephen Leam6384.8+2.6
Christians Les Holten4643.5+1.8
Total formal votes13,36196.8+1.0
Informal votes4393.2−1.0
Turnout 13,80042.9−38.8
Results are not final. Last updated on 9 March 2025 at 4:30 PM AWST

References

  1. ↑ "2007 Redistribution: Proposed Boundaries". boundarieswa.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008.
  2. ↑ "2007 Redistribution: Written Objections". boundarieswa.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008.
  3. ↑ 2025 State General Election – Central Wheatbelt District Results, WAEC. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
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