Electoral district of North West Central

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North West Central
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
WA Election 2021 - North West Central.png
Electoral district of North West Central
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2021 state election to 2025
State Western Australia
Dates current2005–20251
MP Merome Beard
Party Liberal
NamesakeNorth-west region of Western Australia
Electors 10,993 (2021)
Area820,591 km2 (316,832.0 sq mi)
DemographicRural, remote and provincial
Electorates around North West Central:
Indian Ocean Pilbara
Kimberley 		Northern Territory
Indian Ocean North West Central Northern Territory
Indian Ocean Kalgoorlie
Moore 		South Australia
Footnotes
1known as North West Coastal 2005–2008 and North West 2008–2013

North West Central was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 2005 to 2025.

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The district was mostly based in the rural north-west of Western Australia.

History

First known as North West Coastal, the district was first created for the 2005 state election, incorporating territory from the abolished districts of Burrup and Ningaloo. The seat was won by Labor MP, and then member for Burrup, Fred Riebeling.

The district was expanded for the 2008 state election, incorporating more inland territory which resulted in the name change to North West. With Riebeling's decision to retire, the contest pitted Labor MP Vince Catania, then a member of the Legislative Council, against Liberal candidate, and former Ningaloo MP, Rod Sweetman, with Catania emerging victorious. On 20 July 2009, Catania announced his decision to leave the Labor Party to join the rival National Party. [1]

The 2013 state election saw the Labor-leaning Shire of Roebourne transferred to the Pilbara while taking more central areas of the state including the shires of Sandstone and Wiluna, increasing National's hold on the seat. The increase in terms of area in the central part of the state saw yet another name change to North West Central.

Catania resigned on 8 August 2022, resulting in the 2022 North West Central state by-election, [2] [3] which was retained for the Nationals by Merome Beard. [4] On 31 October 2023, Beard announced her decision to leave the National Party to join the Liberal Party. [5]

On 1 December 2023 the Western Australian Electoral Commission merged the seats of Moore and North West Central into the new seat of Mid-West. [6]

Geography

Based in the remote north-west of Western Australia, the district includes the towns of Carnarvon, Coral Bay, Cue, Denham, Exmouth, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Onslow, Paraburdoo, Sandstone, Tom Price, Warburton, Wiluna and Yalgoo.

Members

North West Coastal (2005–2008)
MemberPartyTerm
  Fred Riebeling Labor 2005–2008
North West (2008–2013)
MemberPartyTerm
  Vince Catania Labor2008–2009
  National 2009–2013
North West Central (2013–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Vince Catania National2013–2022
  Merome Beard National2022–2023
  Liberal 2023–2025

Election results

This section is an excerpt from 2022 North West Central state by-election § Election results.[ edit ]
2022 North West Central state by-election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Merome Beard 2,04240.2+0.4
Liberal Will Baston1,35326.6+18.7
Greens Niels Glahn-Bertelsen63512.5+8.4
Legalise Cannabis Leanne Lockyer2695.3+5.3
Western Australia Andrea Randle2024.0+4.0
One Nation Gerald Laurent1973.9+0.9
Western Australia Anthony Fels 1082.1+2.1
No Mandatory Vaccination Aaron Horsman821.6+0.6
Independent Peter Dunne551.1+1.1
  Small Business Peter Baker551.1+1.1
Independent Tony Stokes440.9+0.9
Liberal Democrats Jake McCoull420.8+0.8
Total formal votes5,08495.3−0.2
Informal votes2514.7+0.2
Turnout 5,33547.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Merome Beard 3,07160.5+8.8
Liberal Will Baston2,00839.5+39.5
National hold 
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § North West Central.[ edit ]
2021 Western Australian state election: North West Central [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Cherie Sibosado3,11440.2+13.5
National Vince Catania 3,07539.7+3.6
Liberal Alys McKeough6117.9−7.9
Greens Sandy Burt3184.1−1.5
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Stefan Colagiuri2333.0+2.6
One Nation Robert Tonkin2323.0−8.4
No Mandatory Vaccination A. Agyputri811.0+1.0
Independent Henry Seddon400.5+0.5
WAxit Brendan McKay370.5+0.2
Total formal votes7,74195.5+0.1
Informal votes3674.5−0.1
Turnout 8,10873.8−5.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
National Vince Catania 3,99751.7−8.4
Labor Cherie Sibosado3,73848.3+8.4
National hold Swing −8.4

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Catania quits Labor to join Nationals - ABC News". Archived from the original on 19 November 2010.
  2. ↑ Bourke, Keane (9 August 2022). "Nationals MP Vince Catania hands in resignation for WA seat of North West Central". ABC News. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Law, Peter (9 August 2022). "WA Labor to skip North West Central by-election amid tension between Mark McGowan and Alannah MacTiernan" . The West Australian. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Ferguson, Kate; Carmody, James (17 September 2022). "Western Australian Nationals candidate Merome Beard named winner in North West Central by-election". ABC News. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Nationals MP Merome Beard quits party to join Liberals, throwing opposition alliance into doubt - ABC News".
  6. ↑ "Western Australia State Redistribution – Final Boundaries Released – Antony Green's Election Blog". December 2023.
  7. ↑ 2022 North West Central By-election, WAEC
  8. ↑ 2021 State General Election – North West Central District Results, WAEC

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