Bunbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
Bunbury Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Location of Bunbury (dark green) south of the Perth metropolitan area | |||||||||||||||
State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1890–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Don Punch | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Bunbury | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 30,474 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 111 km2 (42.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 32°02′S 115°47′E / 32.03°S 115.79°E | ||||||||||||||
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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
editMember | Party | Term | |
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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
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Don Punch | 14,791 | 60.5 | +16.9 | |
Liberal | Matt Foreman | 4,604 | 18.8 | −3.6 | |
Greens | Patricia Perks | 1,170 | 4.8 | −2.0 | |
National | Codee-Lee Down | 1,081 | 4.4 | −9.4 | |
One Nation | Gail Jones | 656 | 2.7 | −6.2 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Shane Hastie | 615 | 2.5 | −1.0 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Kelly Hibbert | 582 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Western Australia | Kieran Noonan | 415 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
No Mandatory Vaccination | Anthony Merrifield | 348 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Sustainable Australia | James Minson | 158 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
WAxit | Dan Acatinca | 43 | 0.2 | −0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 24,463 | 95.5 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,163 | 4.5 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 25,626 | 84.1 | −2.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Don Punch | 17,730 | 72.5 | +12.0 | |
Liberal | Matt Foreman | 6,719 | 27.5 | −12.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +12.0 |
References
editExternal links
edit- ABC election profiles: 2005 2008
- WAEC district maps: current boundaries, previous distributions