Electoral district of Bunbury
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The Electoral district of Bunbury is an electoral district
of the Legislative Assembly
in the Australia
n 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 state election. From the 1983 to 2001 election the seat was a bellwether
seat.
Electoral districts of Western Australia
The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as electorates or seats....
of the Legislative Assembly
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth....
in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
.
The district, taking in the city of Bunbury
Bunbury, Western Australia
The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the State Capital Perth and Mandurah. It is situated south of Perth's central business district...
has existed continuously since 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. From the 1983 to 2001 election the seat was a bellwether
Bellwether
A bellwether is any entity in a given arena that serves to create or influence trends or to presage future happenings.The term is derived from the Middle English bellewether and refers to the practice of placing a bell around the neck of a castrated ram leading his flock of sheep.The movements of...
seat.
Members for Bunbury
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Forrest John Forrest Sir John Forrest GCMG was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament.... |
Ministerial | 1890–1901 | |
| Thomas Hayward | Ministerial | 1901–1904 | |
| Newton Moore Newton Moore Major-General Sir Newton James Moore KCMG , was the eighth Premier of Western Australia and a member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1932.... |
Ministerial | 1904–1911 | |
| William Thomas | Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1911–1917 | |
| National Labor National Labor Party The National Labor Party was the name used by the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes for himself and his followers after he was expelled from the Australian Labor Party in November 1916 over his pro-conscription stance in relation to World War I... |
1917 | ||
| Griffin Money | Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
1917–1924 | |
| Frederick Withers | Labor | 1924–1947 | |
| James Murray | Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
1947–1950 | |
| Frank Guthrie Frank Guthrie Frank Edward Huntingdon Guthrie was an England born South African international rugby union half-back. Although born in Notting Hill, London, Guthrie was educated at Diocesan College in Cape Town, where he also played provincial rugby for Western Province... |
Labor | 1950–1955 | |
| George Roberts | Liberal | 1955–1962 | |
| Maurice Williams | Liberal | 1962–1973 | |
| John Sibson | Liberal | 1973–1983 | |
| Phil Smith | Labor | 1983–1993 | |
| Ian Osborne | Liberal | 1993–2001 | |
| Tony Dean | Labor | 2001–2005 | |
| John Castrilli John Castrilli Giovanni "John" Mario Castrilli was born 22 November 1950 in Roccamandolfi in Italy. He has been a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Bunbury after winning the seat in the 2005 election.... |
Liberal | 2005–present | |