Electoral district of Warren-Blackwood
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Warren-Blackwood was an electoral district
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
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n state of Western Australia
Western Australia
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 from 1950 to 2008.

Known as Warren until 1996, the district was located in the south-west of the state and first contested at the 1950 state election. The seat was abolished ahead of the 2008 state election
Western Australian state election, 2008
A general election was held in the state of Western Australia on Saturday 6 September 2008 to elect 59 members to the Legislative Assembly and 36 members to the Legislative Council...

 as a result of the reduction in rural seats made necessary by the one vote one value
One vote one value
In Australia, one vote one value is a legislative principle of democracy whereby each electorate has the same population within a specified percentage of variance. In the case of the Commonwealth, the maximum variance for the House of Representatives is 10% above or below the mean...

 reforms. Its former territory was largely absorbed by the seat of Blackwood-Stirling
Electoral district of Blackwood-Stirling
The Electoral district of Blackwood-Stirling is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district takes parts of the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia....

, with parts also added to Vasse
Electoral district of Vasse
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. However proposed electoral boundaries has the district being resurrected from Blackwood-Stirling.

Members for Warren-Blackwood

Warren (1950–1996)
MemberPartyTerm
  Ernest Hoar
Ernest Hoar
Ernest Knight Hoar was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1943 to 1957, representing Nelson until 1950 and Warren-Blackwood thereafter. He served as Minister for Lands and Agriculture from 1953 to 1957....

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...

1950–1957
  Joseph Rowberry Labor 1958–1968
  David Evans Labor 1968–1989
  Paul Omodei
Paul Omodei
Paul Domenic Omodei , Australian politician, was the leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia from 24 March 2006 until 17 January 2008....

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...

1989–1996
Warren-Blackwood (1996–2008)
MemberPartyTerm
  Paul Omodei Liberal 1996–2008
  Independent
Independent (politician)
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2008
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