Agricultural Region


The Agricultural Region was a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the South West, Peel and part of the Great Southern regions of the state. It was created by the Acts Amendment Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with five members who had been elected at the 1989 state election three months earlier. At the 2008 election, it was increased to six members.
The region, along with all other Western Australian Electoral Regions, was abolished in time with the 2025 state election, following legislation passed in November 2021 to create a single, state-wide constituency of 37 members.

Geography

The Region was made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts, which changed at each distribution.
RedistributionPeriodElectoral districtsElectors% of state electorsArea
29 April 198822 May 1989 – 22 May 1997
Avon,
Geraldton,
Greenough,
Merredin,
Moore,
Roe,
Wagin 		80,6268.89%
28 November 199422 May 1997 – 22 May 2005As per 198887,1378.27%
4 August 200322 May 2005 – 22 May 2009As per 198894,8777.81%
29 October 200722 May 2009 – 22 May 2017
Central Wheatbelt,
Geraldton,
Moore,
Wagin 		82,4796.56%
27 November 201522 May 2017 – 22 May 2021
Central Wheatbelt,
Geraldton,
Moore,
Roe 		102,7486.45%
27 November 201922 May 2021 – 22 May 2025
As per 2015		103,3786.02%

Representation

Distribution of seats

Members

Since its creation, the electorate had 25 members, only seven of whom were or are not from either the Liberal or National parties. All five of the members elected in 1989 had previously been members of the Legislative Council—two from the South Province, one from the Central Province, one from the South-East Province, and one from the Upper West Province.

Election results