Electoral district of Central Wheatbelt

Central Wheatbelt
Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Central Wheatbelt; Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
	Location of Central Wheatbelt (dark green) in Western Australia
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2008–present
MP	Mia Davies
Party	National
Namesake	Wheatbelt region
Electors	25,884 (2021)
Area	102,127 km2 (39,431.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	31°21′S 117°33′E / 31.35°S 117.55°E
	Electorates around Central Wheatbelt:

Central Wheatbelt is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district is centrally located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.

Politically, Central Wheatbelt is a safe National Party seat.

History

Central Wheatbelt was first created for the 2008 state election. It was essentially an amalgamation of the abolished National-held districts of Avon and Merredin, although parts of each ended up in neighbouring districts. Roughly half the new district's voters came from each of the two former districts.

The original proposal had the newly created district persisting with the name Merredin.^[1] However, this was the focus of several objections, as Merredin is but one town in the eastern part of this sizeable electorate.^[2] Instead, the more generic name of Central Wheatbelt was adopted.

Geography

Central Wheatbelt incorporates a number of rural inland shires to the east of Perth. Its population centres include Ballidu, Beacon, Beverley, Dowerin, Koorda, Meckering, Merredin, Narembeen, Northam, Pingelly, Southern Cross, Tammin, Westonia, Wongan Hills, Wundowie, Wyalkatchem and York.

Members for Central Wheatbelt

Member		Party	Term
	Brendon Grylls	National	2008–2013
	Mia Davies	National	2013–present

Election results

2021 Western Australian state election: Central Wheatbelt^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Mia Davies	10,101	47.5	+1.4
	Labor	Michelle Nelson	7,191	33.8	+14.3
	Liberal	Rob Forster	1,762	8.3	−3.3
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Stuart Singleton	739	3.5	−1.8
	Christians	Dennis Pease	427	2.0	−0.1
	One Nation	Shaun Reid	405	1.9	−9.6
	Greens	Annabelle Newbury	388	1.8	−1.3
	No Mandatory Vaccination	Brendon Cahill	179	0.8	+0.8
	WAxit	Estelle Gom	70	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			21,262	95.8	−0.3
Informal votes			938	4.2	+0.3
Turnout			22,200	85.8	−3.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Mia Davies	12,901	60.7	−11.5
	Labor	Michelle Nelson	8,357	39.3	+11.5
	National hold		Swing	−11.5