Electoral district of Wagin

Wagin Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1911–1950; 1989–present
MP	Terry Waldron
Party	National
Namesake	Wagin
Area	72,488 km^2 (27,987.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Agricultural

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

Wagin is named for the rural town of Wagin. The district covers a vast expanse of territory in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region.

The district is a safe National Party seat.

Geography

Wagin is a large rural electorate in the southern part of the Wheatbelt region. Its major population centres include Cuballing, Boddington, Brookton, Corrigin, Gnowangerup, Hyden, Lake Grace, Katanning, Kojonup, Narrogin and Wagin.

History

Wagin was first created for the 1911 state election. Until 1947, its member was Sydney Stubbs who represented several different conservative parties over that time. Stubbs was succeeded by Crawford Nalder, who would later become Country Party leader. Wagin was abolished ahead of the 1950 state election whence Nalder instead became the member for Katanning.

Wagin was recreated at the 1989 state election. The first member of the recreated seat was National MP Bob Wiese, formerly the member for Narrogin; the district that Wagin largely replaced. Wiese was succeeded by current member and National MP Terry Waldron at the 2001 state election.

Members for Wagin

Wagin (1911–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	Sydney Stubbs	Liberal (WA)	1911–1917
		Country	1917–1923
		Country (MCP)	1923–1924
		Nationalist	1924–1927
		Country	1927–1947
	Crawford Nalder	Country	1947–1950
Wagin (1989–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Bob Wiese	National	1989–2001
	Terry Waldron	National	2001–present

Election results

Western Australian state election, 2013: Wagin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	WA Nationals	Terry Waldron	12,108	63.7	+0.4
	Liberal	Phillip Blight	3,316	17.4	+0.3
	Labor	Josh Stokes	2,122	11.2	+0.4
	Greens	Shirley Collins	849	4.5	+0.7
	Christians	Jacky Young	620	3.3	–0.6
Total formal votes			19,015	95.6	–1.1
Informal votes			869	4.4	+1.1
Turnout			19,884	90.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Phillip Blight	14,408	75.8	+0.9
	Labor	Josh Stokes	4,588	24.2	–0.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	WA Nationals	Terry Waldron	14,623	76.9	–1.5
	Liberal	Phillip Blight	4,390	23.1	+1.5
	WA Nationals hold		Swing	–1.5

References

External links

• ABC Election Profiles: 2005 2008
• WAEC District Maps: 1996–2005 2005–2008 2008–