State Western Australia MP Terry Redman | Dates current 2008–2013 Member of parliament Terry Redman | |
Namesake Blackwood River; Stirling Range Area 24,934 km (9,627.1 sq mi) Demographic Electoral region of South West Party National Party of Western Australia | ||
Blackwood-Stirling was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.
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The district takes parts of the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.
Politically, Blackwood-Stirling was a conservative seat. It is theoretically competitive between the two conservative forces in Western Australian politics: the Liberal Party and the National Party.
History
Blackwood-Stirling was first created for the 2008 state election. It was essentially an almagamation of the Liberal-held district of Warren-Blackwood and the National-held district of Stirling, although parts of each ended up in neighbouring districts. 52 per cent of the new district's voters came from the former district, whilst 37 per cent came from the latter. The remainder were previously a part of the National-held district of Wagin. The former member for Stirling, National MP Terry Redman, won the seat at the election.
Prior to the 2013 state election an electoral redistribution shifted the district to the west, moving many of the former Stirling voters into the district of Wagin and adding voters from the district of Collie-Preston. The realigned district was now essentially an expanded version of the old Warren-Blackwood district and the former name was resumed.
Geography
Blackwood-Stirling incorporated the following government councils: Shire of Boyup Brook, Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Shire of Cranbrook, Shire of Denmark, Shire of Manjimup, Shire of Nannup, Shire of Plantagenet as well as a southern portion of the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River.