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Electoral district of Central Wheatbelt

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State
  
Western Australia

MP
  
Mia Davies

Member of parliament
  
Mia Davies

Dates current
  
2008–present

Electors
  
26,334 (2017)

Namesake
  
Wheatbelt

Electoral district of Central Wheatbelt

Area
  
101,240 km (39,089.0 sq mi)

Demographic
  
Electoral region of Agricultural

Party
  
National Party of Western Australia

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

Contents

As the name suggests, 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 almagamation 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. However, this was the focus of several objections, as Merredin is but one town in the eastern part of this sizeable electorate. 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, Meckering, Merredin, Narembeen, Northam, Westonia, Wongan Hills, Wundowie, Wyalkatchem and York.

References

Electoral district of Central Wheatbelt Wikipedia