The electoral region of Agricultural is 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 (Electoral Reform) 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 is made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts, which change at each distribution.
Since its creation, the electorate has 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.
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a Members serving for the 2009–2013 term were elected in 2008 but did not take their seats in Parliament until 22 May 2009.
b Members serving for the 2013–2017 term did not take their seats in Parliament until 22 May 2013.
1 Labor MLC Jim Brown resigned on 3 March 1992. Kim Chance was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 18 March 1992.
2 National MLC Eric Charlton resigned on 28 July 1998. Dexter Davies was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy on 11 August 1998.
3 Frank Hough was elected as a One Nation member, but resigned from the party on 1 June 2004 and sat as an independent. He later co-founded the New Country Party, and represented them in the Council until the end of his term.
4 Liberal MLC Margaret Rowe resigned on 22 June 2007. Brian Ellis was elected in the resulting countback on 16 July 2007.
5 National MLC Murray Criddle resigned on 2 January 2008. Wendy Duncan was elected in the resulting countback on 29 January 2008.
6 Anthony Fels was elected as a Liberal member, but resigned from the party on 31 July 2008. He subsequently sat as an independent and recontested his seat unsuccessfully at the 2008 election as a WAFamilyFirst.com Party candidate.
7 Max Trenorden and Philip Gardiner resigned from the National Party in 2012. They subsequently sat as independents and recontested the region on an independent ticket.
8 National MLC Mia Davies resigned her seat on 12 February 2013 to contest the lower house seat of Central Wheatbelt. Martin Aldridge was elected in the resulting countback on 5 April 2013.
1 National MLC Paul Brown resigned his seat on 6 February 2017 to contest the lower house seat of Geraldton.
