The electoral region of Mining and Pastoral is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the northern and eastern 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 20 members. All five of the members elected in 1989 had previously been members of the Legislative Council—two from the Lower North Province, two from the North Province and one from the South-East Province.
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a Members serving for the 2009–2013 term were elected in 2008 but do not take their seats in Parliament until 22 May 2009.
b Members serving for the 2013–2017 term do not take their seats in Parliament until 22 May 2013.
1 Mark Nevill was elected as a Labor member, but resigned to sit as an independent on 23 August 1999.
2 Tom Helm was elected as a Labor member, but resigned to sit as an independent on 27 July 2000 after losing preselection to recontest his seat at the 2001 state election.
3 John Fischer was elected as a One Nation member, but resigned from the party on 1 June 2004 and served out his term as an independent.
4 Labor MLC Tom Stephens resigned his seat on 28 September 2004 to contest the federal Kalgoorlie at the 2004 election, after the existing candidate died suddenly. Kevin Leahy served as a temporary replacement for the remainder of Stephens' term. Though Stephens failed to win the Kalgoorlie contest, he was instead elected to the Legislative Assembly as the member for Central Kimberley-Pilbara on 26 February 2005.
5 Shelley Archer was elected as a Labor member, but resigned from the party on 15 November 2007 after Premier Alan Carpenter called for her expulsion from parliament over an ongoing corruption scandal. She served out her term as an Independent and, despite initial suggestions to the contrary, did not recontest.
6 Labor MLC Vince Catania resigned his seat on 17 September 2008 to contest the lower house seat of North West. Shelley Eaton was elected in the resulting countback on 12 August 2008 to serve the remainder of his term.
7 National MLC Wendy Duncan resigned her seat on 12 February 2013 to contest the lower house seat of Kalgoorlie. Dave Grills was elected in the resulting countback on 5 April 2013.
