Electoral district of Bunbury

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

Bunbury Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Location of Bunbury (dark green) south of the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1890–present
MP	Don Punch
Party	Labor
Namesake	Bunbury
Electors	29,392 (2019)
Area	82 km^2 (31.7 sq mi)
Demographic	South West

The district, taking in the city of Bunbury has existed continuously since 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 general election. From 1974 to 2005 the seat was always held by the party of government, making it an effective bellwether. Two early Premiers of Western Australia, Sir John Forrest and Sir Newton Moore, held Bunbury during their time in office. However, after Moore's retirement in 1911, another member for Bunbury was not appointed to a cabinet post until 2008, when John Castrilli became Minister for Local Government under Colin Barnett.

Members for Bunbury

Member		Party	Term
	Sir John Forrest	Ministerial	1890–1901
	Thomas Hayward	Ministerial	1901–1904
	Sir Newton Moore	Ministerial	1904–1911
	William Thomas	Labor	1911–1917
		National Labor	1917
	Griffin Money	Nationalist	1917–1924
	Frederick Withers	Labor	1924–1947
	James Murray	Liberal	1947–1949
		LCL	1949–1950
	Frank Guthrie	Labor	1950–1955
	George Roberts	LCL	1955–1962
	Maurice Williams	LCL	1962–1968
		Liberal	1968–1973
	John Sibson	Liberal	1973–1983
	Phil Smith	Labor	1983–1993
	Ian Osborne	Liberal	1993–2001
	Tony Dean	Labor	2001–2005
	John Castrilli	Liberal	2005–2017
	Don Punch	Labor	2017–present

Election results

2017 Western Australian state election: Bunbury[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Punch	10,099	43.9	+14.4
	Liberal	Ian Morison	5,118	22.2	−30.0
	National	James Hayward	3,162	13.7	+6.4
	One Nation	Samuel Brown	2,050	8.9	+8.9
	Greens	Michael Baldock	1,559	6.8	+0.4
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Bernie Masters	804	3.5	+3.5
	Flux the System!	Anthony Shannon	172	0.7	+0.7
	Micro Business	Aldo Del Popolo	65	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			23,029	95.2	+1.3
Informal votes			1,150	4.8	−1.3
Turnout			24,179	86.5	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Punch	14,003	60.8	+23.0
	Liberal	Ian Morison	9,010	39.2	−23.0
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+23.0

References

1. Bunbury District Profile and Results, 2017 State General Election, WAEC.

External links

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