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Central Wheatbelt Electorate Profile



Current Member
Mia Jane Davies
(NAT)

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Mia was first elected to represent the Agricultural Region at the 2008 State election. At the 2013 State election, Mia successfully contested the seat of Central Wheatbelt for The Nationals WA.

In November 2013 Mia made history when she became the first female party member to be appointed Deputy Leader of The Nationals WA. A month later she was appointed to Cabinet as Minister for Water; Forestry and in late 2014 added the Sport and Recreation portfolio to her Ministerial responsibilities.

As Minister Mia was responsible for taking carriage of many important programs, including the $127.5 million Water for Food initiative, which is driving irrigated agriculture expansion in regional WA through 15 major projects. Roll-out of a $21 million Softwood Industry Strategy and Native Sandalwood Industry Strategy were among her achievements in the Forestry portfolio.

Following the 2017 State Election Mia was elected Parliamentary Leader of The Nationals WA.

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Statistical Profile of the Central Wheatbelt Electorate



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*New* Statistics for 2021 Election Boundaries


About the Central Wheatbelt Electorate

Suburbs/Towns:
Adamsvale, Aldersyde, Ardath, Baandee, Babakin, Badgerin Rock, Badgin, Badjaling, Bakers Hill, Balkuling, Balladong, Ballidu, Bally Bally, Barbalin, Beacon, Bencubbin, Benjaberring, Beverley, Bilbarin, Bonnie Rock, Boddington, Booralaming, Brookton, Bruce Rock, Buckland, Bullaring, Bulyee, Burakin, Burges, Burlong, Burracoppin, Burran Rock, Cadoux, Caljie, Chandler, Clackline, Cleary, Cold Harbour, Copley, Corrigin, Cowcowing, Cramphorne, Cubbine, Cunderdin, Cunjardine, Daadenning Creek, Dale, Daliak, Dandanning, Dangin, Doodenanning, Doodlakine, Dowerin, Dukin, Dulbelling, East Ballidu, East Beverley, Elabbin, Flynn, Gabbin, Gilgering, Goomalling, Goomarin, Gorge Rock, Grass Valley, Greenhills
Greenwoods Valley, Gwambygine, Hindmarsh, Hines Hill, Hulongine, Hyden, Inkpen, Irishtown, Jelcobine, Jennacubbine, Jennapullin, Karlgarin, Karloning, Karranadgin, Katrine, Kauring, Kellerberrin, Kokeb, Kondinin, Kondut, Konnongorring, Koomberkine, Koorda, Korbel, Korrelocking, Kulja, Kunjin, Kununoppin, Kurrenkutten, Kweda, Kwelkan, Kwolyin, Lake Brown, Lake Hinds, Lake Margarette, Lake Ninan, Malabaine, Malebelling, Manmanning, Meckering, Meenaar, Merredin, Minnivale, Mocardy, Mokine, Mollerin, Morbinning, Mt Caroline, Mt Hardey, Mt Stirling, Mt Walker, Mukinbudin, Muluckine, Mumberkine, Muntadgin, Muresk, Nalkain, Nangeenan, Narembeen, Narraloggan, Nembudding, Newcarlbeon, Nokaning, Norpa, North Baandee, North Kellerberrin, North Kununoppin, North Tammin, North Trayning, North Wialk, North Yelbeni, Northam, Nukarni, Nungarin, Pantapin, Pingelly, Quairading
Quelagetting, Quellington, Rossmore, Shackleton, South Burracoppin, South Doodlakine, South Kumminin, South Kununoppin, South Quairading, South Tammin, South Trayning, South Yelbeni, Southern Brook, Spencers Brook, St Ronans, Talbot, Talbot West, Talgomine, Tammin, Tampu, Tandegin, Throssell, Trayning, Ucarty, Ucarty West, Wadderin, Waeel, Walyormouring, Wamenusking, Warding East, Watercarrin, Wattoning, Welbungin, West Ballidu, West Holleton, Westdale, Wailki, Wandering, Westonia, Wilberforce, Wilgoyne, Wongamine, Wongan Hills, Woolocutty, Woottating, Wundowie, Wyalkatchem, Wyola West, Yelbeni, Yilgarn, York, Yoting, Youndegin

Source:
Western Australian Electoral Commission. State Electorate Information.


Schools in the Central Wheatbelt Electorate:

Government:
Avonvale Education Support Centre
Avonvale Primary School
Babakin Primary School
Bakers Hill Primary School
Beacon Primary School
Bencubbin Primary School
Beverley District High School
Boddington District High School
Brookton District High School
Bruce Rock District High school
Cadoux Primary School
Corrigin District High School
Cunderdin District High School
Dowerin District High school
Goomalling Primary School
Hyden Primary School
Kellerberrin District High School
Kondinin Primary School
Koorda Primary School
Meckering Primary School
Merredin College
Moorine Rock Primary School
Mukinbudin District High School
Narembeen District High School
Northam Primary School
Northam Senior High School
Nungarin Primary School
Pingelly Primary School
Quairading District High School
Southern Cross District High School
Tammin Primary School
Trayning Primary School
WA College of Agriculture - Cunderdin
Wandering Primary School
West Northam Primary School
Western Australian College of Agriculture (Cunderdin)
Wongan Hills District High School
Wundowie Primary School
Wyalkatchem District High School
York District High School

Other:

OneSchool Global
Sacred Heart Catholic School
St Joseph's School (Northam & Southern Cross)
St Mary's School
Area (km2) 101,240; Number of Electors: 25,500 (9 March 2015)

Source:
Western Australian Electoral Commission. State Electorate Information.

Nomenclature:
The district of Central Wheatbelt includes the existing district of Merredin, expanded west to include the shires of Beverley, York and the newly amalgamated Shire of Northam. The name Central Wheatbelt, renamed from the proposed Merredin, has been chosen, in response to objections, to better reflect the new extent of the district

Source:
Western Australia. Department of Land Administration. Names and Places.

Local Newspapers
Hills Gazette
Merredin-Wheatbelt Mercury
Avon Valley & Wheatbelt Advocate
Narrogin Observer
Toodyay Herald
Cental Midlands & Coastal Advocate


Books about Central Wheatbelt:

Dunne, Marilyn (ed): Beacon, the beginning (2017)

Eva Braid: From afar a people drifted - the story of Koorda, a wheatbelt settlement (504p. E Forbes, 1997)

Frances Eaton: The golden grain and the silver fleece - a history of Quairading from 1859-1930 (200p. Quairading Shire Council, 1979)

Terry Spence: A man, his dog and a dead kangaroo: Kellerberrin, Doodlakine, Baandee (412p. Shire of Kellerberrin, 2001)

F A Law: The history of the Merredin District (222p. Merredin Road Board, 1961)

Iris Bristow: Seedtime & harvest - a history of the Narembeen district 1888-1988 (206p. Narembeen Shire Council, 1988)

Anne Rogers: Wongan Hills - work in progress 1911-2011 (148p. Shire of Wongan-Ballidu, 2011)

Colin Jasper: Cunderdin a hundred years on (186p. Access Press, 2006)

Joseph Stokes: Cunderdin-Meckering, a wheatlands history (333p. Hyland House, 1986)

Barbara Sewell: Goomalling, a backward glance - a history of the district (484p. Goomalling Shire Council,1998)

F H Broomhall: Mount Marshall - a history of the district and its people from earliest times to 1942 (435p. Shire of Mount Marshall, 1983)

Audrey Webb: Condinin, Karlgarin, Hyden - community, time and place (416p. Shire of Kondinin, 1988)

Jocelyn Maddock: On the line - a history of the Shire of Mukinbudin (447p. Shire of Mukinbudin, 1987)

Olga Joukovsky-Vaisvila: Around the rock - a history of the Shire of Nungarin Western Australia (116p. Nungarin Shire Council, 1978)

Des Repton: Wheat, wool and wodjil - a tribute to the people and events that moulded the district of Tammin (419p. Access Press, 1999)

C Fitzgerald Fraser: A history of Dowerin (62p. Dowerin Road Board, 1929)

Stan Gervas: Tin Dog Creek - the Dowerin story 1897-1997 (272p. Shire of Dowerin, 1997)

Hellen Antonio-Crake: Koorda - a district emerges (129p. Koorda Shire Council, 1974)

Glen McLaren: Beverley - our journey through time, a history of the Shire of Beverley (258p. Shire of Beverley, 2002)

John K Ewers: Bruce Rock - the story of a district (142p. Bruce Rock District Road Board, 1959)

Ross Haig: Corrigin - pioneering days and beyond (166p. Shire of Corrigin, 1982)

Donald Garden: Northam - an Avon Valley history (288p. Hesperian Press, 1992)

Reg Appleyard: A history of Trayning - the Shire's contribution to the development of Western Australia's eastern wheatbelt (306p. UWAP Custom, 2009)

Monica Mulcahy: Duri-iring - an outline of the development of the Trayning district with an emphasis on the contribution of Catholics (37p. 1968)

Frank Parker: The road to York - from Guildford to York, Western Australia, an early history (36p. Parker Print, 2006)

A M Clack: Origins of the York town hall (43p. York Society, 2011)


Local Governments within District
Shire of Beverley
Shire of Boddington
Shire of Brookton
Shire of Bruce Rock
Shire of Corrigin
Shire of Cunderdin
Shire of Dowerin
Shire of Goomalling
Shire of Kellerberrin
Shire of Kondinin
Shire of Koorda
Shire of Merredin
Shire of Mt Marshall
Shire of Mukinbudin
Shire of Narembeen
Shire of Northam
Shire of Nungarin
Shire of Pingelly
Shire of Quairading
Shire of Tammin
Shire of Trayning
Shire of Wandering
Shire of Westonia
Shire of Wongan-Ballidu
Shire of Wyalkatchem
Shire of Yilgarn
Shire of York




2017 Election Result





* Results by Polling Place etc.

* Election Analysis:


Successive Members for the Central Wheatbelt District



Brendon Grylls
Constituency created under Redistribution of Seats 2007
NamePartyTerm
Brendon GryllsNational Party2008 - 2013
Mia Jane DaviesNational Party2013 -




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