Electoral district of Bunbury

Bunbury Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Western Australia
Dates current:	1890–present
MP:	John Castrilli
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	Bunbury
Area:	66 km² (25 sq mi)
Demographic:	South West

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

The district, taking in the city of Bunbury has existed continuously since 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. From the 1983 to 2001 election the seat was a bellwether seat.

Members for Bunbury

Member		Party	Term
	John Forrest	Ministerial	1890–1901
	Thomas Hayward	Ministerial	1901–1904
	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	1947–1950
	Frank Guthrie	Labor	1950–1955
	George Roberts	Liberal	1955–1962
	Maurice Williams	Liberal	1962–1973
	John Sibson	Liberal	1973–1983
	Phil Smith	Labor	1983–1993
	Ian Osborne	Liberal	1993–2001
	Tony Dean	Labor	2001–2005
	John Castrilli	Liberal	2005–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bunbury

Western Australian state election, 2008: Bunbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Castrilli	9,400	53.58	+12.2
	Labor	Peter MacFarlane	5,192	29.60	-12.7
	Greens WA	Peter Eckersley	1,591	9.07	+3.0
	Family First	Mandy Roberts	1,009	5.75	+1.9
	Christian Democrats	Edward Dabrowski	351	2.00	+0.7
Total formal votes			17,543	95.35
Informal votes			856	4.65
Turnout			18,399	83.87
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal	John Castrilli	10,825	61.73	+12.6
	Labor	Peter MacFarlane	6,711	38.27	-12.6
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+12.6

External links

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