Electoral district of North West Central

North West Central Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
State	Western Australia
Dates current	2005–present1
MP	Vince Catania
Party	National
Namesake	North west region of Western Australia
Area	409,083 km2 (157,947.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Mining and Pastoral
Footnotes

North West Central is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.

The district is mostly based in the rural north-west of Western Australia. It is a marginal seat.

History

First known as North West Coastal, the district was first created for the 2005 state election, incorporating territory from the abolished districts of Burrup and Ningaloo. The seat was won by Labor MP, and then member for Burrup, Fred Riebeling.

The district was expanded for the 2008 state election, incorporating more inland territory which resulted in the name change to North West. With Riebeling's decision to retire, the contest pitted Labor MP Vince Catania, then a member of the Legislative Council, against Liberal candidate, and former Ningaloo MP, Rod Sweetman, with Catania emerging victorious. On 20 July 2009, Catania announced his decision to leave the Labor Party to join the rival National Party.

The 2013 state election saw the Labor-leaning Shire of Roebourne transferred to the Pilbara while taking more central areas of the state including the shires of Sandstone and Wiluna, increasing National's hold on the seat. The increase in terms of area in the central part of the state saw yet another name change to North West Central

Geography

Based in the remote north west of Western Australia, the district includes the towns of Carnarvon, Coral Bay, Cue, Denham, Exmouth, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Onslow, Paraburdoo, Sandstone, Tom Price, Wiluna and Yalgoo.

Members

North West Coastal (2005–2008)
Member		Party	Term
	Fred Riebeling	Labor	2005–2008
North West (2008–2013)
Member		Party	Term
	Vince Catania	Labor	2008–2009
		National	2009–2013
North West Central (2013–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Vince Catania	National	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of North West Central

Western Australian state election, 2013: North West Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	WA Nationals	Vince Catania	3,235	44.2	+21.4
	Liberal	Tami Maitre	2,114	28.9	–0.4
	Labor	Jennifer Shelton	1,523	20.8	–11.9
	Greens	Des Pike	364	5.0	–0.9
	Christians	Andrew Eddison	86	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			7262	94.1	–1.5
Informal votes			454	5.9	+1.5
Turnout			7,716	79.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tami Maitre	4,611	63.5	+10.2
	Labor	Jennifer Shelton	2,649	36.5	–10.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	WA Nationals	Vince Catania	4,334	59.3	+59.7
	Liberal	Tami Maitre	2,925	40.7	–13.0
	WA Nationals hold		Swing	+59.7