Electoral district of Bunbury

Bunbury Western Australia—Legislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1890–present
MP	Don Punch
Party	Labor
Namesake	Bunbury
Electors	32,845 (2025)
Area	110 km2 (42.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Coordinates	33.36°S 115.66°E / -33.36; 115.66
Electorates around Bunbury: Indian Ocean Indian Ocean Murray-Wellington Indian Ocean Bunbury Collie-Preston Vasse Collie-Preston Collie-Preston

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

The district, taking in the local government areas of the City of Bunbury and part of the Shire of Capel including Dalyellup, has existed continuously since 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 general election. Since 1959, the seat has been held by the party of government for all but two terms, 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

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bunbury

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly) § Bunbury.[edit]

2025 Western Australian state election: Bunbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Don Punch	10,669	40.9	−19.6
	Liberal	Heather Reid	7,223	27.7	+8.8
	Greens	Patricia Perks	2,530	9.7	+4.9
	Legalise Cannabis	John Bell	1,631	6.2	+3.9
	One Nation	Shane Myles	1,556	6.0	+3.3
	National	Codee-Lee Down	1,425	5.5	+1.0
	Christians	Boyd Davey	721	2.8	+2.8
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Cameron Van Veen	351	1.3	−1.2
Total formal votes			26,106	94.8	−0.6
Informal votes			1,425	5.2	+0.6
Turnout			27,531	83.8	+3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Don Punch	14,901	57.1	−15.4
	Liberal	Heather Reid	11,178	42.9	+15.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−15.4

External links

• ABC election profiles: 2005 Archived 10 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine 2008 Archived 9 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
• WAEC district maps: current boundaries Archived 15 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine, previous distributions