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Federal division, rural

# Forrest

In Western Australia. The advertiser we follow here has spent under $100 on Facebook and Instagram ads.

## Sitting member

- [ **Ben Small** Liberal, Forrest ](https://politics.computer/mp/ben-small)

About

## About Forrest

Forrest is a rural federal electoral division in Western Australia's South West region, in the House of Representatives. It is held by Ben Small of the Liberal Party of Australia. The seat includes the cities of Bunbury and Busselton and several surrounding shires. Ben Small's Facebook and Instagram ads currently focus on defence and foreign affairs.

Created

1922

Named after

John Forrest, first Premier of Western Australia

Notable former members

Nelson Lemmon, Gordon Freeth, Geoff Prosser

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FForrest), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Forrest whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

1. [Ben Small MP](https://politics.computer/mp/ben-small) MP, Liberal  
under $100 1 ad, 1 running

 At least  Up to (Meta only publishes ranges) 

## Their biggest ads

- [![Labor’s Defence Backflip: After almost 125,000 people signed our petition to stop Labor’s fire sale of Australia’s national defence sites, ](https://politics.computer/media/a83b8f804aaf2bb053de0c6a169c08283f453360f3a763afd128ce7acd7ff0c6?w=480) Ben Small MPUnder $100 spent Running since 9 Nov](https://politics.computer/ad/a83b8f804aaf2bb053de0c6a169c08283f453360f3a763afd128ce7acd7ff0c6)

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