From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

East Metropolitan Region

Electoral region in Perth, Western Australia

Summary

Electoral region in Perth, Western Australia

Field	Value
upper	yes
name	East Metropolitan Region
state	wa
image	WA Election 2021 - East Metropolitan Region.png
caption	Location of East Metropolitan Region in the Perth metropolitan area
electors	423759
electors_year	2021
area	3681
class	Metropolitan
coordinates
lifespan	1989-2025

| mp-party = The East Metropolitan Region was a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the eastern and south-eastern suburbs of Perth. It was created by the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with five members who had been elected at the 1989 state election three months earlier. At the 2008 election, it was increased to six members.

The region, along with all other Western Australian Electoral Regions, was abolished in time with the 2025 state election, following legislation passed in November 2021 to create a single, state-wide constituency of 37 members.

Geography

The Region was made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts, which changed at each distribution.

Redistribution	Period	Electors	% of state electors	Area
29 April 1988	22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997	195,221	21.47%	3800 km2
28 November 1994	22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005	227,055	21.96%	3821 km2
4 August 2003	22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009	261,662	21.53%	3808 km2
29 October 2007	22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017	311,378	26.07%	3697 km2
27 November 2015	22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021	395,451	24.82%	3800 km2
27 November 2019	22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025	423,759	24.68%	3681 km2

Representation

Distribution of seats

Election	Seats won
	1989–1993	Labor}}
	1993–1997	Labor}}
	1997–2001	Labor}}
	2001–2005	Labor}}
	2005–2009	Labor}}

Election	Seats won
	2009–2013	Labor}}
	2013–2017	Labor}}
	2017–2021	Labor}}
	2021–2025	Labor}}

Legalise Cannabis WA}}		Legalise Cannabis

Members

Since its creation, the electorate had 21 members. Two of the members elected in 1989 had previously been members for the North-East Metropolitan Province (Fred McKenzie and Tom Butler) and one had previously been a member for the South-East Metropolitan Province (Kay Hallahan) of the Legislative Council.

Year	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party
1989	Labor}}		Tom Butler	Labor	Labor}}		Fred McKenzie	Labor	Labor}}		Kay Hallahan	Labor	Liberal}}	Peter Foss	Liberal
1993	Valma Ferguson	Labor
1993	Nick Griffiths	Labor	Alannah MacTiernan	Labor
1995	Valma Ferguson	Labor
1996	Paul Sulc	Labor
1996	Ljiljanna Ravlich	Labor			Norm Kelly	Democrats
2001	Labor}}		Louise Pratt	Labor
2005	Helen Morton	Liberal	Donna Faragher	Liberal
2007	Batong Pham	Labor
2008	Jock Ferguson	Labor	Greens}}		Alison Xamon	Greens	Liberal}}		Alyssa Hayden	Liberal
2010	Linda Savage	Labor
2013	Alanna Clohesy	Labor	Samantha Rowe	Labor	Labor}}		Amber-Jade Sanderson	Labor
2017	Bill Leadbetter	Labor
2017	Matthew Swinbourn	Labor	Greens}}		Tim Clifford	Greens			Charles Smith	One Nation
2019			Independent
2020			Western Australia
2021			Lorna Harper	Labor			Brian Walker	Legalise Cannabis

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the East Metropolitan Region

References

(2025-02-08). "Scrapping region-based voting in WA could have unintended consequences". ABC News.
(29 April 1988). "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council".
(28 November 1994). "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Six Electoral Regions and 57 Electoral Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners".
(4 August 2003). "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Electoral Regions and Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners".
Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC). (29 October 2007). "East Metropolitan Region Profile".
Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC). (27 November 2015). "East Metropolitan Region".
Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC). (27 November 2019). "East Metropolitan Region".

Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

electoral-regions-of-western-australia

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about East Metropolitan Region — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report