North Metropolitan Region (Western Australia)

North Metropolitan Region
Western Australia—Legislative Council
StateWestern Australia
Created1989
MP
Party
  •   Labor (4)
  •   Liberal (2)
Electors427,779 (2021)
Area918 km2 (354.4 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan
Coordinates31°34′S 115°40′E / 31.57°S 115.66°E / -31.57; 115.66

The North Metropolitan Region is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the north-western and western suburbs of Perth. It was created by the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with seven members who had been elected at the 1989 state election three months earlier. At the 2008 election, it was decreased to six members.

Legislation to abolish the region, along with all other Western Australian Electoral Regions was passed in November 2021, with the 2025 state election to use a single state-wide electorate of 37 members.[1]

Geography

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

Redistribution Period Electoral districts Electors % of state electors Area
29 April 1988[2] 22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997

Balcatta, Cottesloe, Dianella, Floreat, Glendalough, Kingsley, Marangaroo, Marmion, Nedlands, Nollamara, Perth, Scarborough, Wanneroo, Whitford (14)

278,499 30.63% 990 km2 (380 sq mi)
28 November 1994[3] 22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005

Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Girrawheen, Hillarys, Innaloo, Joondalup, Kingsley, Maylands, Nedlands, Nollamara, Perth, Wanneroo, Yokine (14)

312,209 30.19% 1,005 km2 (388 sq mi)
4 August 2003[4] 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009

Balcatta, Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Girrawheen, Hillarys, Joondalup, Kingsley, Maylands, Mindarie, Nedlands, Perth, Wanneroo, Yokine (14)

374,168 30.78% 996 km2 (385 sq mi)
29 October 2007[5] 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017

Balcatta, Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Girrawheen, Hillarys, Joondalup, Kingsley, Mindarie, Nedlands, Ocean Reef, Perth, Scarborough, Wanneroo (14)

312,578 26.18% 929 km2 (359 sq mi)
27 November 2015[6] 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021

Balcatta, Burns Beach, Butler, Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Girrawheen, Hillarys, Joondalup, Kingsley, Nedlands, Perth, Scarborough, Wanneroo (14)

391,167 24.55% 872 km2 (337 sq mi)
27 November 2019[7] 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025

Balcatta, Burns Beach, Butler, Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Hillarys, Joondalup, Kingsley, Landsdale, Nedlands, Perth, Scarborough, Wanneroo (14)

427,779 24.92% 918 km2 (354 sq mi)

Representation

Distribution of seats

Members

Since its creation, the electorate has had 22 members. Five of these members had previously been members of the Legislative Council—Joe Berinson and Sam Piantadosi (both North Central Metropolitan), Graham Edwards and Bob Pike (both North Metropolitan) and Max Evans (Metropolitan).

Members for North Metropolitan Region
Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1989 Sam Piantadosi Labor Graham Edwards Labor Joe Berinson Labor Reg Davies Liberal Bob Pike Liberal Max Evans Liberal George Cash Liberal
1991 Independent
1993 Ross Lightfoot Liberal
1994 Iain MacLean Liberal
1995 Independent
1996 Ed Dermer Labor
1996 Ken Travers Labor Helen Hodgson Democrats Giz Watson Greens Ray Halligan Liberal
2001 Graham Giffard Labor Alan Cadby Liberal
2004 Independent
2005 Peter Collier Liberal
2008 Carolyn Burton Labor
2008 Michael Mischin Liberal Liz Behjat Liberal
2013 Ljiljanna Ravlich Labor Peter Katsambanis Liberal
2015 Martin Pritchard Labor
2016 Laine McDonald Labor
2017 Elise Irwin Liberal
2017 Alannah MacTiernan Labor Alison Xamon Greens Tjorn Sibma Liberal
2021 Pierre Yang Labor Ayor Makur Chuot Labor Dan Caddy Labor

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the North Metropolitan Region
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council) § North Metropolitan.[edit]
2021 Western Australian state election: North Metropolitan[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 52,319
Labor 1. Pierre Yang (elected 1)
2. Martin Pritchard (elected 3)
3. Ayor Makur Chuot (elected 4)
4. Dan Caddy (elected 5)
5. Rhys Vallance
6. Rebeka Marton 		215,054 58.72 +21.50
Liberal 1. Peter Collier (elected 2)
2. Tjorn Sibma (elected 6)
3. Simon Ehrenfeld
4. Tim Walton
5. Michael Mischin 		85,379 23.31 −13.16
Greens 1. Alison Xamon
2. Daniel Vujcich
3. Sarah Newbold 		27,077 7.39 −2.58
Christians 1. Louis Hildebrandt
2. Neil Fearis 		6,242 1.70 +0.10
Legalise Cannabis 1. Max Armstrong-Moore
2. Fred Mulholland 		5,380 1.47 +1.47
One Nation 1. Tyler Walsh
2. Sheila Mundy 		5,069 1.38 −5.08
No Mandatory Vaccination 1. James Pearce
2. A. Cirkovic
3. Sara O'Dal 		4,550 1.24 +1.24
Western Australia 1. Elizabeth Re
2. Steven Pynt 		2,669 0.73 +0.13
Animal Justice 1. Michael Anagno
2. Stephanie Fry 		2,593 0.71 −0.48
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. Jan Van Niekerk
2. Marty Wenham 		2,399 0.66 −0.64
Liberal Democrats 1. Kate Fantinel
2. Richard Tait 		1,419 0.39 −0.70
Independent 1. Rafe Roberts
2. Carel Husselmann 		1,335 0.36 +0.36
Liberals for Climate 1. Daithi Gleeson
2. Paul Holliday 		1,268 0.35 −0.09
WAxit 1. John Golawski
2. Aleksandra Sommer 		1,248 0.34 −0.27
Sustainable Australia 1. Colin Scott
2. Michael Ferrinda 		974 0.27 +0.27
Daylight Saving 1. Robert Tucker
2. Heather Atcheson 		888 0.24 −0.56
Great Australian 1. Chris Irwin
2. Ben Tonkin 		721 0.20 +0.20
Health Australia 1. Sanjeev Gupta
2. George Helou 		577 0.16 +0.16
1. Michael Tucak
2. John Tucak 		482 0.13 −0.15
Independent 1. Andrea Randle
2. Wvendy Chan 		467 0.13 +0.13
Independent 1. Billy Amesz
2. Steven Gersbach 		174 0.05 +0.05
Independent T. Ravichandar 148 0.04 +0.04
Independent 1. N. Spada
2. M. Husselmann 		116 0.03 +0.03
Total formal votes 366,229 98.49 +1.40
Informal votes 5,633 1.51 −1.40
Turnout 371,862 86.93 −0.28

References

  1. ^ "'Devastating for regional communities': WA government uses majority to overhaul state's electoral laws". ABC News. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 29 April 1988. p. 1988:1339-1527.
  3. ^ "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Six Electoral Regions and 57 Electoral Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners". Western Australia Government Gazette. 28 November 1994. p. 1994:6135-6327.
  4. ^ "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Electoral Regions and Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners". Western Australia Government Gazette. 4 August 2003. p. 2003:3475-3566.
  5. ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (29 October 2007). "North Metropolitan Region Profile". Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  6. ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (27 November 2015). "North Metropolitan Region". Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  7. ^ "2019 Review of Western Australia's Electoral Boundaries" (PDF). Electoral Boundaries WA. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  8. ^ "2021 State General Election Results: North Metropolitan Region". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 April 2021.