East Metropolitan Region

East Metropolitan Region
Western Australia—Legislative Council
Location of East Metropolitan Region in the Perth metropolitan area
StateWestern Australia
MP
Party
  •   Labor (4)
  •   Liberal (1)
  •   Legalise Cannabis (1)
Electors423,759 (2021)
Area3,681 km2 (1,421.2 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The East Metropolitan Region is 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.

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

Armadale, Belmont, Darling Range, Helena, Kenwick, Maylands, Morley, Roleystone, Swan Hills, Thornlie (10)

195,221 21.47% 3,800 km2 (1,500 sq mi)
28 November 1994[3] 22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005

Armadale, Ballajura, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Midland, Roleystone, Southern River, Swan Hills, Thornlie (10)

227,055 21.96% 3,821 km2 (1,475 sq mi)
4 August 2003[4] 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009

Armadale, Ballajura, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Midland, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Southern River, Swan Hills, Thornlie (10)

261,662 21.53% 3,808 km2 (1,470 sq mi)
29 October 2007[5] 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017

Armadale, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Forrestfield, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Maylands, Midland, Morley, Mount Lawley, Nollamara, Swan Hills, West Swan (14)

311,378 26.07% 3,697 km2 (1,427 sq mi)
27 November 2015[6] 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021

Armadale, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Forrestfield, Kalamunda, Maylands, Midland, Mirrabooka, Morley, Mount Lawley, Swan Hills, Thornlie, West Swan (14)

395,451 24.82% 3,800 km2 (1,500 sq mi)
27 November 2019[7] 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025

As per 2015

423,759 24.68% 3,681 km2 (1,421 sq mi)

Representation

Distribution of seats

Members

Since its creation, the electorate has 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.

Members for East Metropolitan Region
Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1989 Tom Butler Labor Fred McKenzie Labor Kay Hallahan Labor Peter Foss Liberal Derrick Tomlinson 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 Louise Pratt Labor
2005 Helen Morton Liberal Donna Faragher Liberal
2007 Batong Pham Labor
2008 Jock Ferguson Labor Alison Xamon Greens Alyssa Hayden Liberal
2010 Linda Savage Labor
2013 Alanna Clohesy Labor Samantha Rowe Labor Amber-Jade Sanderson Labor
2017 Bill Leadbetter Labor
2017 Matthew Swinbourn Labor 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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council) § East Metropolitan.[edit]
2021 Western Australian state election: East Metropolitan[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 50,311
Labor 1. Alanna Clohesy (elected 1)
2. Samantha Rowe (elected 2)
3. Matthew Swinbourn (elected 3)
4. Lorna Harper (elected 4)
5. Robert Green
6. John Keogh 		232,094 65.90 +19.40
Liberal 1. Donna Faragher (elected 5)
2. Phil Twiss
3. Greg Halls
4. Daniel Newman
5. Jeremy Quinn 		48,343 13.73 −11.23
Greens 1. Tim Clifford
2. Caroline Perks
3. Callan Gray 		21,285 6.04 −2.86
Legalise Cannabis 1. Brian Walker (elected 6)
2. Karl Reinmuth 		9,258 2.63 +2.63
Christians 1. Maryka Groenewald
2. Jamie van Burgel 		8,860 2.52 +0.04
One Nation 1. Dale Grillo
2. Tim Orr 		5,122 1.45 −6.57
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. Trevor Ruwoldt
2. Coby Thomas 		4,436 1.26 −0.78
No Mandatory Vaccination 1. Patricia Ayre
2. Daniel Hall 		3,987 1.13 +1.13
Western Australia 1. Charles Smith
2. James Anthony 		2,904 0.82 +0.41
Independent Peter Lyndon-James 2,738 0.78 +0.78
Animal Justice 1. Amanda Dorn
2. Nicole Arielli 		2,571 0.73 −0.73
Liberal Democrats 1. Craig Buchanan
2. Neil Hamilton 		1,879 0.53 −0.50
Liberals for Climate 1. Marilyn Lottering
2. R. Smith 		1,818 0.52 +0.06
Independent 1. David Larsen
2. Brian Brightman 		1,360 0.39 +0.39
WAxit 1. Satinder Samra
2. Robin Singh
3. Monty Singh 		1,223 0.35 −0.41
Health Australia 1. Lidia Skorokhod
2. Lisa Rowe 		1,106 0.31 +0.31
Sustainable Australia 1. Nicole Watts
2. Keith Lethbridge 		1,047 0.30 +0.30
Daylight Saving 1. James McManus
2. Mark Bradley 		828 0.24 −0.55
Great Australian 1. Benny Tilbury
2. Bradley Ward 		820 0.23 +0.23
Independent Hayley Doan 494 0.14 +0.14
Total formal votes 352,173 97.75 +0.66
Informal votes 8,098 2.25 −0.66
Turnout 360,271 85.02 −2.19

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). "East Metropolitan Region Profile". Retrieved 22 October 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (27 November 2015). "East Metropolitan Region". Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  7. ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (27 November 2019). "East Metropolitan Region". Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  8. ^ "2021 State General Election Results: East Metropolitan Region". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

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