East Metropolitan Province

The East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was created by a redistribution in 1976, and took effect on 22 May 1977 following the 1977 state election. It was formed from parts of the North-East Metropolitan and South-East Metropolitan provinces, and was a safe Labor seat.

The province had two concurrent members during its brief history — Bob Hetherington and Fred McKenzie, both of the Australian Labor Party. The 1982 redistribution increased the number of metropolitan provinces from 6 to 7 (as against 10 in the rural and peri-urban areas), but abolished the East Metropolitan Province. Its members won election in neighbouring provinces at the 1983 election.

The province was made up of four complete Legislative Assembly districts — those of Ascot, Canning, Victoria Park and Welshpool. At its creation, it represented 62,396 electors (9.86% of the State).

References

"Electoral Districts Act 1947-1975 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 9 June 1976. p. 1975:1781-1847.
"Electoral Districts Act 1947-1981 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 20 January 1982. p. 1982:113-173.

Electoral provinces of Western Australia, 1965–1989

Metropolitan	Metropolitan East Metropolitan (1977–1983) North Metropolitan North Central Metropolitan (1983–1989) North-East Metropolitan South Metropolitan South Central Metropolitan (1983–1989) South-East Metropolitan

Rural	Central Lower Central Lower North Lower West North South South-East South-West Upper West West

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