Electoral region of East Metropolitan

The electoral region of East Metropolitan 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.

Geography

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

Redistribution	Period	Electoral districts	Electors	% of State	Area
29 April 1988[1]	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 km^2 (1,500 sq mi)
28 November 1994[2]	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 km^2 (1,475 sq mi)
4 August 2003[3]	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 km^2 (1,470 sq mi)
29 October 2007[4]	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 km^2 (1,427 sq mi)

Representation

Distribution of seats

As 5-member seat: Election Seats won 1989–1993           1993–1997           1997–2001           2001–2005           2005–2009           As 6-member seat: Election Seats won 2009–2013             2013–2017

Legend:   Labor   Liberal   Greens WA   Democrats

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 of the Legislative Council—Fred McKenzie and Tom Butler.

		Five member seat					Six member seat
Member	Party	1989–93	1993–97	1997–01	2001–05	2005–09	2009–13^[a]	2013-17^[b]
Kay Hallahan^[1]	Labor	–1993
Fred McKenzie	Labor
Tom Butler^[2]	Labor		–1995
Valma Ferguson^[1]^[2]	Labor	1993	1995–
Alannah MacTiernan^[3]	Labor		–1996
Nick Griffiths	Labor
Ljiljanna Ravlich	Labor
Louise Pratt^[4]	Labor					–2007
Batong Pham^[4]	Labor					2007–
Jock Ferguson^[5]	Labor						–2010
Linda Savage^[5]	Labor						2010–
Alanna Clohesy	Labor
Samantha Rowe	Labor
Amber-Jade Sanderson	Labor
Peter Foss	Liberal
Derrick Tomlinson	Liberal
Donna Faragher	Liberal
Helen Morton	Liberal
Alyssa Hayden	Liberal
Norm Kelly	Democrats
Alison Xamon	Greens WA

Notes

^a Members serving for the 2009–2013 term were elected in 2008 but do not take their seats in Parliament until 22 May 2009.

^b next term of office

¹ Labor MLC Kay Hallahan resigned on 13 January 1993 to contest the seat of Armadale at the 1993 election. On 2 February 1993, Valma Ferguson was appointed to fill the vacancy, but was not sworn in.

² Labor MLC Tom Butler resigned on 28 February 1995. On 4 April 1995, Labor member Valma Ferguson was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy.

³ Labor MLC Alannah MacTiernan resigned on 21 November 1996 to contest the seat of Armadale at the 1996 election. The resulting vacancy was not filled.

⁴ Labor MLC Louise Pratt resigned on 29 October 2007 to run for the Australian Senate at the 2007 federal election. Batong Pham was elected in the resulting countback on 26 November.

⁵ Labor MLC Jock Ferguson died on 13 February 2010. Linda Savage was elected in the resulting countback on 22 March.

References

1. "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 29 April 1988. p. 1988:1339-1527.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (29 October 2007). "East Metropolitan Region Profile". Retrieved 2008-10-22.