South-East Metropolitan Province


The South-East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1963, and became effective on 22 May 1965. The province, with its mix of safe Labor and Liberal Assembly seats, also produced mixed fortunes for both parties until 1983, when a redistribution turned it into a safe Labor seat and the two sitting Liberal members successfully transferred to the new South Central Metropolitan Province seat.
In 1989, the province was abolished by the Acts Amendment Act 1987, and was split between the East Metropolitan and South Metropolitan five-member regions under the new proportional voting system.

Geography

The province was made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts, which changed at each distribution.
RedistributionPeriodElectoral districtsElectors% of State
1963–6422 May 1965 – 22 May 1968
Beeloo,
Canning,
South Perth,
Victoria Park		41,77211.27
196622 May 1968 – 22 May 1974
Canning,
Clontarf,
South Perth,
Victoria Park		46,71511.29
197222 May 1974 – 22 May 1977
Canning,
Clontarf,
South Perth,
Victoria Park,
Welshpool		75,93313.78
197622 May 1977 – 22 May 1983
Clontarf,
Gosnells,
Murdoch,
South Perth		59,7929.45
198222 May 1983 – 22 May 1989
Armadale,
Canning,
Gosnells,
Murdoch		62,7498.83

Representation

Members

Transferred to South Central Metropolitan Province at the 1983 election.