East Metropolitan Region

East Metropolitan Region
Western Australia—Legislative Council
East Metropolitan Region; Western Australia—Legislative Council
	Location of East Metropolitan Region in the Perth metropolitan area
State	Western Australia
MP	Alanna Clohesy; Samantha Rowe; Matthew Swinbourn; Lorna Harper; Donna Faragher; Brian Walker;
Party	Labor (4); Liberal (1); Legalise Cannabis (1);
Electors	423,759 (2021)
Area	3,681 km2 (1,421.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

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

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
2017–2021
2021–2025

**Legend:**
	Labor
	Liberal
	Greens WA
	Democrats
	One Nation
	Legalise Cannabis

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		Party		Party		Party		Party		Party		Party
1989	Tom Butler	Labor	Fred McKenzie	Labor	Kay Hallahan	Labor	Peter Foss	Liberal	Derrick Tomlinson	Liberal
1993			Fred McKenzie	Labor	Valma Ferguson	Labor
1993			Nick Griffiths	Labor	Alannah MacTiernan	Labor
1995	Valma Ferguson	Labor			Alannah MacTiernan	Labor
1996	Valma Ferguson	Labor			Paul Sulc	Labor
1996	Ljiljanna Ravlich	Labor			Norm Kelly	Democrats
2001					Louise Pratt	Labor
2005					Louise Pratt	Labor	Helen Morton	Liberal	Donna Faragher	Liberal
2007					Batong Pham	Labor
2008			Jock Ferguson	Labor	Alison Xamon	Greens					Alyssa Hayden	Liberal
2010			Linda Savage	Labor	Alison Xamon	Greens
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

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

^ "'Devastating for regional communities': WA government uses majority to overhaul state's electoral laws". ABC News. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^ "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 29 April 1988. p. 1988:1339-1527.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (29 October 2007). "East Metropolitan Region Profile". Retrieved 22 October 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (27 November 2015). "East Metropolitan Region". Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (27 November 2019). "East Metropolitan Region". Retrieved 9 March 2021.
^ "2021 State General Election Results: East Metropolitan Region". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

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[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.

[Results_of_the_2021_Western_Australian_state_election_(Legislative_Council)_waec-results1-8] "2021 State General Election Results: East Metropolitan Region". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

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