The South Metropolitan Region is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. 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.
| South Metropolitan Region Western Australia—Legislative Council | |
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| State | Western Australia |
| Created | 1989 |
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| Electors | 449,182 (2021) |
| Area | 799 km2 (308.5 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Metropolitan |
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 | Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 1988[2] | 22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997 | Applecross, Cockburn, Fremantle, Jandakot, Melville, Peel, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Victoria Park (10) | 195,574 | 21.51% | 590 km2 (230 sq mi) |
| 28 November 1994[3] | 22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005 | Alfred Cove, Cockburn, Fremantle, Murdoch, Peel, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Victoria Park,Electoral district of Willagee (10) | 221,337 | 21.61% | 590 km2 (230 sq mi) |
| 4 August 2003[4] | 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009 | Alfred Cove, Cockburn, Fremantle, Murdoch, Peel, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Victoria Park,Electoral district of Willagee (10) | 263,620 | 21.69% | 577 km2 (223 sq mi) |
| 29 October 2007[5] | 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017 | Alfred Cove, Bateman, Cannington, Cockburn, Fremantle, Jandakot, Kwinana, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Southern River, Victoria Park,Warnbro,Willagee (14) | 311,583 | 26.09% | 754 km2 (291 sq mi) |
| 27 November 2015[6] | 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021 | Baldivis, Bateman, Bicton, Cannington, Cockburn, Fremantle, Jandakot, Kwinana, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Southern River, Victoria Park,Warnbro,Willagee (15) | 409,325 | 25.69% | 753 km2 (291 sq mi) |
| 27 November 2019[7] | 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025 | As per 2015 | 449,182 | 26.16% | 799 km2 (308 sq mi) |
Representation
Distribution of seats
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Members
Since its creation, the electorate has had 16 members. Four of the members elected in 1989 had previously been members of the Legislative Council—Clive Griffiths and Phillip Pendal (both South Central Metropolitan), John Halden (North Metropolitan) and Garry Kelly (South Metropolitan).
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||||||
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| 1989 | Cheryl Davenport | Labor | John Halden | Labor | Garry Kelly | Labor | Phillip Pendal | Liberal | Clive Griffiths | Liberal | ||||||||
| 1993 | Diane Airey | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Jim Scott | Greens | Barbara Scott | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Simon O'Brien | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Graham Giffard | Labor | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Kate Doust | Labor | Sue Ellery | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Lynn MacLaren | Greens | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | Sheila Mills | Labor | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Lynn MacLaren | Greens | Phil Edman | Liberal | Nick Goiran | Liberal | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Pierre Yang | Labor | Aaron Stonehouse | Liberal Democratic | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Klara Andric | Labor | Stephen Pratt | Labor | Brad Pettitt | Greens | ||||||||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Quota | 54,302 | ||||
| Labor | 1. Sue Ellery (elected 1) 2. Kate Doust (elected 3) 3. Klara Andric (elected 4) 4. Stephen Pratt (elected 5) 5. Victoria Helps 6. Kelly McManus | 239,248 | 62.94 | +18.08 | |
| Liberal | 1. Nick Goiran (elected 2) 2. Michelle Hofmann 3. Ka-ren Chew 4. Robert Reid 5. Nitin Vashisht 6. Scott Stirling | 67,000 | 17.63 | −7.22 | |
| Greens | 1. Brad Pettitt (elected 6) 2. Lynn MacLaren 3. Daniel Garlett | 26,257 | 6.91 | −2.34 | |
| Christians | 1. Warnar Spyker 2. Sylvia Iradukunda | 7,290 | 1.92 | −0.06 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | 1. Moshe Bernstein 2. Scott Shortland | 6,877 | 1.81 | +1.81 | |
| One Nation | 1. Philip Scott 2. Bradley Dickinson | 3,972 | 1.04 | −5.95 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Steven Tonge 2. Paul Bedford | 3,920 | 1.03 | −0.47 | |
| No Mandatory Vaccination | 1. Cam Tinley 2. Michael Fletcher 3. Greg Bell | 3,842 | 1.01 | +1.01 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 1. Aaron Stonehouse 2. Harvey Smith 3. Jared Neaves 4. Ivan Tomshin 5. Laurentiu Zamfirescu 6. Peter Leech | 3,369 | 0.89 | −3.02 | |
| Liberals for Climate | 1. Keith Pomeroy 2. Daniel Herron | 3,262 | 0.86 | +0.49 | |
| Animal Justice | 1. Colleen Saporita 2. Katrina Love | 3,033 | 0.80 | −0.48 | |
| Western Australia | 1. Katy Mair 2. Gavin Waugh | 2,312 | 0.61 | +0.27 | |
| Independent | 1. Graham West 2. Liam Strickland | 1,683 | 0.44 | +0.44 | |
| WAxit | 1. Peter McLernon 2. Jo-Anne Vincent-Barwood | 1,341 | 0.35 | −0.33 | |
| Daylight Saving | 1. Amanda Klaj 2. Craig Curtis | 1,319 | 0.35 | −0.45 | |
| Sustainable Australia | 1. Ryan Oostryck 2. Jane Loveday | 1,169 | 0.31 | +0.31 | |
| Great Australian | 1. Samantha Vinci 2. Susan Hoddinott | 1,097 | 0.29 | +0.29 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 1. Marianne Mackay 2. Dirk Kelly | 948 | 0.25 | −0.14 | |
| Health Australia | 1. Michele Castle 2. Catheryn Wright | 646 | 0.17 | +0.17 | |
| Independent | Larry Foley | 397 | 0.10 | +0.10 | |
| Independent | 1. Jourdan Kestel 2. Lee Herridge | 371 | 0.10 | +0.10 | |
| Independent | 1. Mark Rowley 2. Marlie Touchell | 273 | 0.07 | +0.07 | |
| Independent | 1. Glen Leslie 2. Stephen Yarwood | 202 | 0.05 | +0.05 | |
| Independent | 1. Stan Francis 2. Jeremy Lay | 160 | 0.04 | +0.04 | |
| Independent | 1. Dave Glossop 2. Lewis Butto | 112 | 0.03 | +0.03 | |
| Independent | Leon Hamilton | 10 | 0.00 | +0.00 | |
| Total formal votes | 380,110 | 98.08 | +0.99 | ||
| Informal votes | 7,432 | 1.92 | −0.99 | ||
| Turnout | 387,542 | 86.28 | −0.93 | ||