East Metropolitan Region

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.

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

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

Main article: Electoral results for the East Metropolitan Region

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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council) § East Metropolitan.[edit]

References

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.
8. "2021 State General Election Results: East Metropolitan Region". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

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