North Metropolitan Region (Western Australia)

The North Metropolitan Region was a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the north-western and western suburbs of Perth. It was created by the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with seven members who had been elected at the 1989 state election three months earlier. At the 2008 election, it was decreased to six members.

North Metropolitan Region Western Australia—Legislative Council
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1989-2025
Electors	427,779 (2021)
Area	918 km2 (354.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan
Coordinates	31.57°S 115.66°E / -31.57; 115.66

The region, along with all other Western Australian Electoral Regions, was abolished in time with the 2025 state election, following legislation passed in November 2021 to create a single, state-wide constituency of 37 members.^[1]

Geography

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

Redistribution	Period	Electoral districts	Electors	% of state electors	Area
29 April 1988[2]	22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997	Balcatta, Cottesloe, Dianella, Floreat, Glendalough, Kingsley, Marangaroo, Marmion, Nedlands, Nollamara, Perth, Scarborough, Wanneroo, Whitford (14)	278,499	30.63%	990 km2 (380 sq mi)
28 November 1994[3]	22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005	Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Girrawheen, Hillarys, Innaloo, Joondalup, Kingsley, Maylands, Nedlands, Nollamara, Perth, Wanneroo, Yokine (14)	312,209	30.19%	1,005 km2 (388 sq mi)
4 August 2003[4]	22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009	Balcatta, Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Girrawheen, Hillarys, Joondalup, Kingsley, Maylands, Mindarie, Nedlands, Perth, Wanneroo, Yokine (14)	374,168	30.78%	996 km2 (385 sq mi)
29 October 2007[5]	22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017	Balcatta, Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Girrawheen, Hillarys, Joondalup, Kingsley, Mindarie, Nedlands, Ocean Reef, Perth, Scarborough, Wanneroo (14)	312,578	26.18%	929 km2 (359 sq mi)
27 November 2015[6]	22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021	Balcatta, Burns Beach, Butler, Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Girrawheen, Hillarys, Joondalup, Kingsley, Nedlands, Perth, Scarborough, Wanneroo (14)	391,167	24.55%	872 km2 (337 sq mi)
27 November 2019[7]	22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025	Balcatta, Burns Beach, Butler, Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Hillarys, Joondalup, Kingsley, Landsdale, Nedlands, Perth, Scarborough, Wanneroo (14)	427,779	24.92%	918 km2 (354 sq mi)

Representation

Distribution of seats

As 7-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   Democrats   Greens WA   Independent

Members

Since its creation, the electorate had 22 members. Five of these members had previously been members of the Legislative Council—Joe Berinson and Sam Piantadosi (both North Central Metropolitan), Graham Edwards and Bob Pike (both North Metropolitan) and Max Evans (Metropolitan).

Members for North Metropolitan Region

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1989		Sam Piantadosi	Labor		Graham Edwards	Labor		Joe Berinson	Labor		Reg Davies	Liberal		Bob Pike	Liberal		Max Evans	Liberal		George Cash	Liberal
1991												Independent
1993								Ross Lightfoot	Liberal
1994														Iain MacLean	Liberal
1995			Independent
1996		Ed Dermer	Labor
1996					Ken Travers	Labor		Helen Hodgson	Democrats		Giz Watson	Greens		Ray Halligan	Liberal
2001								Graham Giffard	Labor								Alan Cadby	Liberal
2004																		Independent
2005																	Peter Collier	Liberal
2008								Carolyn Burton	Labor
2008								Michael Mischin	Liberal					Liz Behjat	Liberal
2013		Ljiljanna Ravlich	Labor								Peter Katsambanis	Liberal
2015		Martin Pritchard	Labor
2016					Laine McDonald	Labor
2017											Elise Irwin	Liberal
2017					Alannah MacTiernan	Labor					Alison Xamon	Greens		Tjorn Sibma	Liberal
2021					Pierre Yang	Labor		Ayor Makur Chuot	Labor		Dan Caddy	Labor

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the North Metropolitan Region

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

2021 Western Australian state election: North Metropolitan^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			52,319
	Labor	1. Pierre Yang (elected 1) 2. Martin Pritchard (elected 3) 3. Ayor Makur Chuot (elected 4) 4. Dan Caddy (elected 5) 5. Rhys Vallance 6. Rebeka Marton	215,054	58.72	+21.50
	Liberal	1. Peter Collier (elected 2) 2. Tjorn Sibma (elected 6) 3. Simon Ehrenfeld 4. Tim Walton 5. Michael Mischin	85,379	23.31	−13.16
	Greens	1. Alison Xamon 2. Daniel Vujcich 3. Sarah Newbold	27,077	7.39	−2.58
	Christians	1. Louis Hildebrandt 2. Neil Fearis	6,242	1.70	+0.10
	Legalise Cannabis	1. Max Armstrong-Moore 2. Fred Mulholland	5,380	1.47	+1.47
	One Nation	1. Tyler Walsh 2. Sheila Mundy	5,069	1.38	−5.08
	No Mandatory Vaccination	1. James Pearce 2. A. Cirkovic 3. Sara O'Dal	4,550	1.24	+1.24
	Western Australia	1. Elizabeth Re 2. Steven Pynt	2,669	0.73	+0.13
	Animal Justice	1. Michael Anagno 2. Stephanie Fry	2,593	0.71	−0.48
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	1. Jan Van Niekerk 2. Marty Wenham	2,399	0.66	−0.64
	Liberal Democrats	1. Kate Fantinel 2. Richard Tait	1,419	0.39	−0.70
	Independent	1. Rafe Roberts 2. Carel Husselmann	1,335	0.36	+0.36
	Liberals for Climate	1. Daithi Gleeson 2. Paul Holliday	1,268	0.35	−0.09
	WAxit	1. John Golawski 2. Aleksandra Sommer	1,248	0.34	−0.27
	Sustainable Australia	1. Colin Scott 2. Michael Ferrinda	974	0.27	+0.27
	Daylight Saving	1. Robert Tucker 2. Heather Atcheson	888	0.24	−0.56
	Great Australian	1. Chris Irwin 2. Ben Tonkin	721	0.20	+0.20
	Health Australia	1. Sanjeev Gupta 2. George Helou	577	0.16	+0.16
		1. Michael Tucak 2. John Tucak	482	0.13	−0.15
	Independent	1. Andrea Randle 2. Wvendy Chan	467	0.13	+0.13
	Independent	1. Billy Amesz 2. Steven Gersbach	174	0.05	+0.05
	Independent	T. Ravichandar	148	0.04	+0.04
	Independent	1. N. Spada 2. M. Husselmann	116	0.03	+0.03
Total formal votes			366,229	98.49	+1.40
Informal votes			5,633	1.51	−1.40
Turnout			371,862	86.93	−0.28