South Metropolitan Region

The South Metropolitan Region was 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
State	Western Australia
Dates current	1989-2025
Electors	449,182 (2021)
Area	799 km2 (308.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

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 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

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   Liberal Democrats

Members

Since its creation, the electorate 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).

Members for South Metropolitan Region

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
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
2025											Victoria Helps	Labor

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the South Metropolitan Region

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
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