The East Metropolitan Region was 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.
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.
Geography The Region was made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts, which changed at each distribution.
RedistributionPeriodElectoral districtsElectors% of state electorsArea 29 April 1988 22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997Armadale, Belmont, Darling Range, Helena, Kenwick, Maylands, Morley, Roleystone, Swan Hills, Thornlie (10) 195,221 21.47% 28 November 1994 22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005 Armadale, Ballajura, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Midland, Roleystone, Southern River, Swan Hills, Thornlie (10) 227,055 21.96% 4 August 2003 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009Armadale, Ballajura, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Midland, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Southern River, Swan Hills, Thornlie (10) 261,662 21.53% 29 October 2007 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017Armadale, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Forrestfield, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Maylands, Midland, Morley, Mount Lawley, Nollamara, Swan Hills, West Swan (14) 311,378 26.07% 27 November 2015 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021Armadale, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Forrestfield, Kalamunda, Maylands, Midland, Mirrabooka, Morley, Mount Lawley, Swan Hills, Thornlie, West Swan (14) 395,451 24.82% 27 November 2019 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025As per 2015 423,759 24.68%
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
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Members Since its creation, the electorate 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 YearMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember Party 1989Tom ButlerLaborFred McKenzieLabor Kay Hallahan LaborPeter FossLiberalDerrick TomlinsonLiberal 1993 Valma Ferguson Labor 1993Nick GriffithsLaborAlannah MacTiernanLabor 1995Valma FergusonLabor 1996 Paul Sulc Labor 1996Ljiljanna RavlichLabor Norm Kelly Democrats 2001Louise PrattLabor 2005Helen MortonLiberalDonna FaragherLiberal 2007 Batong Pham Labor 2008 Jock Ferguson LaborAlison XamonGreensAlyssa HaydenLiberal 2010 Linda Savage Labor 2013Alanna ClohesyLaborSamantha RoweLabor Amber-Jade Sanderson Labor 2017 Bill Leadbetter Labor 2017Matthew SwinbournLaborTim CliffordGreensCharles Smith One Nation 2019 Independent 2020 Western Australia 2021 Lorna Harper Labor Brian Walker Legalise Cannabis
Election results
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