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.
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 1997Balcatta, Cottesloe, Dianella, Floreat, Glendalough, Kingsley, Marangaroo, Marmion, Nedlands, Nollamara, Perth, Scarborough, Wanneroo, Whitford (14) 278,499 30.63% 28 November 1994 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% 4 August 2003 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009Balcatta, Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Girrawheen, Hillarys, Joondalup, Kingsley, Maylands, Mindarie, Nedlands, Perth, Wanneroo, Yokine (14) 374,168 30.78% 29 October 2007 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017Balcatta, Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Girrawheen, Hillarys, Joondalup, Kingsley, Mindarie, Nedlands, Ocean Reef, Perth, Scarborough, Wanneroo (14) 312,578 26.18% 27 November 2015 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021Balcatta, Burns Beach, Butler, Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Girrawheen, Hillarys, Joondalup, Kingsley, Nedlands, Perth, Scarborough, Wanneroo (14) 391,167 24.55% 27 November 2019 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025Balcatta, Burns Beach, Butler, Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Hillarys, Joondalup, Kingsley, Landsdale, Nedlands, Perth, Scarborough, Wanneroo (14) 427,779 24.92%
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 YearMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember Party 1989Sam PiantadosiLaborGraham EdwardsLaborJoe BerinsonLaborReg Davies LiberalBob PikeLiberalMax EvansLiberalGeorge CashLiberal 1991Independent 1993Ross LightfootLiberal 1994Iain MacLeanLiberal 1995 Independent 1996Ed DermerLabor 1996Ken TraversLabor Helen Hodgson DemocratsGiz WatsonGreensRay HalliganLiberal 2001Graham GiffardLaborAlan Cadby Liberal 2004 Independent 2005Peter CollierLiberal 2008 Carolyn Burton Labor 2008Michael MischinLiberalLiz BehjatLiberal 2013 Ljiljanna Ravlich LaborPeter KatsambanisLiberal 2015Martin PritchardLabor 2016Laine McDonaldLabor 2017 Elise Irwin Liberal 2017 Alannah MacTiernan Labor Alison Xamon GreensTjorn SibmaLiberal 2021 Pierre Yang Labor Ayor Makur Chuot Labor Dan Caddy Labor
Election results
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