The South-East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act (No.2) 1963, and became effective on 22 May 1965. The province, with its mix of safe Labor and Liberal Assembly seats, also produced mixed fortunes for both parties until 1983, when a redistribution turned it into a safe Labor seat and the two sitting Liberal members successfully transferred to the new South Central Metropolitan Province seat.
In 1989, the province was abolished by the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, and was split between the East Metropolitan and South Metropolitan five-member regions under the new proportional voting system.
Geography The province was made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts, which changed at each distribution.
RedistributionPeriodElectoral districtsElectors% of State 1963–64 22 May 1965 – 22 May 1968Beeloo, Canning, South Perth, Victoria Park 41,772 11.27 1966 22 May 1968 – 22 May 1974Canning, Clontarf, South Perth, Victoria Park 46,715 11.29 1972 22 May 1974 – 22 May 1977Canning, Clontarf, South Perth, Victoria Park, Welshpool 75,933 13.78 1976 22 May 1977 – 22 May 1983Clontarf, Gosnells, Murdoch, South Perth 59,792 9.45 1982 22 May 1983 – 22 May 1989Armadale, Canning, Gosnells, Murdoch 62,749 8.83
Representation Members Member 1 Party Term Member 2 Party Term Jerry Dolan Labor 1965–1974 Clive Griffiths Liberal 1965–1983 Grace Vaughan Labor 1974–1980 Phillip Pendal Liberal 1980–1983 Kay Hallahan Labor 1983–1989 Bob Hetherington Labor 1983–1989
Transferred to South Central Metropolitan Province at the 1983 election.
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