East Metropolitan Region

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East Metropolitan Region
Western AustraliaLegislative Council
WA Election 2021 - East Metropolitan Region.png
Location of East Metropolitan Region in the Perth metropolitan area
State Western Australia
MP
Party
  •   Labor (4)
  •   Liberal (1)
  •   Legalise Cannabis (1)
Electors 423,759 (2021)
Area3,681 km2 (1,421.2 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The East Metropolitan Region is 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.

Contents

Legislation to abolish the region, along with all other Western Australian Electoral Regions was passed in November 2021, with the 2025 state election to use a single state-wide electorate of 37 members. [1]

Geography

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

RedistributionPeriodElectoral districtsElectors% of state electorsArea
29 April 1988 [2] 22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997

Armadale, Belmont, Darling Range, Helena, Kenwick, Maylands, Morley, Roleystone, Swan Hills, Thornlie (10)

195,22121.47%3,800 km2 (1,500 sq mi)
28 November 1994 [3] 22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005

Armadale, Ballajura, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Midland, Roleystone, Southern River, Swan Hills, Thornlie (10)

227,05521.96%3,821 km2 (1,475 sq mi)
4 August 2003 [4] 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009

Armadale, Ballajura, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Midland, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Southern River, Swan Hills, Thornlie (10)

261,66221.53%3,808 km2 (1,470 sq mi)
29 October 2007 [5] 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017

Armadale, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Forrestfield, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Maylands, Midland, Morley, Mount Lawley, Nollamara, Swan Hills, West Swan (14)

311,37826.07%3,697 km2 (1,427 sq mi)
27 November 2015 [6] 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021

Armadale, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Forrestfield, Kalamunda, Maylands, Midland, Mirrabooka, Morley, Mount Lawley, Swan Hills, Thornlie, West Swan (14)

395,45124.82%3,800 km2 (1,500 sq mi)
27 November 2019 [7] 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025

As per 2015

423,75924.68%3,681 km2 (1,421 sq mi)

Representation

Distribution of seats

Members

Since its creation, the electorate has 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
YearMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
1989 Tom Butler Labor Fred McKenzie Labor Kay Hallahan Labor Peter Foss Liberal Derrick Tomlinson Liberal
1993 Valma Ferguson Labor
1993 Nick Griffiths Labor Alannah MacTiernan Labor
1995 Valma Ferguson Labor
1996 Paul Sulc Labor
1996 Ljiljanna Ravlich Labor Norm Kelly Democrats
2001 Louise Pratt Labor
2005 Helen Morton Liberal Donna Faragher Liberal
2007 Batong Pham Labor
2008 Jock Ferguson Labor Alison Xamon Greens Alyssa Hayden Liberal
2010 Linda Savage Labor
2013 Alanna Clohesy Labor Samantha Rowe Labor Amber-Jade Sanderson Labor
2017 Bill Leadbetter Labor
2017 Matthew Swinbourn Labor Tim Clifford Greens Charles Smith One Nation
2019 Independent
2020 Western Australia
2021 Lorna Harper Labor Brian Walker Legalise Cannabis

Election results

2021

2021 Western Australian state election: East Metropolitan [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 50,311
Labor 1. Alanna Clohesy (elected 1)
2. Samantha Rowe (elected 2)
3. Matthew Swinbourn (elected 3)
4. Lorna Harper (elected 4)
5. Robert Green
6. John Keogh
232,09465.90+19.40
Liberal 1. Donna Faragher (elected 5)
2. Phil Twiss
3. Greg Halls
4. Daniel Newman
5. Jeremy Quinn
48,34313.73−11.23
Greens 1. Tim Clifford
2. Caroline Perks
3. Callan Gray
21,2856.04−2.86
Legalise Cannabis 1. Brian Walker (elected 6)
2. Karl Reinmuth
9,2582.63+2.63
Christians 1. Maryka Groenewald
2. Jamie van Burgel
8,8602.52+0.04
One Nation 1. Dale Grillo
2. Tim Orr
5,1221.45−6.57
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. Trevor Ruwoldt
2. Coby Thomas
4,4361.26−0.78
No Mandatory Vaccination 1. Patricia Ayre
2. Daniel Hall
3,9871.13+1.13
Western Australia 1. Charles Smith
2. James Anthony
2,9040.82+0.41
Independent Peter Lyndon-James2,7380.78+0.78
Animal Justice 1. Amanda Dorn
2. Nicole Arielli
2,5710.73−0.73
Liberal Democrats 1. Craig Buchanan
2. Neil Hamilton
1,8790.53−0.50
Liberals for Climate 1. Marilyn Lottering
2. R. Smith
1,8180.52+0.06
Independent 1. David Larsen
2. Brian Brightman
1,3600.39+0.39
WAxit 1. Satinder Samra
2. Robin Singh
3. Monty Singh
1,2230.35−0.41
Health Australia 1. Lidia Skorokhod
2. Lisa Rowe
1,1060.31+0.31
Sustainable Australia 1. Nicole Watts
2. Keith Lethbridge
1,0470.30+0.30
Daylight Saving 1. James McManus
2. Mark Bradley
8280.24−0.55
Great Australian 1. Benny Tilbury
2. Bradley Ward
8200.23+0.23
Independent Hayley Doan4940.14+0.14
Total formal votes352,17397.75+0.66
Informal votes8,0982.25−0.66
Turnout 360,27185.02−2.19

2017

2017 Western Australian state election: East Metropolitan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 47,831
Labor 1. Alanna Clohesy (elected 1)
2. Samantha Rowe (elected 3)
3. Matthew Swinbourn (elected 4)
4. Thomas French
5. Reece Wheadon
6. Lauren Cayoun
155,70746.51+8.28
Liberal 1. Donna Faragher (elected 2)
2. Alyssa Hayden
3. Helen Morton
4. Christopher Tan
5. Raymond Gianoli
6. Joanna Collins
83,54724.95−21.85
Greens 1. Tim Clifford (elected 5)
2. Sarah Nielsen-Harvey
3. Robyn Walsh
29,8108.90+0.74
One Nation 1. Charles Smith (elected 6)
2. Chris Fernandez
3. Lloyd McIntosh
26,8748.03+8.03
Christians 1. Jamie van Burgel
2. Maryka Groenewald
8,2922.48−0.22
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. Paul Pitaro
2. Mitchell Wellstead
3. Steve Denham
6,8362.04+0.41
Animal Justice 1. Talia Raphaely
2. Nicole Arielli
4,8741.46+1.46
Liberal Democrats 1. Neil Hamilton
2. Todd Phillips
3,4641.03+1.03
Family First 1. Simon Geddes
2. Steve Fuhrmann
3,3611.00+1.00
Daylight Saving 1. Michael Zakrzewski
2. Riley Burkett
2,6420.79+0.79
Micro Business 1. Kelvin White
2. W. Ginbey
2,5310.76+0.76
Flux the System! 1. Rob Redfearn
2. Jim Taylor
1,5220.45+0.45
Matheson for WA 1. Russell Goodrick
2. Stephen Lau
1,4000.42+0.42
Fluoride Free WA 1. John Watt
2. Trevor McGowan
1,2620.38+0.38
Independent 1. M. Lottering
2. Stef Pienaar
8020.24+0.24
Independent 1. Shawn Dhu
2. Belinda Lange
6770.20+0.20
Independent 1. Jayme Hewitt
2. Natasha Forde
4420.13+0.13
Independent Roger Cornish3920.12+0.12
Independent 1. Charday Williams
2. Ben Devlin
3810.11+0.11
Total formal votes334,81697.09+0.48
Informal votes10,0362.91−0.48
Turnout 344,85287.20−2.44

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