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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.

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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.

The electoral region of East Metropolitan 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 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 electoral region of South Metropolitan is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the southern suburbs of Perth. It was created by the Acts Amendment 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.

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The province was made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts, which changed at each distribution.

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RedistributionPeriodElectoral districtsElectors% of State
1963–6422 May 1965 – 22 May 1968

Beeloo, Canning, South Perth, Victoria Park

41,77211.27
196622 May 1968 – 22 May 1974

Canning, Clontarf, South Perth, Victoria Park

46,71511.29
197222 May 1974 – 22 May 1977

Canning, Clontarf, South Perth, Victoria Park, Welshpool

75,93313.78
197622 May 1977 – 22 May 1983

Clontarf, Gosnells, Murdoch, South Perth

59,7929.45
198222 May 1983 – 22 May 1989

Armadale, Canning, Gosnells, Murdoch

62,7498.83

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Members

Member 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTerm
Jerry Dolan   Labor 1965–1974 Clive Griffiths [1]   Liberal 1965–1983
Grace Vaughan   Labor 1974–1980
Phillip Pendal   Liberal 1980–1983 [1]
Kay Hallahan   Labor 1983–1989 Bob Hetherington   Labor 1983–1989

1 Transferred to South Central Metropolitan Province at the 1983 election.

The South Central Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was created by a redistribution in 1982, and took effect on 22 May 1983 following the 1983 state election. It was formed from parts of the South Metropolitan and South-East Metropolitan provinces, and was a safe Liberal seat.

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 19 February 1983 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and 18 members to the 34-seat Legislative Council.

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