South Metropolitan Region

South Metropolitan Region
Western Australia—Legislative Council
StateWestern Australia
Created1989
MP
Party
  •   Labor (4)
  •   Greens (1)
  •   Liberal (1)
Electors449,182 (2021)
Area799 km2 (308.5 sq mi)
DemographicMetropolitan

The South Metropolitan Region is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. 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.

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.

Redistribution Period Electoral districts Electors % of State Area
29 April 1988[2] 22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997

Applecross, Cockburn, Fremantle, Jandakot, Melville, Peel, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Victoria Park (10)

195,574 21.51% 590 km2 (230 sq mi)
28 November 1994[3] 22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005

Alfred Cove, Cockburn, Fremantle, Murdoch, Peel, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Victoria Park, Electoral district of Willagee (10)

221,337 21.61% 590 km2 (230 sq mi)
4 August 2003[4] 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009

Alfred Cove, Cockburn, Fremantle, Murdoch, Peel, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Victoria Park, Electoral district of Willagee (10)

263,620 21.69% 577 km2 (223 sq mi)
29 October 2007[5] 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017

Alfred Cove, Bateman, Cannington, Cockburn, Fremantle, Jandakot, Kwinana, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Southern River, Victoria Park, Warnbro, Willagee (14)

311,583 26.09% 754 km2 (291 sq mi)
27 November 2015[6] 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021

Baldivis, Bateman, Bicton, Cannington, Cockburn, Fremantle, Jandakot, Kwinana, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Southern River, Victoria Park, Warnbro, Willagee (15)

409,325 25.69% 753 km2 (291 sq mi)
27 November 2019[7] 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025

As per 2015

449,182 26.16% 799 km2 (308 sq mi)

Representation

Distribution of seats

Members

Since its creation, the electorate has had 16 members. Four of the members elected in 1989 had previously been members of the Legislative Council—Clive Griffiths and Phillip Pendal (both South Central Metropolitan), John Halden (North Metropolitan) and Garry Kelly (South Metropolitan).

Members for South Metropolitan Region
Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1989 Cheryl Davenport Labor John Halden Labor Garry Kelly Labor Phillip Pendal Liberal Clive Griffiths Liberal
1993 Diane Airey Liberal
1993 Jim Scott Greens Barbara Scott Liberal
1996 Simon O'Brien Liberal
2000 Graham Giffard Labor
2001 Kate Doust Labor Sue Ellery Labor
2005 Lynn MacLaren Greens
2005 Sheila Mills Labor
2008 Lynn MacLaren Greens Phil Edman Liberal Nick Goiran Liberal
2013
2017 Pierre Yang Labor Aaron Stonehouse Liberal Democratic
2021 Klara Andric Labor Stephen Pratt Labor Brad Pettitt Greens

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the South Metropolitan Region
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council) § South Metropolitan.[edit]
2021 Western Australian state election: South Metropolitan[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 54,302
Labor 1. Sue Ellery (elected 1)
2. Kate Doust (elected 3)
3. Klara Andric (elected 4)
4. Stephen Pratt (elected 5)
5. Victoria Helps
6. Kelly McManus 		239,248 62.94 +18.08
Liberal 1. Nick Goiran (elected 2)
2. Michelle Hofmann
3. Ka-ren Chew
4. Robert Reid
5. Nitin Vashisht
6. Scott Stirling 		67,000 17.63 −7.22
Greens 1. Brad Pettitt (elected 6)
2. Lynn MacLaren
3. Daniel Garlett 		26,257 6.91 −2.34
Christians 1. Warnar Spyker
2. Sylvia Iradukunda 		7,290 1.92 −0.06
Legalise Cannabis 1. Moshe Bernstein
2. Scott Shortland 		6,877 1.81 +1.81
One Nation 1. Philip Scott
2. Bradley Dickinson 		3,972 1.04 −5.95
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1. Steven Tonge
2. Paul Bedford 		3,920 1.03 −0.47
No Mandatory Vaccination 1. Cam Tinley
2. Michael Fletcher
3. Greg Bell 		3,842 1.01 +1.01
Liberal Democrats 1. Aaron Stonehouse
2. Harvey Smith
3. Jared Neaves
4. Ivan Tomshin
5. Laurentiu Zamfirescu
6. Peter Leech 		3,369 0.89 −3.02
Liberals for Climate 1. Keith Pomeroy
2. Daniel Herron 		3,262 0.86 +0.49
Animal Justice 1. Colleen Saporita
2. Katrina Love 		3,033 0.80 −0.48
Western Australia 1. Katy Mair
2. Gavin Waugh 		2,312 0.61 +0.27
Independent 1. Graham West
2. Liam Strickland 		1,683 0.44 +0.44
WAxit 1. Peter McLernon
2. Jo-Anne Vincent-Barwood 		1,341 0.35 −0.33
Daylight Saving 1. Amanda Klaj
2. Craig Curtis 		1,319 0.35 −0.45
Sustainable Australia 1. Ryan Oostryck
2. Jane Loveday 		1,169 0.31 +0.31
Great Australian 1. Samantha Vinci
2. Susan Hoddinott 		1,097 0.29 +0.29
Socialist Alliance 1. Marianne Mackay
2. Dirk Kelly 		948 0.25 −0.14
Health Australia 1. Michele Castle
2. Catheryn Wright 		646 0.17 +0.17
Independent Larry Foley 397 0.10 +0.10
Independent 1. Jourdan Kestel
2. Lee Herridge 		371 0.10 +0.10
Independent 1. Mark Rowley
2. Marlie Touchell 		273 0.07 +0.07
Independent 1. Glen Leslie
2. Stephen Yarwood 		202 0.05 +0.05
Independent 1. Stan Francis
2. Jeremy Lay 		160 0.04 +0.04
Independent 1. Dave Glossop
2. Lewis Butto 		112 0.03 +0.03
Independent Leon Hamilton 10 0.00 +0.00
Total formal votes 380,110 98.08 +0.99
Informal votes 7,432 1.92 −0.99
Turnout 387,542 86.28 −0.93

References

  1. ^ "'Devastating for regional communities': WA government uses majority to overhaul state's electoral laws". ABC News. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 29 April 1988. p. 1988:1339-1527.
  3. ^ "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Six Electoral Regions and 57 Electoral Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners". Western Australia Government Gazette. 28 November 1994. p. 1994:6135-6327.
  4. ^ "Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Electoral Regions and Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners". Western Australia Government Gazette. 4 August 2003. p. 2003:3475-3566.
  5. ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (29 October 2007). "South Metropolitan Region Profile". Retrieved 22 October 2008.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (27 November 2017). "South Metropolitan Region". Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  7. ^ "2019 Review of Western Australia's Electoral Boundaries" (PDF). Electoral Boundaries WA. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  8. ^ "2021 State General Election Results: South Metropolitan Region". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 April 2021.