South Metropolitan Region

South Metropolitan Region
Western Australia—Legislative Council
South Metropolitan Region; Western Australia—Legislative Council
State	Western Australia
Created	1989
MP	Kate Doust (Labor); Sue Ellery (Labor); Klara Andric (Labor); Stephen Pratt (Labor); Brad Pettitt (Greens); Nick Goiran (Liberal);
Party	Labor (4); Greens (1); Liberal (1);
Electors	449,182 (2021)
Area	799 km2 (308.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Metropolitan

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

As 5-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
	Greens WA
	Liberal Democrats

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		Party		Party		Party		Party		Party		Party
1989	Cheryl Davenport	Labor	John Halden	Labor	Garry Kelly	Labor	Phillip Pendal	Liberal	Clive Griffiths	Liberal
1993					Garry Kelly	Labor	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					Lynn MacLaren	Greens	Phil Edman	Liberal
2017					Pierre Yang	Labor	Aaron Stonehouse	Liberal Democratic
2021					Klara Andric	Labor	Stephen Pratt	Labor	Brad Pettitt	Greens

Election results

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

^ "'Devastating for regional communities': WA government uses majority to overhaul state's electoral laws". ABC News. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
^ "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 29 April 1988. p. 1988:1339-1527.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (29 October 2007). "South Metropolitan Region Profile". Retrieved 22 October 2008.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (27 November 2017). "South Metropolitan Region". Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
^ "2019 Review of Western Australia's Electoral Boundaries" (PDF). Electoral Boundaries WA. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
^ "2021 State General Election Results: South Metropolitan Region". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

[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.

[redistribution2019-7] "2019 Review of Western Australia's Electoral Boundaries" (PDF). Electoral Boundaries WA. Retrieved 6 April 2021.

[Results_of_the_2021_Western_Australian_state_election_(Legislative_Council)_waec-results3-8] "2021 State General Election Results: South Metropolitan Region". Western Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

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