South Metropolitan Region

Australian electorate

South Metropolitan Region
Western Australia—Legislative Council

State| Western Australia
Dates current| 1989-2025
Electors| 449,182 (2021)
Area| 799 km2 (308.5 sq mi)
Demographic| Metropolitan

The South Metropolitan Region was 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.

The region, along with all other Western Australian Electoral Regions, was abolished in time with the 2025 state election, following legislation passed in November 2021 to create a single, state-wide constituency of 37 members.[1]

## Geography

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

Redistribution | Period | Electoral districts | Electors | % of State | Area

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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

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### Distribution of seats

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As 5-member seat:  | Election | Seats won

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1989–1993 |   |   |   |   |
1993–1997 |   |   |   |   |
1997–2001 |   |   |   |   |
2001–2005 |   |   |   |   |
2005–2009 |   |   |   |   |
As 6-member seat:  Election | Seats won

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2009–2013 |   |   |   |   |   |
2013–2017 |   |   |   |   |   |
2017–2021 |   |   |   |   |   |
2021–2025 |   |   |   |   |   |
Legend: |   | Labor

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| Liberal
| Greens WA
| Liberal Democrats

### Members

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Since its creation, the electorate 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

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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
2025 | Victoria Helps | Labor

## Election results

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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  | %  | ±%

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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

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1. ^ "Scrapping region-based voting in WA could have unintended consequences". ABC News. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
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.

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