Metropolitan Province

Metropolitan Province

The Metropolitan Province was a multi-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the metropolitan region of Perth. It was created by the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1893, and became effective on 22 May 1894 following the first council elections following the granting of responsible government to Western Australia. The seat was safe for the Liberal Party and its predecessors.

Until the 1950 elections, it covered Perth's central business district and nearby environs, but moved at that point to the western and northern suburbs while still extending to include Perth itself. In 19631964, electoral changes to the Legislative Council, which abolished the 10 three-member seats and created 15 two-member seats in their place, resulted in the seat shrinking into the wealthy western suburbs region. Thereafter, it was a safe seat for the Liberal Party. In 1989, the province was abolished by the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, and with two others became part of the North Metropolitan Region under the new proportional voting system.

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Geography

The province was made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts, which changed at each distribution. It had a more restrictive franchise than the Legislative Assembly, however, so not all voters in the corresponding Assembly districts were eligible to vote in the Council.

Redistribution Period Electoral districts Electors % of State
1893 22 May 189422 May 1898

Perth, East Perth, West Perth

   
1896 22 May 189822 May 1900

Perth, East Perth, North Perth, West Perth

   
1899 22 May 190022 May 1904

Perth, East Perth, North Perth, West Perth

   
1904 22 May 190422 May 1912    
1911 22 May 191222 May 1930    
1929 22 May 193022 May 1950    
1948 22 May 195022 May 1956

Claremont, Cottesloe, East Perth, Leederville, Nedlands, North Perth, Subiaco, Wembley Beaches, West Perth

   
1955 22 May 195622 May 1962

Claremont, Cottesloe, East Perth, Leederville, Mount Hawthorn, Nedlands, North Perth, Subiaco, Wembley Beaches, West Perth

   
1961 22 May 196222 May 1965

Balcatta, Claremont, Cottesloe, Karrinyup, Mount Hawthorn, Nedlands, Perth, Subiaco, Wembley

   
196364 22 May 196522 May 1968

Claremont, Cottesloe, Nedlands, Perth, Subiaco

   
1966 22 May 196822 May 1974

Cottesloe, Floreat, Nedlands, Perth, Subiaco

   
1972 22 May 197422 May 1977    
1976 22 May 197722 May 1983    
1982 22 May 198322 May 1989    

Representation

Members

Three-member seat
Member 1 Party Term Member 2 Party Term Member 3 Party Term
Sir George Shenton   18941906 Stephen Henry Parker   18941897 Henry Saunders   18941902
George Randell   18971910
James Wright   19021908
Charles Sommers   Liberal 19061918 Walter Kingsmill   19031922 Arthur Jenkins   Liberal 19081917
Harry Boan   Nationalist 19171918
Henry Saunders   Independent 19181919 John Nicholson   Nationalist 19181941
Arthur Lovekin   Nationalist 19191931 James Macfarlane   Nationalist 19221928
Leonard Bolton   Nationalist 19321945 James Franklin   Nationalist 19281940
Sir Hal Colebatch   Nationalist 19401945 James Hislop   Nationalist 19411945
  Liberal 19451948   Liberal 19451948   Liberal 19451965
Keith Watson   Liberal 19481965 Harry Hearn   Liberal 19481956
Reg Mattiske   Liberal 19561965
Two-member seat
Member 1 Party Term Member 2 Party Term
James Hislop   Liberal 19651971 Keith Watson   Liberal 19651968
Richard Williams   Liberal 19711989 Ian Medcalf   Liberal 19681986
Max Evans   Liberal 19681989

References

  • Black, David (1991). Legislative Council of Western Australia : membership register, electoral law and statistics, 1890-1989. Perth: Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0-7309-3641-4. 



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