North Metropolitan Province

The North 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. At each election, held every three years, one of the two seats was vacated, and the trend in North Metropolitan reflected statewide trends and swings rather than being safe for either of the major parties.

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.

Geography

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

Redistribution	Period	Electoral districts	Electors	% of State
1963–64	22 May 1965–22 May 1968	Balcatta, Karrinyup, Mount Hawthorn, Wembley	41,328	11.15
1966	22 May 1968–22 May 1974	Balcatta, Karrinyup, Mount Hawthorn, Mount Lawley, Wembley	55,919	13.52
1972	22 May 1974–22 May 1977	Balga, Karrinyup, Mount Hawthorn, Mount Lawley, Scarborough	76,507	13.89
1976	22 May 1977–22 May 1983	Balcatta, Karrinyup, Mount Hawthorn, Scarborough, Whitford	77,524	12.34
1982	22 May 1983–22 May 1989	Joondalup, Karrinyup, Scarborough, Whitford	64,044	9.01

Representation

Members

Member 1	Party		Term	Member 2	Party		Term
Arthur Griffith		Liberal	1965–1977	Herbert R. Robinson		Liberal	1965–1968
				Roy Claughton		Labor	1968–1980
Bob Pike		Liberal	1977–1983
				Peter Wells		Liberal	1980–1986
Graham Edwards		Labor	1983–1989
				John Halden		Labor	1986–1989

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.