South Metropolitan Region

{{Infobox Australian electorate

| upper = yes

| name = South Metropolitan Region

| state = wa

| image = WA Election 2021 - South Metropolitan Region.png

| image_upright =

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| created = 1989

| mp = {{plainlist|

Kate Doust (Labor)
Sue Ellery (Labor)
Klara Andric (Labor)
Stephen Pratt (Labor)
Brad Pettitt (Greens)
Nick Goiran (Liberal)

}}

| mp-party = {{plainlist|

{{colour box|{{party colour|Australian Labor Party}}|border=darkgray}} Labor (4)
{{colour box|{{party colour|Australian Greens}}|border=darkgray}} Greens (1)
{{colour box|{{party colour|Liberal Party of Australia}}|border=darkgray}} Liberal (1)

}}

| namesake =

| electors = 449182

| electors_year = 2021

| electors_footnotes =

| area = 799

| class = Metropolitan

| coordinates =

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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.{{Cite news |date=2021-11-16 |title='Devastating for regional communities': WA government uses majority to overhaul state's electoral laws |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-17/wa-government-uses-majority-to-overhaul-wa-electoral-system/100625010 |access-date=2023-03-19}}

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
class="wikitable"
29 April 1988{{Gazette WA \| title = Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council \| page = 1988:1339-1527 \| date = 29 April 1988}} \| 22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997 \| width = 200 \| Applecross, Cockburn, Fremantle, Jandakot, Melville, Peel, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Victoria Park (10) \| align=right \| 195,574 \| align=right \| 21.51% \| align=right \| {{convert\|590\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on}}
28 November 1994{{Gazette WA \| title = Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Six Electoral Regions and 57 Electoral Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners \| page = 1994:6135-6327 \| date = 28 November 1994}} \| 22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005 \| width = 200 \| Alfred Cove, Cockburn, Fremantle, Murdoch, Peel, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Victoria Park, Electoral district of Willagee (10) \| align=right \| 221,337 \| align=right \| 21.61% \| align=right \| {{convert\|590\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on}}
4 August 2003{{Gazette WA \| title = Electoral Distributions Act 1947 - Division of the State into Electoral Regions and Districts by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners \| page = 2003:3475-3566 \| date = 4 August 2003}} \| 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009 \| width = 200 \| Alfred Cove, Cockburn, Fremantle, Murdoch, Peel, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Victoria Park, Electoral district of Willagee (10) \| align=right \| 263,620 \| align=right \| 21.69% \| align=right \| {{convert\|577\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on}}
29 October 2007{{cite web\|url=http://boundarieswa.com/2007/Final-Boundaries/South_Metropolitan/Post.aspx \|title=South Metropolitan Region Profile \|author=Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) \|date=29 October 2007 \|access-date=2008-10-22 }}{{dead link\|date=December 2016 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }} \| 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017 \| width = 200 \| Alfred Cove, Bateman, Cannington, Cockburn, Fremantle, Jandakot, Kwinana, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Southern River, Victoria Park, Warnbro, Willagee (14) \| align=right \| 311,583 \| align=right \| 26.09% \| align=right \| {{convert\|754\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on}}
27 November 2015{{cite web \|url=http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/have-your-say/2015-final-report/metro#SM \|title=South Metropolitan Region \|author=Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) \|date=27 November 2017 \|access-date=2017-04-20 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420144109/http://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/have-your-say/2015-final-report/metro#SM \|archive-date=20 April 2017 \|url-status=dead }} \| 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021 \| width = 200 \| Baldivis, Bateman, Bicton, Cannington, Cockburn, Fremantle, Jandakot, Kwinana, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Southern River, Victoria Park, Warnbro, Willagee (15) \| align=right \| 409,325 \| align=right \| 25.69% \| align=right \| {{convert\|753\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on}}
27 November 2019{{cite web \|title=2019 Review of Western Australia’s Electoral Boundaries \|url=https://www.boundaries.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/content/2019%20Nov%20Final%20Distribution%20Report.pdf \|publisher=Electoral Boundaries WA \|access-date=6 April 2021}} \| 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025 \| width = 200 \| As per 2015 \| align=right \| 449,182 \| align=right \| 26.16% \| align=right \| {{convert\|799\|km2\|sqmi\|abbr=on}}

Representation

=Distribution of seats=

class="wikitable" \|+ As 5-member seat:
Election ! colspan=5\| Seats won
\| 1989–1993 \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \|
\| 1993–1997 \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Greens}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \|
\| 1997–2001 \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Greens}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \|
\| 2001–2005 \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Greens}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \|
\| 2005–2009 \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \|

class="wikitable"

|+ As 5-member seat:

Election

! colspan=5| Seats won

| 1989–1993

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| 1993–1997

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| 1997–2001

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| 2001–2005

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| 2005–2009

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

class="wikitable" \|+ As 6-member seat:
Election ! colspan=6\| Seats won
\| 2009–2013 \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Greens}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \|
\| 2013–2017 \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Greens}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \|
\| 2017–2021 \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal Democrats}} \|
\| 2021–2025 \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Labor}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Greens}} \| \| width=15 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}} \|

class="wikitable"

|+ As 6-member seat:

Election

! colspan=6| Seats won

| 2009–2013

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| 2013–2017

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| 2017–2021

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal Democrats}} |

| 2021–2025

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} |

| width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

class="wikitable"

|+ Legend:

width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |

| Labor

width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |

| Liberal

width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} |

| Greens WA

width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal Democrats}} |

| 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).

class=wikitable \|+ Members for South Metropolitan Region
Year ! colspan=2\|Member ! Party ! colspan=2\|Member ! Party ! colspan=2\|Member ! Party ! colspan=2\|Member ! Party ! colspan=2\|Member ! Party ! colspan=2\|Member ! Party
1989 \| rowspan=12 {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| rowspan=5\|Cheryl Davenport \| rowspan=5\|Labor \| rowspan=12 {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| rowspan=4\|John Halden \| rowspan=4\|Labor \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| rowspan=2\|Garry Kelly \| rowspan=2\|Labor \| rowspan=10 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| Phillip Pendal \| Liberal \| rowspan=11 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| rowspan=3\|Clive Griffiths \| rowspan=3\|Liberal \| colspan=3 rowspan=8\|
1993 \| Diane Airey \| Liberal
1993 \| rowspan=5 {{Australian party style\|Greens}}\| \| rowspan=4\|Jim Scott \| rowspan=4\|Greens \| rowspan=6\|Barbara Scott \| rowspan=6\|Liberal
1996 \| rowspan=8\|Simon O'Brien \| rowspan=8\|Liberal
2000 \| Graham Giffard \| Labor
2001 \| rowspan="8" \|Kate Doust \| rowspan="8" \|Labor \| rowspan="8" \|Sue Ellery \| rowspan="8" \|Labor
2005 \| Lynn MacLaren \| Greens
2005 \| {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Sheila Mills \| Labor
2008 \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Greens}}\| \| rowspan=2\|Lynn MacLaren \| rowspan=2\|Greens \| rowspan=2\|Phil Edman \| rowspan=2\|Liberal \| rowspan=4 {{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| rowspan="5" \|Nick Goiran \| rowspan="5" \|Liberal
2013
2017 \| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Pierre Yang \| Labor \| {{Australian party style\|Liberal Democrat}}\| \| Aaron Stonehouse \| Liberal Democratic
2021 \| rowspan="2" \| Klara Andric \| rowspan="2" \| Labor \| {{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Stephen Pratt \| Labor \| {{Australian party style\|Greens}}\| \| rowspan="2" \| Brad Pettitt \| rowspan="2" \| Greens
2025 \| \| \| \| \|Victoria Helps \|Labor \| \|

class=wikitable

|+ Members for South Metropolitan Region

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