Electoral region of North Metropolitan

The electoral region of North Metropolitan is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the north-western and western suburbs of Perth. It was created by the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with seven members who had been elected at the 1989 state election three months earlier. At the 2008 election, it was decreased to six members.

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[1]	22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997	Balcatta, Cottesloe, Dianella, Floreat, Glendalough, Kingsley, Marangaroo, Marmion, Nedlands, Nollamara, Perth, Scarborough, Wanneroo, Whitford (14)	278,499	30.63%	990 km^2 (380 sq mi)
28 November 1994[2]	22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005	Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Girrawheen, Hillarys, Innaloo, Joondalup, Kingsley, Maylands, Nedlands, Nollamara, Perth, Wanneroo, Yokine (14)	312,209	30.19%	1,005 km^2 (388 sq mi)
4 August 2003[3]	22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009	Balcatta, Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Girrawheen, Hillarys, Joondalup, Kingsley, Maylands, Mindarie, Nedlands, Perth, Wanneroo, Yokine (14)	374,168	30.78%	996 km^2 (385 sq mi)
29 October 2007[4]	22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017	Balcatta, Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Girrawheen, Hillarys, Joondalup, Kingsley, Mindarie, Nedlands, Ocean Reef, Perth, Scarborough, Wanneroo (14)	312,578	26.18%	929 km^2 (359 sq mi)
27 November 2015[5]	22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021	Balcatta, Burns Beach, Butler, Carine, Churchlands, Cottesloe, Girrawheen, Hillarys, Joondalup, Kingsley, Nedlands, Perth, Scarborough, Wanneroo (14)	391,167	24.55%	872 km^2 (337 sq mi)

Representation

Distribution of seats

As 7-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             2013–2017

Legend:   Labor   Liberal   Democrats   Greens WA   Independent

Members

Since its creation, the electorate has had 22 members. Five of these members had previously been members of the Legislative Council—Joe Berinson and Sam Piantadosi (both North Central Metropolitan), Graham Edwards and Bob Pike (both North Metropolitan) and Max Evans (Metropolitan).

		Seven member seat					Six member seat
Member	Party	1989–93	1993–97	1997–01	2001–05	2005–09	2009–13^[a]	2013-17^[b]	2017–21^c
Joe Berinson	Labor
Graham Edwards	Labor
Sam Piantadosi^[3]	Labor		–1996
Ed Dermer^[3]	Labor		1996–
Ken Travers^[8]	Labor							–2016
Graham Giffard^[6]	Labor					–2008
Carolyn Burton^[6]	Labor					2008–
Ljiljanna Ravlich^[7]	Labor							–2015
Martin Pritchard^[7]	Labor							2015–
Laine McDonald^[8]	Labor							2016–
Alannah MacTiernan	Labor
Bob Pike^[2]	Liberal		–1994
Iain MacLean^[2]^[4]	Liberal		1994–
Reg Davies	Liberal/Ind.^[1]
Ross Lightfoot	Liberal
Max Evans	Liberal
George Cash	Liberal
Ray Halligan	Liberal
Alan Cadby	Liberal/Ind.^[5]
Peter Collier	Liberal
Liz Behjat	Liberal
Michael Mischin	Liberal
Peter Katsambanis ^[9]	Liberal							–2017
Elise Irwin ^[9]	Liberal							2017–
Tjorn Sibma	Liberal
Helen Hodgson	Democrats
Giz Watson	Greens WA
Alison Xamon	Greens WA

Notes

^a Members serving for the 2009–2013 term were elected in 2008 but do not take their seats in Parliament until 22 May 2009.

^b Members serving for the 2013–2017 term took their seats in Parliament on 22 May 2013.

^c Members elected in 2017 start their terms on 22 May 2017.

¹ Reg Davies, elected as a Liberal, resigned from the party on 10 July 1991 and sat as an Independent.

² Liberal MLC Bob Pike died on 26 April 1994. On 31 May 1994, Liberal member Iain MacLean was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy.

³ In April 1996, Sam Piantadosi resigned from the Labor Party and continued to sit as an independent. He resigned on 19 November 1996 to contest the seat of Yokine at the 1996 election. On 24 December 1996, Labor member Ed Dermer was appointed to the resulting casual vacancy.

⁴ Liberal MLC Iain MacLean resigned on 19 November 1996 to contest the seat of Wanneroo at the 1996 election. The resulting vacancy was not filled.

⁵ Liberal MLC Alan Cadby resigned to sit as an independent on 2 June 2004, after losing Liberal pre-selection to recontest his seat at the 2005 election.

⁶ Labor MLC Graham Giffard resigned on 11 August 2008 in order to contest the Assembly seat of Swan Hills in the election, where he was beaten by the Liberals' Frank Alban. Carolyn Burton was elected in the resulting countback on 12 September 2008.

⁷ Labor MLC Ljiljanna Ravlich resigned on 10 March 2015. Martin Pritchard was elected to the resulting countback on 21 April 2015.

⁸ Labor MLC Ken Travers resigned on 29 August 2016. Laine McDonald was elected in the resulting countback on 27 September 2016.

⁹ Liberal MLC Peter Katsambanis resigned on 6 February 2017 to contest the Legislative Assembly. Elise Irwin was elected in the resulting countback on 4 April 2017.

References

1. "Electoral Districts Act 1947-1985 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 29 April 1988. p. 1988:1339-1527.
2. "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.
3. "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.
4. Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (29 October 2007). "North Metropolitan Region Profile". Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
5. Western Australian Electoral Commission (WAEC) (27 November 2015). "North Metropolitan Region". Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-20.