Electoral regions of Western Australia

The current six regions of the Western Australian Legislative Council

The Western Australian Legislative Council is elected from six multi-member electoral regions, which are in turn composed of electoral districts which are used to elect the Legislative Assembly. The current number of electoral regions was established in 1989 under the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, which became effective on 22 May 1989. The number of members for each region was increased from five to six for the 2008 Western Australian election, increasing the total number of members from 30 to 36. Before 1989 electoral regions were known as electoral provinces.

Current electoral regions

The current electoral regions were created in 1989. Since the 2008 Western Australian election, each electoral region elected six members to the Legislative Council.

Name	Est.	№ of electoral districts	Area	Current distribution of seats
Agricultural	1989	4	200,091 km2 (77,256 sq mi)
East Metropolitan	1989	14	3,697 km2 (1,427 sq mi)
Mining and Pastoral	1989	5	2,280,730 km2 (880,590 sq mi)
North Metropolitan	1989	14	929 km2 (359 sq mi)
South Metropolitan	1989	14	754 km2 (291 sq mi)
South West	1989	8	41,008 km2 (15,833 sq mi)
Total		59

Legend:

	Labor
	Liberal
	National
	Greens
	Shooters and Fishers

Former electoral provinces

Metropolitan

Name	Est.	Abolished	№ of members	Notes
East Metropolitan	1977	1983	2
Metropolitan	1894	1989	3 (1894–1965) 2 (1965–89)
Suburban known as Metropolitan-Suburban Province from 1900–50.	1900	1965	3
North Central Metropolitan	1983	1989	2
North-East Metropolitan	1965	1989	2
North Metropolitan	1965	1989	2
South Central Metropolitan	1983	1989	2
South-East Metropolitan	1965	1989	2
South Metropolitan	1965	1989	2

See also

Electoral districts of Western Australia