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| East Metropolitan Region | |
| State: | wa |
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| Electors: | 423759 |
| Electors Year: | 2021 |
| Area: | 3681 |
| Class: | Metropolitan |
The East Metropolitan Region is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the eastern and south-eastern suburbs of Perth. 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.[1]
The Region is made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts, which change at each distribution.
| Redistribution | Period | Electoral districts | Electors | % of state electors | Area | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 1988 | 22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997 | width = 200 | Armadale, Belmont, Darling Range, Helena, Kenwick, Maylands, Morley, Roleystone, Swan Hills, Thornlie (10) | align=right | 195,221 | align=right | 21.47% | align=right | 3800km2 | |
| 28 November 1994 | 22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005 | width = 200 | Armadale, Ballajura, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Midland, Roleystone, Southern River, Swan Hills, Thornlie (10) | align=right | 227,055 | align=right | 21.96% | align=right | 3821km2 | |
| 4 August 2003 | 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009 | width = 200 | Armadale, Ballajura, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Midland, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Southern River, Swan Hills, Thornlie (10) | align=right | 261,662 | align=right | 21.53% | align=right | 3808km2 | |
| 29 October 2007[2] | 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017 | width = 200 | Armadale, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Forrestfield, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Maylands, Midland, Morley, Mount Lawley, Nollamara, Swan Hills, West Swan (14) | align=right | 311,378 | align=right | 26.07% | align=right | 3697km2 | |
| 27 November 2015[3] | 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021 | width = 200 | Armadale, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Forrestfield, Kalamunda, Maylands, Midland, Mirrabooka, Morley, Mount Lawley, Swan Hills, Thornlie, West Swan (14) | align=right | 395,451 | align=right | 24.82% | align=right | 3800km2 | |
| 27 November 2019[4] | 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025 | width = 200 | As per 2015 | align=right | 423,759 | align=right | 24.68% | align=right | 3681km2 |
| Election | Seats won | ||||||||||
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| 2001–2005 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | ||||||
| 2005–2009 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | ||||||
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| 2017–2021 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | |||||||
| 2021–2025 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | |||||||
| width=15 | Labor | ||
| width=15 | Liberal | ||
| width=15 | Greens WA | ||
| width=15 | Democrats | ||
| width=15 | One Nation | ||
| width=15 | Legalise Cannabis |
Since its creation, the electorate has had 21 members. Two of the members elected in 1989 had previously been members for the North-East Metropolitan Province (Fred McKenzie and Tom Butler) and one had previously been a member for the South-East Metropolitan Province (Kay Hallahan) of the Legislative Council.
See main article: Electoral results for the East Metropolitan Region.