Electoral regions of Western Australia


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 on 22 May 1989. Initially, the South West and Northern Metropolitan regions returned seven members to the Legislative Council, while the other regions each returned five members. This arrangement was changed to have each region return six members for the 2008 Western Australian election, increasing the total number of members from 34 to 36. Before 1989 electoral divisions for the Legislative Council were known as electoral provinces.
The boundaries of electoral regions that applied to the 2017 State election were finalised in November 2015 by the Western Australian Electoral Commission.

Current electoral regions

The current electoral regions structure was created in 1989. Initially, the South West and Northern Metropolitan regions returned seven members to the Legislative Council, while the other regions each returned five members. This arrangement was changed to have each region return six members for the 2008 Western Australian election. A redistribution of boundaries of and divisions in regions took place in 2015. These changes were in effect for the 2017 State election held on 11 March 2017.
Note: The metropolitan regions use the 2013 area information.
The structure of the regions prior to the 2015 redistribution was as follows:
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Former electoral provinces

Before 1989 electoral divisions for the Legislative Council were known as electoral provinces.
The Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1963, effective from the 1965 state election, abolished the ten existing three-member provinces, replacing them with 15 two-member provinces. One new province was added at the 1977 state election. Some of the new provinces bore the same names as the previous provinces.

Metropolitan

Rural