South Metropolitan Region


The South Metropolitan Region was 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 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.
The region, along with all other Western Australian Electoral Regions, was abolished in time with the 2025 state election, following legislation passed in November 2021 to create a single, state-wide constituency of 37 members.

Geography

The Region was made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts, which change at each distribution.
RedistributionPeriodElectoral districtsElectors% of StateArea
29 April 198822 May 1989 – 22 May 1997
Applecross,
Cockburn,
Fremantle,
Jandakot,
Melville,
Peel,
Riverton,
Rockingham,
South Perth,
Victoria Park 		195,57421.51%
28 November 199422 May 1997 – 22 May 2005
Alfred Cove,
Cockburn,
Fremantle,
Murdoch,
Peel,
Riverton,
Rockingham,
South Perth,
Victoria Park,
Electoral district of Willagee 		221,33721.61%
4 August 200322 May 2005 – 22 May 2009
Alfred Cove,
Cockburn,
Fremantle,
Murdoch,
Peel,
Riverton,
Rockingham,
South Perth,
Victoria Park,
Electoral district of Willagee 		263,62021.69%
29 October 200722 May 2009 – 22 May 2017
Alfred Cove,
Bateman,
Cannington,
Cockburn,
Fremantle,
Jandakot,
Kwinana,
Riverton,
Rockingham,
South Perth,
Southern River,
Victoria Park,
Warnbro,
Willagee 		311,58326.09%
27 November 201522 May 2017 – 22 May 2021
Baldivis,
Bateman,
Bicton,
Cannington,
Cockburn,
Fremantle,
Jandakot,
Kwinana,
Riverton,
Rockingham,
South Perth,
Southern River,
Victoria Park,
Warnbro,
Willagee 		409,32525.69%
27 November 201922 May 2021 – 22 May 2025
As per 2015		449,18226.16%

Representation

Distribution of seats

Labor
Liberal
Greens WA
Liberal Democrats

Members

Since its creation, the electorate had 16 members. Four of the members elected in 1989 had previously been members of the Legislative Council—Clive Griffiths and Phillip Pendal, John Halden and Garry Kelly.

Election results