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 [Electoral Electoral districts of Western Australia|districts of Western Australia|districts], which change at each distribution.

Redistribution	Period	Electoral districts	Electors	% of State	Area
29 April 1988	22 May 1989 – 22 May 1997	Applecross, Cockburn, Fremantle, Jandakot, Melville, Peel, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Victoria Park	195,574	21.51%
28 November 1994	22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005	Alfred Cove, Cockburn, Fremantle, Murdoch, Peel, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Victoria Park, Electoral district of Willagee	221,337	21.61%
4 August 2003	22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009	Alfred Cove, Cockburn, Fremantle, Murdoch, Peel, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Victoria Park, Electoral district of Willagee	263,620	21.69%
29 October 2007	22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017	Alfred Cove, Bateman, Cannington, Cockburn, Fremantle, Jandakot, Kwinana, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Southern River, Victoria Park, Warnbro, Willagee	311,583	26.09%
27 November 2015	22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021	Baldivis, Bateman, Bicton, Cannington, Cockburn, Fremantle, Jandakot, Kwinana, Riverton, Rockingham, South Perth, Southern River, Victoria Park, Warnbro, Willagee	409,325	25.69%
27 November 2019	22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025	As per 2015	449,182	26.16%

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.