# Metropolitan-Suburban Province

The Metropolitan-Suburban Province was a three-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the metropolitan region of Perth. It was created by the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899, and became effective on 29 August 1900 following a special election to fill all three seats. Historically taking in many coastal and riverside areas in the western suburbs of Perth, it was considered safe for the Nationalist Party for most of its existence.
At the 1950 elections, it was renamed Suburban Province, losing Claremont and Subiaco and moving inland. In 1963–1964, electoral changes to the Legislative Council, which abolished the 10 three-member seats and created 15 two-member seats in their place, resulted in the seat's abolishment, with its area being divided between North-East Metropolitan Province and South-East Metropolitan Province.

## Geography

The province was made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts, which changed at each distribution. It had a more restrictive franchise than the Legislative Assembly, however, so not all voters in the corresponding Assembly districts were eligible to vote in the Council.
| Redistribution | Period | Electoral districts | Electors | % of State |
| 1899 | 29 August 1900 – 22 May 1904 | Claremont, Guildford, South Perth, Subiaco | | |
| 1904 | 22 May 1904 – 22 May 1912 | Balcatta, Canning, Claremont, Guildford, Subiaco | 6,858 | 18.10% |
| 1911 | 22 May 1912 – 22 May 1930 | Canning, Claremont, Guildford, Leederville, Subiaco | 12,093 | 25.65% |
| 1929 | 22 May 1930 – 22 May 1950 | Canning, Claremont, Guildford-Midland, Leederville, Maylands, Middle Swan, Mount Hawthorn, Nedlands, South Perth, Subiaco Victoria Park, | | |
| 1948 | 22 May 1950 – 22 May 1956 | Canning, Guildford-Midland, Maylands, Middle Swan, Mount Hawthorn, Mount Lawley, South Perth, Victoria Park, | | |
| 1955 | 22 May 1956 – 22 May 1962 | Beeloo, Guildford-Midland, Maylands, Middle Swan, Mount Lawley, South Perth, Victoria Park, | | |
| 1961 | 22 May 1962 – 22 May 1965 | Bayswater, Beeloo, Belmont, Maylands, Mount Lawley, South Perth, Swan, Victoria Park, | | |

## Representation
### Members

| Member 1 | Party | Term | Member 2 | Party | Term | Member 3 | Party | Term |
| William Brookman | | 1900–1903 | Adam Jameson | | 1900–1903 | James Speed | | 1900–1902 |
| William Brookman | | 1900–1903 | Adam Jameson | | 1900–1903 | Barrington Wood | | 1902–1903 |
| Joseph Langsford | | 1904–1911 | Walter Kingsmill | | 1903–1910 | Zebina Lane | | 1903–1908 |
| Joseph Langsford | | 1904–1911 | Walter Kingsmill | | 1903–1910 | Sydney Stubbs | Ministerial | 1908–1911 |
| James Doland | Labor | 1911–1912 | Douglas Gawler | Liberal | 1910–1915 | Frederick Davis | Labor | 1911–1914 |
| Archibald Sanderson | Liberal | 1912–1917 | Athelstan Saw | Liberal | 1914–1917 | Joseph Duffell | Liberal | 1914–1917 |
| Archibald Sanderson | Nationalist | 1917–1922 | Athelstan Saw | Nationalist | 1917–1929 | Joseph Duffell | Nationalist | 1917–1926 |
| Harry Boan | Nationalist | 1922–1924 | Athelstan Saw | Nationalist | 1917–1929 | Joseph Duffell | Nationalist | 1917–1926 |
| Henry Stephenson | Nationalist | 1924–1930 | Athelstan Saw | Nationalist | 1917–1929 | Sir William Lathlain | Nationalist | 1926–1932 |
| James Macfarlane | Nationalist | 1930–1942 | Sir Charles Nathan | Nationalist | 1930–1934 | Alec Clydesdale | Labor | 1932–1938 |
| James Macfarlane | Nationalist | 1930–1942 | Hubert Parker | Nationalist | 1934–1945 | Alec Clydesdale | Labor |
| Frank Gibson | Nationalist | 1942–1945 | Hubert Parker | Nationalist | 1934–1945 | James Dimmitt | Nationalist | 1938–1945 |
| Frank Gibson | Liberal | 1945–1956 | Hubert Parker | Liberal | 1945–1954 | James Dimmitt | Liberal | 1945–1953 |
| George Jeffery | Labor | 1956–1962 | Ruby Hutchison | Labor | 1954–1965 | Arthur Griffith | Liberal | 1953–1965 |
| Herbert R. Robinson | Liberal | 1962–1965 | Ruby Hutchison | Labor | 1954–1965 | Arthur Griffith | Liberal | 1953–1965 |