# East Metropolitan Region

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.

## Geography

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 | Armadale, Belmont, Darling Range, Helena, Kenwick, Maylands, Morley, Roleystone, Swan Hills, Thornlie (10) | 195,221 | 21.47% | 3,800 km$^2$ (1,500 sq mi) |
| 28 November 1994 | 22 May 1997 – 22 May 2005 | Armadale, Ballajura, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Midland, Roleystone, Southern River, Swan Hills, Thornlie (10) | 227,055 | 21.96% | 3,821 km$^2$ (1,475 sq mi) |
| 4 August 2003 | 22 May 2005 – 22 May 2009 | Armadale, Ballajura, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Midland, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Southern River, Swan Hills, Thornlie (10) | 261,662 | 21.53% | 3,808 km$^2$ (1,470 sq mi) |
| 29 October 2007 | 22 May 2009 – 22 May 2017 | Armadale, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Forrestfield, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Maylands, Midland, Morley, Mount Lawley, Nollamara, Swan Hills, West Swan (14) | 311,378 | 26.07% | 3,697 km$^2$ (1,427 sq mi) |
| 27 November 2015 | 22 May 2017 – 22 May 2021 | Armadale, Bassendean, Belmont, Darling Range, Forrestfield, Kalamunda, Maylands, Midland, Mirrabooka, Morley, Mount Lawley, Swan Hills, Thornlie, West Swan (14) | 395,451 | 24.82% | 3,800 km$^2$ (1,500 sq mi) |
| 27 November 2019 | 22 May 2021 – 22 May 2025 | As per 2015 | 423,759 | 24.68% | 3,681 km$^2$ (1,421 sq mi) |

## Representation
### Distribution of seats

As 5-member seat: :
* Election
* 1989–1993
* 1993–1997
* 1997–2001
* 2001–2005
* 2005–2009
As 6-member seat: :
* Election
* 2009–2013
* 2013–2017
* 2017–2021
* 2021–2025
Legend: :
* Labor
* Liberal
* Greens WA
* Democrats
* One Nation
* Legalise Cannabis

### Members

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.
Members for East Metropolitan Region :
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party |
| 1989 | Tom Butler | Labor | Fred McKenzie | Labor | Kay Hallahan | Labor | Peter Foss | Liberal | Derrick Tomlinson | Liberal | | |
| 1993 | Tom Butler | Labor | Fred McKenzie | Labor | Valma Ferguson | Labor | Peter Foss | Liberal | Derrick Tomlinson | Liberal | | |
| 1993 | Tom Butler | Labor | Nick Griffiths | Labor | Alannah MacTiernan | Labor | Peter Foss | Liberal | Derrick Tomlinson | Liberal | | |
| 1995 | Valma Ferguson | Labor | Nick Griffiths | Labor | Alannah MacTiernan | Labor | Peter Foss | Liberal | Derrick Tomlinson | Liberal | | |
| 1996 | Valma Ferguson | Labor | Nick Griffiths | Labor | Paul Sulc | Labor | Peter Foss | Liberal | Derrick Tomlinson | Liberal | | |
| 1996 | Ljiljanna Ravlich | Labor | Nick Griffiths | Labor | Norm Kelly | Democrats | Peter Foss | Liberal | Derrick Tomlinson | Liberal | | |
| 2001 | Ljiljanna Ravlich | Labor | Nick Griffiths | Labor | Louise Pratt | Labor | Peter Foss | Liberal | Derrick Tomlinson | Liberal | | |
| 2005 | Ljiljanna Ravlich | Labor | Nick Griffiths | Labor | Louise Pratt | Labor | Helen Morton | Liberal | Donna Faragher | Liberal | | |
| 2007 | Ljiljanna Ravlich | Labor | Nick Griffiths | Labor | Batong Pham | Labor | Helen Morton | Liberal | Donna Faragher | Liberal | | |
| 2008 | Ljiljanna Ravlich | Labor | Jock Ferguson | Labor | Alison Xamon | Greens | Helen Morton | Liberal | Donna Faragher | Liberal | Alyssa Hayden | Liberal |
| 2010 | Ljiljanna Ravlich | Labor | Linda Savage | Labor | Alison Xamon | Greens | Helen Morton | Liberal | Donna Faragher | Liberal | Alyssa Hayden | Liberal |
| 2013 | Alanna Clohesy | Labor | Samantha Rowe | Labor | Amber-Jade Sanderson | Labor | Helen Morton | Liberal | Donna Faragher | Liberal | Alyssa Hayden | Liberal |
| 2017 | Alanna Clohesy | Labor | Samantha Rowe | Labor | Bill Leadbetter | Labor | Helen Morton | Liberal | Donna Faragher | Liberal | Alyssa Hayden | Liberal |
| 2017 | Alanna Clohesy | Labor | Samantha Rowe | Labor | Matthew Swinbourn | Labor | Tim Clifford | Greens | Donna Faragher | Liberal | Charles Smith | One Nation |
| 2019 | Alanna Clohesy | Labor | Samantha Rowe | Labor | Matthew Swinbourn | Labor | Tim Clifford | Greens | Donna Faragher | Liberal | Charles Smith | Independent |
| 2020 | Alanna Clohesy | Labor | Samantha Rowe | Labor | Matthew Swinbourn | Labor | Tim Clifford | Greens | Donna Faragher | Liberal | Charles Smith | Western Australia |
| 2021 | Alanna Clohesy | Labor | Samantha Rowe | Labor | Matthew Swinbourn | Labor | Lorna Harper | Labor | Donna Faragher | Liberal | Brian Walker | Legalise Cannabis |

## Election results

2021 Western Australian state election: East Metropolitan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Quota | Quota | Quota | 50,311 | | |
| | Labor | 1. Alanna Clohesy (elected 1) 2. Samantha Rowe (elected 2) 3. Matthew Swinbourn (elected 3) 4. Lorna Harper (elected 4) 5. Robert Green 6. John Keogh | 232,094 | 65.90 | +19.40 |
| | Liberal | 1. Donna Faragher (elected 5) 2. Phil Twiss 3. Greg Halls 4. Daniel Newman 5. Jeremy Quinn | 48,343 | 13.73 | −11.23 |
| | Greens | 1. Tim Clifford 2. Caroline Perks 3. Callan Gray | 21,285 | 6.04 | −2.86 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | 1. Brian Walker (elected 6) 2. Karl Reinmuth | 9,258 | 2.63 | +2.63 |
| | Christians | 1. Maryka Groenewald 2. Jamie van Burgel | 8,860 | 2.52 | +0.04 |
| | One Nation | 1. Dale Grillo 2. Tim Orr | 5,122 | 1.45 | −6.57 |
| | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1. Trevor Ruwoldt 2. Coby Thomas | 4,436 | 1.26 | −0.78 |
| | No Mandatory Vaccination | 1. Patricia Ayre 2. Daniel Hall | 3,987 | 1.13 | +1.13 |
| | Western Australia | 1. Charles Smith 2. James Anthony | 2,904 | 0.82 | +0.41 |
| | Independent | Peter Lyndon-James | 2,738 | 0.78 | +0.78 |
| | Animal Justice | 1. Amanda Dorn 2. Nicole Arielli | 2,571 | 0.73 | −0.73 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1. Craig Buchanan 2. Neil Hamilton | 1,879 | 0.53 | −0.50 |
| | Liberals for Climate | 1. Marilyn Lottering 2. R. Smith | 1,818 | 0.52 | +0.06 |
| | Independent | 1. David Larsen 2. Brian Brightman | 1,360 | 0.39 | +0.39 |
| | WAxit | 1. Satinder Samra 2. Robin Singh 3. Monty Singh | 1,223 | 0.35 | −0.41 |
| | Health Australia | 1. Lidia Skorokhod 2. Lisa Rowe | 1,106 | 0.31 | +0.31 |
| | Sustainable Australia | 1. Nicole Watts 2. Keith Lethbridge | 1,047 | 0.30 | +0.30 |
| | Daylight Saving | 1. James McManus 2. Mark Bradley | 828 | 0.24 | −0.55 |
| | Great Australian | 1. Benny Tilbury 2. Bradley Ward | 820 | 0.23 | +0.23 |
| | Independent | Hayley Doan | 494 | 0.14 | +0.14 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 352,173 | 97.75 | +0.66 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 8,098 | 2.25 | −0.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 360,271 | 85.02 | −2.19 |