The Metropolitan-Suburban Province was a three-member electoral province of the

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, located in the metropolitan region of

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. 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 The North-East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is ...

and

South-East Metropolitan Province The South-East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the ''Constitution A ...

Geography

The province was made up of several complete Legislative Assembly

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, 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.

Representation

Members

References

* David Black (2014)
''The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook (Twenty-Third Edition)''
{{Electoral provinces of Western Australia, 1894–1965 Former electoral provinces of Western Australia 1900 establishments in Australia 1965 disestablishments in Australia