The South-East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the

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n Legislative Council, located in metropolitan

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. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the ''Constitution Acts Amendment Act (No.2) 1963'', and became effective on 22 May 1965. The province, with its mix of safe

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and

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Assembly seats, also produced mixed fortunes for both parties until 1983, when a redistribution turned it into a safe Labor seat and the two sitting Liberal members successfully transferred to the new

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seat. In 1989, the province was abolished by the ''Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987'', and was split between the East Metropolitan and South Metropolitan five-member regions under the new proportional voting system.

Geography

The province was made up of several complete Legislative Assembly

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, which changed at each distribution.

Representation

Members

Transferred to

at the 1983 election.

References

* * Former electoral provinces of Western Australia {{WesternAustralia-gov-stub