The South 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 was very safe for the Labor Party, which held most or all of the component Assembly seats. In 1989, the province was abolished by the ''Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987'', and with two others became part of the

South Metropolitan Region The South Metropolitan Region is 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 (Electoral Reform) Act 1987'', an ...

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

: On 16 December 1981, Labor member

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resigned in order to be appointed to the

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. At the resulting by-election on 13 March 1982, Labor candidate Garry Kelly was elected.

References

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