East Melville was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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from 1962 to 1989. The district was based in the inner southern suburbs of

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. It was a safe

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seat.

History

First contested at the 1962 state election, the seat's inaugural member was

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of the Liberal Party, hitherto the member for Canning. He was succeeded at the 1980 state election by fellow Liberal

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—he won unopposed, due to the failure of the ALP candidate to nominate on time, but was opposed by Dr

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in 1983. Trethowan was succeeded by another Liberal in

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at the 1986 state election. East Melville was abolished ahead of the 1989 state election. Lewis went on to become the member for

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Members for East Melville

Election results

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