30:
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Bill was passed by
Parliament on 17 November 2021 and received the Governor's assent on 24 November 2021. Transitional provisions in the Constitutional and Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Equality) Act 2021 provide that the former provisions in the Electoral Act 1907 continue to apply in respect of a Council vacancy prior to 21 May 2025 and in respect of representation of members elected prior to the amending provisions. This means that by-elections for the Legislative Assembly and any vacancy in relation to a member of the Legislative Council will still be based on the 2019 redistribution, until the 2025 state general election.
53:. The current number of electoral regions was established on 22 May 1989. Initially, the South West and Northern Metropolitan regions returned seven members to the Legislative Council, while the other regions each returned five members. This arrangement was changed to have each region return six members for the
80:
The current electoral regions structure was created in 1989. Initially, the South West and
Northern Metropolitan regions returned seven members to the Legislative Council, while the other regions each returned five members. This arrangement was changed to have each region return six members for the
71:
introduced the
Constitutional and Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Equality) Bill 2021 to abolish the electoral regions and replace them with a system whereby the whole state functions as a single "whole of state" electorate that will now elect 37 members of the Legislative Council. The
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85:. A redistribution of boundaries of and divisions in regions took place in 2015 and in 2019. The next redistribution will commence in March 2023 and is likely to be finalised by November of that year.
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64:
The boundaries of electoral regions that applied to the 2021 Western
Australian state general election were finalised in November 2019 by the Electoral Distribution Commissioners.
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237:
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704:, abolished the ten existing three-member provinces, replacing them with 15 two-member provinces. One new province was added at the
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57:, increasing the total number of members from 34 to 36. Before 1989 electoral divisions for the Legislative Council were known as
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1298:
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701:
82:
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38:
1334:
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997:
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909:
849:
29:
1479:
1319:
737:
683:
476:
198:
1428:
1329:
548:
276:
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Before 1989 electoral divisions for the
Legislative Council were known as electoral provinces. The
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1064:"Mark McGowan announces sweeping changes to WA's electoral system, abolishing regions"
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372:
The structure of the regions prior to the 2015 redistribution was as follows:
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708:. Some of the new provinces bore the same names as the previous provinces.
369:
Note: The metropolitan regions (marked *) use the 2013 area information.
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33:
The current six regions of the
Western Australian Legislative Council
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1111:"Districts in the Country Regions | Electoral Boundaries WA"
1299:
Electoral regions of the
Western Australian Legislative Council
1061:
636:
1049:"Electoral Distribution | Electoral Boundaries WA"
791:
1062:Rhiannon Shine and Jacob Kagi (15 September 2021).
1586:
1190:Australian state upper house electoral regions
1137:"2015 Final Boundaries by Region and District"
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1361:
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691:
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698:Constitution Acts Amendment Act (No.2) 1963
485:2,280,730 km (880,590 sq mi)
207:2,200,083 km (849,457 sq mi)
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1437:
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1354:
1290:
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1181:
1167:
1022:Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987
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1029:
1017:
1015:
1013:
129:281,264 km (108,597 sq mi)
1460:Electoral provinces of Western Australia
1055:
993:Electoral districts of Western Australia
413:200,091 km (77,256 sq mi)
28:
18:Electoral provinces of Western Australia
1036:Electoral Amendment and Repeal Act 2005
593:41,008 km (15,833 sq mi)
324:44,870 km (17,320 sq mi)
14:
1595:Electoral regions of Western Australia
1587:
1382:Western Australian Legislative Council
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168:3,697 km (1,427 sq mi)*
39:Western Australian Legislative Council
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449:3,697 km (1,427 sq mi)
1074:
24:
285:754 km (291 sq mi)*
246:929 km (359 sq mi)*
41:was elected from six multi-member
25:
1606:
1085:"Parliament of Western Australia"
557:754 km (291 sq mi)
521:929 km (359 sq mi)
114:Current seat distribution (2021)
83:2008 Western Australian election
55:2008 Western Australian election
45:, which are in turn composed of
711:
1103:
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13:
1:
1197:Electoral regions / divisions
1003:
1250:Australian Capital Territory
998:Regions of Western Australia
49:which are used to elect the
7:
986:
10:
1611:
1507:South Central Metropolitan
1491:North Central Metropolitan
1376:Electoral results for the
870:South Central Metropolitan
810:North Central Metropolitan
692:Former electoral provinces
67:On 16 September 2021, the
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1196:
395:
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76:Current electoral regions
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69:McGowan Labor Government
1513:South-East Metropolitan
1497:North-East Metropolitan
1223:Single state electorate
890:South-East Metropolitan
830:North-East Metropolitan
941:Lower Central Province
34:
1244:None (no upper house)
700:, effective from the
396:Distribution of seats
32:
946:Lower North Province
684:Shooters and Fishers
51:Legislative Assembly
1408:Mining and Pastoral
1320:Mining and Pastoral
1117:on 11 February 2017
976:Upper West Province
971:South-West Province
961:South-East Province
951:Lower West Province
706:1977 state election
702:1965 state election
477:Mining and Pastoral
391:Assembly districts
199:Mining and Pastoral
109:Assembly districts
59:electoral provinces
47:electoral districts
1502:South Metropolitan
1486:North Metropolitan
1413:South Metropolitan
1403:North Metropolitan
1330:South Metropolitan
1325:North Metropolitan
1253:Northern Territory
1143:on 9 February 2019
910:South Metropolitan
850:North Metropolitan
549:South Metropolitan
513:North Metropolitan
277:South Metropolitan
238:North Metropolitan
35:
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1581:
1480:East Metropolitan
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1398:East Metropolitan
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1315:East Metropolitan
1265:
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1214:Western Australia
1091:on 4 October 2021
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926:
792:
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738:East Metropolitan
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688:
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441:East Metropolitan
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160:East Metropolitan
43:electoral regions
16:(Redirected from
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1534:Lower Central
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981:West Province
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389:№ Legislative
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107:№ Legislative
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19:
1475:Metropolitan
1468:Metropolitan
1393:Agricultural
1377:
1310:Agricultural
1213:
1145:. Retrieved
1141:the original
1131:
1119:. Retrieved
1115:the original
1105:
1093:. Retrieved
1089:the original
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1057:
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1035:
1021:
908:
888:
868:
848:
828:
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784:
758:Metropolitan
756:
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728:№ of members
712:Metropolitan
697:
695:
632:
631:
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511:
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405:Agricultural
403:
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121:Agricultural
119:
79:
66:
63:
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42:
36:
26:
1539:Lower North
1509:(1983–1989)
1493:(1983–1989)
1482:(1977–1983)
1462:, 1965–1989
771:(1894–1965)
1569:Upper West
1564:South-West
1559:South-East
1544:Lower West
1418:South West
1335:South West
1257:Queensland
1004:References
585:South West
316:South West
776:(1965–89)
725:Abolished
360:1,506,567
102:Electors
1589:Category
1209:Victoria
1204:Tasmania
1147:31 March
1121:20 March
1068:ABC News
987:See also
786:Suburban
664:National
1529:Central
1380:of the
1378:regions
680:
670:
660:
654:Liberal
650:
640:
633:Legend:
614:
611:
608:
605:
602:
599:
578:
575:
572:
569:
566:
563:
542:
539:
536:
533:
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527:
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497:
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491:
470:
467:
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461:
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398:(2013)
348:
345:
342:
339:
336:
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327:205,270
309:
306:
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288:377,634
270:
267:
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261:
258:
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249:362,608
231:
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183:
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177:
171:362,932
153:
150:
147:
144:
141:
138:
132:101,229
1095:31 May
731:Notes
674:Greens
393:(2013)
386:(2013)
210:96,894
111:(2017)
104:(2017)
99:(2017)
1554:South
1549:North
1522:Rural
930:Rural
644:Labor
619:Total
353:Total
1574:West
1149:2023
1123:2017
1097:2022
918:1989
915:1965
898:1989
895:1965
878:1989
875:1983
858:1989
855:1965
838:1989
835:1965
818:1989
815:1983
798:1965
795:1900
766:1989
763:1894
746:1983
743:1977
722:Est.
719:Name
590:1989
554:1989
518:1989
482:1989
446:1989
410:1989
384:Area
381:Est.
378:Name
321:1989
282:1989
243:1989
204:1989
165:1989
126:1989
97:Area
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