Lower West Province
The Lower West Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the Peel and South West region of the state. It was one of several rural seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act (No.2) 1963, and became effective on 22 May 1965. It was consistently a safe seat for the Liberal Party who were able to maintain both seats comfortably.
In 1989, the province was abolished by the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, and was integrated into the South West and East Metropolitan regions under the new proportional voting system.
Geography
[edit]The province was made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts, which changed at each distribution.
Redistribution | Period | Electoral districts | Electors | % of State |
---|---|---|---|---|
1963–64 | 22 May 1965 – 22 May 1968 | 16,433 | 4.56 | |
1966 | 22 May 1968 – 22 May 1974 | 17,433 | 4.22 | |
1972 | 22 May 1974 – 22 May 1977 | 21,566 | 3.92 | |
1976 | 22 May 1977 – 22 May 1983 | 23,200 | 3.67 | |
1982 | 22 May 1983 – 22 May 1989 | 25,493 | 3.59 |
Representation
[edit]Members
[edit]Member 1 | Party | Term | Member 2 | Party | Term | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neil McNeill | Liberal | 1965–1983 | Graham MacKinnon | Liberal | 1965–1974 | |||
Ian Pratt | Liberal | 1974–1986 | ||||||
Colin Bell | Liberal | 1983–1989 | Beryl Jones | Labor | 1986–1989 |
References
[edit]- Black, David (1991). Legislative Council of Western Australia : membership register, electoral law and statistics, 1890-1989. Perth: Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0-7309-3641-4.