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

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

n Legislative Council

Western Australian Legislative Council

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, located in metropolitan Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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. It was created by a redistribution in 1976, and took effect on 22 May 1977 following the 1977 state election

Western Australian state election, 1977

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 19 February 1977 to elect all 55 members to the Legislative Assembly and 17 members to the 32-seat Legislative Council...

. It was formed from parts of the North-East Metropolitan

North-East Metropolitan Province

The North-East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1963, and became effective on 22...

 and South-East Metropolitan

South-East Metropolitan Province

The South-East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was one of several metropolitan seats created following the enactment of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1963, and became effective on 22...

 provinces, and was a safe Labor

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 seat.

The province had two concurrent members during its brief history — Bob Hetherington

Bob Hetherington

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 and Fred McKenzie

Fred McKenzie

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, both of the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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. The 1982 redistribution increased the number of metropolitan provinces from 6 to 7 (as against 10 in the rural and peri-urban areas), but abolished the East Metropolitan Province. Its members won election in neighbouring provinces at the 1983 election

Western Australian state election, 1983

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 19 February 1983 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and 18 members to the 34-seat Legislative Council....

.

The province was made up of four complete Legislative Assembly

Western Australian Legislative Assembly

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 districts

Electoral districts of Western Australia

The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as electorates or seats....

 — those of Ascot

Electoral district of Ascot

Ascot was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1968 to 1989.The district was based in the eastern suburbs of Perth. First contested at the 1968 state election, its first member was Merv Toms, hitherto the member for Bayswater, who...

, Canning

Electoral district of Canning

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, Victoria Park

Electoral district of Victoria Park

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 and Welshpool

Electoral district of Welshpool

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. At its creation, it represented 62,396 electors (9.86% of the State).