title: North Metropolitan Province
text: # North Metropolitan Province
  
  The North 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 (No.2) 1963, and became effective on 22 May 1965. At each election, held every three years, one of the two seats was vacated, and the trend in North Metropolitan reflected statewide trends and swings rather than being safe for either of the major parties.
  
  In 1989, the province was abolished by the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, and with two others became part of the North Metropolitan Region under the new proportional voting system.
  
  ## Geography
  
  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 | Balcatta, Karrinyup, Mount Hawthorn, Wembley | 41,328 | 11.15 |
  | 1966 | 22 May 1968 – 22 May 1974 | Balcatta, Karrinyup, Mount Hawthorn, Mount Lawley, Wembley | 55,919 | 13.52 |
  | 1972 | 22 May 1974 – 22 May 1977 | Balga, Karrinyup, Mount Hawthorn, Mount Lawley, Scarborough | 76,507 | 13.89 |
  | 1976 | 22 May 1977 – 22 May 1983 | Balcatta, Karrinyup, Mount Hawthorn, Scarborough, Whitford | 77,524 | 12.34 |
  | 1982 | 22 May 1983 – 22 May 1989 | Joondalup, Karrinyup, Scarborough, Whitford | 64,044 | 9.01 |
  
  ## Representation
  
  ### Members
  
  | Member 1 | Party | Term | Member 2 | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Arthur Griffith | Liberal | 1965–1977 | Herbert R. Robinson | Liberal | 1965–1968 |
  | Arthur Griffith | Liberal | 1965–1977 | Roy Claughton | Labor | 1968–1980 |
  | Bob Pike | Liberal | 1977–1983 | Roy Claughton | Labor | 1968–1980 |
  | Bob Pike | Liberal | 1977–1983 | Peter Wells | Liberal | 1980–1986 |
  | Graham Edwards | Labor | 1983–1989 | Peter Wells | Liberal | 1980–1986 |
  | Graham Edwards | Labor | 1983–1989 | John Halden | Labor | 1986–1989 |
  