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Council chamber buildings. The City of South Perth is a local government area in the inner southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of Perth's central business district.
2025 is the first election year in Western Australia where electoral reforms implemented in November 2021 will take effect for the Legislative Council. This reform eliminated seats in the Legislative Council, making each region more equal in size while creating a single electorate for all members elected under a one-vote, one-value system ...
The City of South Perth is a local government area in Perth, Western Australia. It was established on 9 June 1892 as the South Perth Road District, with a chairman as the leader of the road board. In February 1902, it became the Municipality of South Perth, with a mayor as the leader of its municipal council.
In the Legislative Council, 37 candidates are elected across the state, which functions as a single electorate. Amendments made to electoral law have increased the size of the Legislative Council by one member at this election, while abolishing the previous system of six regions of unequal population that each elected six members.
Several of Perth's more substantial citizens saw South Perth as a peaceful and tranquil suburb, and by the end of the 1890s, the population was about 400, with many elegant homes. The Zoological Gardens and the Royal Perth Golf Club were opened in 1898, and the area became popular with tourists from the town of Perth across the river.
The South Metropolitan Region is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the southern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It was created by the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987 , and became effective on 22 May 1989 with five members who had been elected at the 1989 state election ...
2023 Western Australian local elections: Perth [2] [16] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent: Catherine Lezer (elected) 911 16.57 Liberal: Bruce Reynolds (elected) 827 15.04 Labor: David Goncalves (elected) 547 9.95 Independent: Crawford Yorke 519 9.44 Independent: Raj Doshi (elected) 442 8.04 Independent: Glennys Marsdon 420 7.64 ...
Grayden was the member for South Perth for 37 years, finally retiring in 1993. The seat's next MP was Phillip Pendal , first elected as a Liberal but twice re-elected as an independent. Upon Pendal's retirement at the 2005 state election , the seat returned to the Liberal fold when current member John McGrath was elected as its representative.