Lower West Province

{{Short description|Former electoral province of Western Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} The '''Lower West Province''' was a two-member electoral province of the [[Western Australia]]n [[Western Australian Legislative Council|Legislative Council]], located in the [[Peel (Western Australia)|Peel]] and [[South West (Western Australia)|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 of Australia (Western Australian Division)|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 [[Electoral region of South West|South West]] and [[Electoral region of East Metropolitan|East Metropolitan]] regions under the new proportional voting system.

==Geography== The province was made up of several complete [[Western Australian Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] [[Electoral districts of Western Australia|districts]], which changed at each distribution.

{|class="wikitable" |- !Redistribution!!Period!!Electoral districts!!Electors!!% of State |- | 1963–64 | 22 May 1965 – 22 May 1968 | rowspan=2 width = 200 | [[Electoral district of Bunbury|Bunbury]], [[Electoral district of Murray-Wellington|Murray]], [[Electoral district of Wellington (Western Australia)|Wellington]] | align=right | 16,433 | align=right | 4.56 |- | 1966 | 22 May 1968 – 22 May 1974 | align=right | 17,433 | align=right | 4.22 |- | 1972 | 22 May 1974 – 22 May 1977 | rowspan=2 width = 200 | [[Electoral district of Dale|Dale]], [[Electoral district of Murray-Wellington|Murray]], [[Electoral district of Rockingham|Rockingham]] | align=right | 21,566 | align=right | 3.92 |- | 1976 | 22 May 1977 – 22 May 1983 | align=right | 23,200 | align=right | 3.67 |- | 1982 | 22 May 1983 – 22 May 1989 | width=200 | [[Electoral district of Dale|Dale]], [[Electoral district of Mandurah|Mandurah]], [[Electoral district of Murray-Wellington|Murray-Wellington]] | align=right | 25,493 | align=right | 3.59 |}

==Representation== ===Members=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Member 1 !! colspan=2 | Party !! Term !! !! Member 2 !! colspan=2 | Party !! Term |- | rowspan=2 | [[Neil McNeill]] | rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |   | rowspan=2 | [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]] | rowspan=2 | 1965–1983 | rowspan=3 |   | [[Graham MacKinnon]] | {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |   | [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]] | 1965–1974 |- | [[Ian Pratt (politician)|Ian Pratt]] | {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |   | [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]] | 1974–1986 |- | [[Colin Bell (Australian politician)|Colin Bell]] | {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |   | [[Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|Liberal]] | 1983–1989 | [[Beryl Jones]] | {{Australian party style|Labor}} |   | [[Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)|Labor]] | 1986–1989 |}

==References== * {{cite book|last=Black|first=David|title=Legislative Council of Western Australia : membership register, electoral law and statistics, 1890-1989|year=1991|publisher=Parliamentary History Project|location=[[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]]|isbn=0-7309-3641-4}}

[[Category:Former electoral provinces of Western Australia]]