# Lower West Province

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Former electoral province of Western Australia

The **Lower West Province** was a two-member electoral province of the [Western Australian](/source/Western_Australia) [Legislative Council](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Council), located in the [Peel](/source/Peel_(Western_Australia)) and [South West](/source/South_West_(Western_Australia)) 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](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Australia_(Western_Australian_Division)) 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](/source/Electoral_region_of_South_West) and [East Metropolitan](/source/Electoral_region_of_East_Metropolitan) regions under the new proportional voting system.

## Geography

The province was made up of several complete [Legislative Assembly](/source/Western_Australian_Legislative_Assembly) [districts](/source/Electoral_districts_of_Western_Australia), which changed at each distribution.

Redistribution Period Electoral districts Electors % of State 1963–64 22 May 1965 – 22 May 1968 Bunbury, Murray, Wellington 16,433 4.56 1966 22 May 1968 – 22 May 1974 17,433 4.22 1972 22 May 1974 – 22 May 1977 Dale, Murray, Rockingham 21,566 3.92 1976 22 May 1977 – 22 May 1983 23,200 3.67 1982 22 May 1983 – 22 May 1989 Dale, Mandurah, Murray-Wellington 25,493 3.59

## Representation

### Members

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

- Black, David (1991). *Legislative Council of Western Australia : membership register, electoral law and statistics, 1890-1989*. [Perth](/source/Perth%2C_Western_Australia): Parliamentary History Project. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7309-3641-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7309-3641-4).

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