REPRESENTATION IN THE WA PARLIAMENT

TABLE A REPRESENTATION IN STATE PARLIAMENT Enrolments are those for the referendum held on 16th May 2009
ASSEMBLY		COUNCIL
District [1 MLA each]	District enrolment	Region	Region enrolment	Enrolment per MLC
Armadale Bassendean Belmont Darling Range Forrestfield Gosnells Kalamunda Maylands Midland Morley Mount Lawley Nollamara Swan Hills West Swan	24,251 23,161 21,934 24,956 24,284 22,464 23,570 23,418 23,666 23,540 22,763 23,962 25,633 22,710	East Metropolitan 6 MsLC 14 districts	330,312	55,052
Balcatta Carine Churchlands Cottesloe Girrawheen Hillarys Joondalup Kingsley Mindarie Nedlands Ocean Reef Perth Scarborough Wanneroo	23,525 23,475 23,608 24,181 23,030 24,039 22,881 23,900 24,580 23,638 23,537 24,292 23,544 28,275	North Metropolitan 6 MsLC 14 districts	336,505	56,084
Alfred Cove Bateman Cannington Cockburn Fremantle Jandakot Kwinana Riverton Rockingham South Perth Southern River Victoria Park Warnbro Willagee	23,596 22,984 23,381 25,118 23,719 24,777 24,017 22,702 22,941 23,617 25,467 24,316 25,121 23,323	South Metropolitan 6 MsLC 14 districts	335,079	55,846
Metropolitan total Metropolitan average	1,001,896 23,854			55,661

Central Wheatbelt Geraldton Moore Wagin	20,521 21,432 22,356 20,233	Agricultural 6 MsLC 4 districts	84,542	14,090
Eyre Kalgoorlie Kimberley North West Pilbara	17,532 13,952 15,913 15,511 11,122	Mining & Pastoral 6 MsLC 5 districts	74,030	12,338
Albany Blackwood-Stirling Bunbury Collie-Preston Dawesville Mandurah Murray-Wellington Vasse	22,654 20,769 21,017 24,227 22,154 21,521 24,174 24,570	South West 6 MsLC 8 districts	181,086	30,181
Country total Country average	339,658 19,980			18,870
State total State average	1,341,554 22,738			37,265
# If a district exceeds 100,000 square kms in area at the time of a redistribution, a number equal to 1.5% of its area will be added to artificially increase the number of electors so that the total may fall within a tolerance from 20% below to 10% above the State average district enrolment. In the 2007 redistribution the large district allowance reduced the enrolment in 5 districts in the Mining and Pastoral region by 34,209. [This table quotes only real electors.] Most districts are not affected by this large district allowance and their enrolments are set within a tolerance from 10% below to 10% above the State average district enrolment. The quota of votes to elect a Member to the Legislative Council is 14.29% when 6 are to be elected.

Table B shows enrolments in the old system. This structure applied from the 2007 redistribution until the election held on 6th Sept 2008. Table B below shows enrolments in the old system TABLE B REPRESENTATION IN STATE PARLIAMENT 26th Feb 2007
ASSEMBLY		COUNCIL
District [1 MLA each]	District enrolment	Region	Region enrolment	Enrolment per MLC
Armadale Ballajura Bassendean Belmont Darling Range Kenwick Midland Serpentine-Jarrahdale Southern River Swan Hills	27,680 26,653 26,622 26,911 29,369 26,464 25,882 29,945 28,117 28,167	East Metropolitan 5 MsLC 10 districts	275,810	55,162
Balcatta Carine Churchlands Cottesloe Girrawheen Hillarys Joondalup Kingsley Maylands Mindarie Nedlands Perth Wanneroo Yokine	28,382 27,927 27,351 27,599 25,206 27,497 25,582 26,977 27,816 25,240 28,208 27,784 36,769 28,248	North Metropolitan 7 MsLC 14 districts	390,586	55,798
Alfred Cove Cockburn Fremantle Murdoch Peel Riverton Rockingham South Perth Victoria Park Willagee	27,906 28,263 26,215 28,005 28,736 27,349 25,098 27,464 24,914 25,193	South Metropolitan 5 MsLC 10 districts	269,143	53,829
Metropolitan total Metropolitan average	935,539 27,516

Avon Geraldton Greenough Merredin Moore Roe Wagin	13,490 13,698 13,689 13,233 13,395 13,124 13,257	Agricultural 5 MsLC 7 districts	93,886	18,777
Central Kimberley-Pilbara Kalgoorlie Kimberley Murchison-Eyre North West Coastal	12,219 11,973 13,056 13,228 13,956	Mining & Pastoral 5 MsLC 5 districts	64,432	12,886
Albany Bunbury Capel Collie-Wellington Dawesville Leschenault Mandurah Murray Stirling Vasse Warren-Blackwood	14,404 14,409 16,242 15,191 16,557 14,362 14,571 15,390 14,660 14,381 15,641	South West 7 MsLC 11 districts	165,808	23,687
Country total Country average	324,126 14,092
State total State average	1,259,665 22,099
A tolerance of plus or minus 15% is permitted at a redistribution from the average district enrolment in the country and from the average district enrolment in the metropolitan area. The quota of votes to elect a Member to the Legislative Council is 16.7% when 5 are to be elected and 12.5% when 7 are to be elected.