Lower North Province

The Lower North Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the central and northern parts of the state. For nearly its entire existence, it had the lowest enrolment of any province in the Council. 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.

In 1989, the province was abolished by the Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987, and was absorbed into the Mining and Pastoral region under the new proportional voting system.

Geography

The province was made up of two complete Legislative Assembly districts, which changed at each distribution.

Redistribution	Period	Electoral districts	Electors	% of State
1963–64	22 May 1965 – 22 May 1968	Gascoyne, Murchison-Eyre	7,265	1.96
1966	22 May 1968 – 22 May 1974		4,133	1.00
1972	22 May 1974 – 22 May 1977		5,252	0.95
1976	22 May 1977 – 22 May 1983		5,689	0.90
1982	22 May 1983 – 22 May 1989		5,694	0.80

Representation

Members

Member 1	Party		Term	Member 2	Party		Term
George Brand		Liberal	1965–1971	Eric Heenan		Labor	1965–1968
Stan Dellar		Labor	1971–1977	George Berry		Liberal	1968–1980
Norman Moore		Liberal	1977–1989	Phil Lockyer		Liberal	1980–1989

References

• Black, David (1991). Legislative Council of Western Australia : membership register, electoral law and statistics, 1890-1989. Perth: Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0-7309-3641-4.