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South Perth Electorate Profile (2025)

About the South Perth Electorate

Map showing the boundaries of the South electorate for the 2025 election

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Area (sq km): 19
Number of Electors: 30,035
Source: 2023 Final Distribution Report, Western Australian Electoral Distribution Commission.

Origin of the Name:
South Perth derives its name from its location south of Perth. The area was identified as a separate suburb of Perth as early as 1831, and was the site of Perth's first mill in 1833.
Source: Western Australia. Department of Land Administration. Names and Places.

Suburbs and Towns within the Electorate:
The electorate of South Perth includes all or part of Como, Karawara, Kensington, Manning, Salter Point, South Perth, Victoria Park and Waterford.
Source: Western Australian Electoral Commission.


Local Governments within the Electorate:
City of South Perth (part); Statistical profile of the City of South Perth
Town of Victoria Park (part)

Schools
Government: Collier Primary School; Como Primary School; Como Secondary College; Curtin Primary School; Hensman Street Elementary; Kensington Primary School; Manning Primary School; South Perth Primary School.

Other: Aquinas College; Clontarf Aboriginal College; Hensman Street Elementary; Penrhos College; St Columba's Catholic Primary School; St Pius X Catholic School; Wesley College.

Local Newspapers:
Books about South Perth
  • F Crowley: Westralian suburb - the history of South Perth, Western Australia (118p. Rigby, 1962)
  • Phillip Pendal: South Perth - the vanishing village (140p. City of South Perth Historical society, 2002)
  • Cecil Florey: Peninsular city, a social history of the City of South Perth, Western Australia (343p. City of South Perth, 1995)
  • Laurie O'Meara: 100 years on Barney's Hill (2017)

Statistical Profile of the South Perth Electorate

Elections

2021 Results by Polling Place, Candidate and Distribution of Preferences

Election Analysis:

Current Member

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Geoff Baker (ALP)

Contact details and Speeches

Biography

Successive Members for the South Perth Electorate

Constituency created under Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899

Name Party Term
William Beattie Gordon Ministerialist 1901 - 1904
Constituency abolished under Redistribution of Seats 1903.
Constituency revived under Redistribution of Seats 1948.
George Henry Yates Liberal and Country League 1950 - 1956
William Leonard Grayden Liberal Party 1956 - 1993
Phillip (Phil) George Pendal Liberal Party 1993 - 1995
Phillip (Phil) George Pendal Independent 1995 - 2005
John McGrath Liberal Party 2005 - 2021
Geoff Baker Australian Labor Party 2021 -

Source:
Black, David & Valerie Prescott. Election Statistics: Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth, WA: Parliament of Western Australia Electoral Commission, 1997.
Parliament of Western Australia, Members (website) http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au