East Perth was an electoral district

Electoral districts of Western Australia

The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as electorates or seats....

 of the Legislative Assembly

Western Australian Legislative Assembly

The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth....

 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of Western Australia

Western Australia

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 from 1890 to 1962.

Based in inner urban Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district's member from 1894 to 1904 was Walter James

Walter James

Sir Walter Hartwell James KCMG KC was the fifth Premier of Western Australia and an ardent supporter of the federation movement....

, who served as Premier of Western Australia

Premier of Western Australia

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 from 1902 to 1904. When the district was abolished at the 1962 state election

Western Australian state election, 1962

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 31 March 1962 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Liberal-Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir David Brand, won a second term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Bert Hawke.The election...

, its member at the time, Herb Graham

Herb Graham

-Biography:Graham was born in Narrogin, Western Australia on 6 April 1911 to parents from South Australia. Graham attended school in Narrogin and Northam....

 of the Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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, transferred to the new seat of Balcatta

Electoral district of Balcatta

The Electoral district of Balcatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is based in Perth's northern suburbs. Politically, it has been considered a safe Labor seat throughout its history, although is presently marginal...

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Members

Member		Party	Term
	Alfred Canning		1890–1894
	Walter James Walter James Sir Walter Hartwell James KCMG KC was the fifth Premier of Western Australia and an ardent supporter of the federation movement....	Opposition	1894–1904
	John Hardwick	Ministerial	1904–1911
	Titus Lander	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1911–1914
	John Hardwick	Liberal (WA)	1914–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1921
	Jack Simons Jack Simons John Joseph Simons was an Australian businessman and politician, best known for establishing the Young Australia League....	Labor	1921–1922
		Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1922
		Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...	1922
	Thomas Hughes Thomas Hughes (Australian politician) Thomas John Hughes , sometimes known as Diver Hughes, was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the seat of East Perth for two periods; from 1922 until 1927, and again from 1936 until 1943.-Biography:Hughes was born in South Melbourne,...	Labor	1922–1926
		Independent Labor	1926–1927
	James Kenneally James Kenneally James Joseph Kenneally was an Australian politician, railwayman and unionist from Sydney.-Early life:Educated by the Christian Brothers, he moved to Western Australia in 1899 where he became a locomotive cleaner and then engine-driver...	Labor	1927–1936
	Thomas Hughes	Independent Labor	1936–1943
	Herb Graham	Labor	1943–1962