---
title: "Perth: members and political ads | Politics Computer"
description: "Perth: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads."
url: "https://politics.computer/seats/wa/perth"
---

[Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/wa)

WA state district

# Perth

In Western Australia.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Carey_MLA_speaking_at_Transition_Town_Vincent_September_2017_cropped.jpg?width=96)**John Carey** Labor, Perth ](https://politics.computer/mp/john-carey)

About

## About Perth

Perth is a Legislative Assembly electorate in Western Australia, named for the state capital whose central business district lies within its borders. It is held by John Carey of the Labor Party.

Chamber

Western Australian Legislative Assembly

Created

Created as one of the initial 30 single-member districts

Previous member

Eleni Evangel, Liberal, 2013 to 2017

Boundaries

Bounded by the Swan River to the south and southeast

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FPerth), plus our own records. Sources last checked 12 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Perth whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Perth yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Perth are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

## Other districts in Western Australia

- [Albany](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/albany)
- [Armadale](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/armadale)
- [Balcatta](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/balcatta)
- [Baldivis](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/baldivis)
- [Bassendean](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/bassendean)
- [Bateman](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/bateman)
- [Belmont](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/belmont)
- [Bibra Lake](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/bibra-lake)
- [Bicton](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/bicton)
- [Bunbury](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/bunbury)
- [Butler](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/butler)
- [Cannington](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/cannington)
- [Carine](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/carine)
- [Central Wheatbelt](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/central-wheatbelt)
- [Churchlands](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/churchlands)
- [Cockburn](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/cockburn)
- [Collie-Preston](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/collie-preston)
- [Cottesloe](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/cottesloe)
- [Darling Range](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/darling-range)
- [Dawesville](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/dawesville)
- [Forrestfield](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/forrestfield)
- [Fremantle](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/fremantle)
- [Geraldton](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/geraldton)
- [Girrawheen](https://politics.computer/seats/wa/girrawheen)

---

[Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) 

A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too.

Explore

[Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) [Federal divisions](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) [Senators](https://politics.computer/mps/senate) [Parties](https://politics.computer/parties) 

Victoria 2026

[The race](https://politics.computer/victoria) [Promises](https://politics.computer/promises) [Which party matches you?](https://politics.computer/quiz) 

Data

[Every ad](https://politics.computer/ads) [Who's spending](https://politics.computer/who) [How MPs voted](https://politics.computer/votes) [Search](https://politics.computer/search) [How this works](https://politics.computer/about) [API and MCP](https://politics.computer/developers)

For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://politics.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://politics.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://politics.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.