Bayswater 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

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 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of Western Australia

Western Australia

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 from 1962 to 1968.

The district was based in the eastern suburbs of Perth

Perth, Western Australia

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. First contested at the 1962 state election

Western Australian state election, 1962

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, it was held for two terms by Merv Toms of the Labor Party

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, hitherto the member for Maylands

Electoral district of Maylands

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. Bayswater was abolished at the 1968 state election

Western Australian state election, 1968

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 23 March 1968 to elect all 51 members to the Legislative Assembly and 15 members to the 30-seat Legislative Council...

, and Toms went on to become member for the new seat of Ascot

Electoral district of Ascot

Ascot was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1968 to 1989.The district was based in the eastern suburbs of Perth. First contested at the 1968 state election, its first member was Merv Toms, hitherto the member for Bayswater, who...

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Members for Bayswater

Member		Party	Term
	Merv Toms	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...	1962–1968