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2 unusual facts about Metropolitan Province


Flag of the Department of Santander

The Argent Stars represent the eight Provincial Nuclei that form part of the Department: Soto Norte, Vélez, García Rovira, Guanentá, Comuneros, Mares, Metropolis and Carare Opon.

James Hislop

James Gordon Hislop (1895–1972), Australian physician and politician, sat for Metropolitan Province in Western Australian Legislative Council


Electoral region of North Metropolitan

Five of these members had previously been members of the Legislative Council—Joe Berinson and Sam Piantadosi (both North Central Metropolitan), Graham Edwards and Bob Pike (both North Metropolitan) and Max Evans (Metropolitan).

Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1910–1912

Walter Kingsmill was subsequently elected at the regular Council election to a Metropolitan Province seat.


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John Halden

Halden contested the 1986 Western Australian State election as a candidate for the Australian Labor Party and was elected to Western Australia's Thirty-second Parliament as the Legislative Council Member for North Metropolitan Province from 22 May 1986, in succession to Peter Henry Wells.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta

At the beginning of the 21st century, the metropolitan province of Calcutta covers only the state of West Bengal.