Electoral district of Melville
Melville was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1996.First contested at the 1950 state election, the seat's inaugural member was John Tonkin of the Labor Party, hitherto the member for North-East Fremantle since 1933.Tonkin served a long career in parliament, going to become Premier of Western Australia from 1971 to 1974.When Tonkin finally retired at the 1977 state election, he was succeeded by fellow Labor candidate Barry Hodge.Hodge served four terms before his defeat at the hands of Liberal candidate Doug Shave.