Helena, Montana Area is 205th in size, as defined by Nielsen Media Research, and is the fifth smallest media market in the nation. Helena, Montana Helena is the state capital of the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County. Helena was founded as a gold camp during the Montana gold rush, and was established in 1864. Over $3.6 billion of gold was extracted in the city limits over a duration of two decades, making it one of the wealthiest cities in the United States by the late nineteenth century. The concentration of wealth contributed to the
Electoral district of Helena as ALP leader. Helena was abolished ahead of the 1996 state election and Parker successfully transferred to the new seat of Ballajura. Electoral district of Helena Helena was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1983 to 1996. Based in the outer eastern suburbs of Perth, the district was first contested at the 1983 state election. It was won by Labor candidate Gordon Hill, who was at the time member for the abolished Swan. Hill resigned the seat in 1994, triggering a by-election that resulted in Labor losing the seat to Liberal