Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1912–1914
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1912 to 21 May 1914. The chamber had 30 seats made up of ten provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election.
Name | Party | Province | Term expires | Years in office |
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Richard Ardagh | Labor | North-East | 1918 | 1912–1924 |
Henry Briggs | Liberal | West | 1916 | 1896–1919 |
Ephraim Clarke | Liberal | South-West | 1914 | 1901–1921 |
Hal Colebatch | Liberal | East | 1918 | 1912–1923; 1940–1948 |
James Connolly[2] | Liberal | North-East | 1914 | 1901–1914 |
Francis Connor | Independent | North | 1918 | 1906–1916 |
James Cornell | Labor | South | 1918 | 1912–1946 |
Joseph Cullen | Liberal | South-East | 1918 | 1909–1917 |
Frederick Davis | Labor | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1914 | 1911–1914 |
Jabez Dodd | Labor | South | 1916 | 1910–1928 |
John Drew | Labor | Central | 1918 | 1900–1918; 1924–1947 |
Douglas Gawler | Liberal | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1916 | 1910–1915 |
Sir John Winthrop Hackett | Liberal | South-West | 1918 | 1890–1916 |
Vernon Hamersley | Independent | East | 1916 | 1904–1946 |
Joseph Holmes[1] | Liberal | North | 1914 | 1914–1942 |
Arthur Jenkins | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1914 | 1898–1904; 1908–1917 |
Walter Kingsmill | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1916 | 1903–1922 |
John Kirwan | Independent | South | 1914 | 1908–1946 |
Robert Lynn | Liberal | West | 1918 | 1912–1924 |
Cuthbert McKenzie | Liberal | South-East | 1916 | 1910–1922 |
Robert McKenzie | Liberal | North-East | 1916 | 1904–1916 |
Edward McLarty | Liberal | South-West | 1916 | 1894–1916 |
Harry Millington[2] | Labor | North-East | 1920 | 1914–1920 |
Matthew Moss | Liberal | West | 1914 | 1900–1901; 1902–1914 |
Con O'Brien | Labor | Central | 1914 | 1901–1904; 1908–1914 |
William Patrick | Liberal | Central | 1916 | 1904–1916 |
Richard Pennefather[1] | Independent | North | 1914 | 1907–1914 |
Charles Piesse | Liberal | South-East | 1914 | 1894–1914 |
Archibald Sanderson | Liberal | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1918 | 1912–1922 |
Charles Sommers | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1918 | 1900–1918 |
Thomas Wilding | Liberal | East | 1914 | 1908–1914 |
Sir Edward Wittenoom | Liberal | North | 1916 | 1883–1884; 1885–1886; 1894–1898; 1902–1906; 1910–1934 |
Notes
- 1 On 22 January 1914, North Province MLC Richard Pennefather died. Joseph Holmes won the resulting by-election on 21 March 1914 against three other Liberal candidates.
- 2 On 21 February 1914, North-East Province MLC James Connolly resigned. Labor candidate Harry Millington won the resulting by-election on 21 March 1914, and his term was deemed to expire in May 1920.
Sources
- Black, David (1991). Legislative Council of Western Australia : membership register, electoral law and statistics, 1890-1989. Perth: Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0-7309-3641-4.
- Hughes, Colin A.; Aitkin, Don (1986). Voting for the Australian State Upper Houses, 1890-1984. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-909779-18-X.
- Black, David; Bolton, Geoffrey (2001). Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Volume One, 1870–1930 (Revised ed.). Parliament House: Parliament of Western Australia. ISBN 0730738140.
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