Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1914–1916
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1914 to 21 May 1916. 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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Joseph Allen | Liberal | West | 1920 | 1914–1920 |
Richard Ardagh | Labor | North-East | 1918 | 1912–1924 |
Charles Baxter | Country | East | 1920 | 1914–1950 |
Henry Briggs | Liberal | West | 1916 | 1896–1919 |
Henry Carson | Country | Central | 1920 | 1914–1920 |
Ephraim Clarke | Liberal | South-West | 1920 | 1901–1921 |
Hal Colebatch | Liberal | East | 1918 | 1912–1923 |
Francis Connor | Independent | North | 1918 | 1906–1916 |
James Cornell | Labor | South | 1918 | 1912–1946 |
Joseph Cullen | Liberal | South-East | 1918 | 1909–1917 |
Jabez Dodd | Labor | South | 1916 | 1910–1928 |
John Drew | Labor | Central | 1918 | 1900–1918; 1924–1947 |
Joseph Duffell | Liberal | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1920 | 1914–1926 |
Douglas Gawler[2] | Liberal | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1916 | 1910–1915 |
James Greig[3] | Country | South-East | 1920 | 1916–1925 |
Sir John Winthrop Hackett[4] | Liberal | South-West | 1918 | 1890–1916 |
Vernon Hamersley | Liberal | East | 1916 | 1904–1946 |
Joseph Holmes | Liberal/Ind. | North | 1920 | 1914–1942 |
Arthur Jenkins | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1920 | 1898–1904; 1908–1917 |
Walter Kingsmill | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1916 | 1903–1922 |
John Kirwan | Independent | South | 1920 | 1908–1946 |
Robert Lynn | Liberal | West | 1918 | 1912–1924 |
Cuthbert McKenzie | Country | South-East | 1916 | 1910–1922 |
Robert McKenzie | Liberal | North-East | 1916 | 1904–1916 |
Edward McLarty | Liberal | South-West | 1916 | 1894–1916 |
Harry Millington | Labor | North-East | 1920 | 1914–1920 |
William Patrick | Country | Central | 1916 | 1904–1916 |
Charles Piesse[1] | Liberal | South-East | 1920 | 1894–1914 |
Archibald Sanderson | Liberal | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1918 | 1912–1922 |
Athelstan Saw[2] | Liberal | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1916 | 1915–1929 |
George Sewell[1][3] | Country | South-East | 1920 | 1914–1916 |
Charles Sommers | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1918 | 1900–1918 |
Sir Edward Wittenoom | Liberal | North | 1916 | 1883–1884; 1885–1886; 1894–1898; 1902–1906; 1910–1934 |
Notes
- 1 On 13 July 1914, South-East Liberal MLC Charles Piesse died. Country candidate George Sewell won the resulting by-election on 18 August 1914.
- 2 On 16 May 1915, Metropolitan-Suburban Province Liberal MLC Douglas Gawler died. Liberal candidate Athelstan Saw won the resulting by-election on 26 June 1915.
- 3 On 8 March 1916, South-East Country MLC George Sewell died. Country candidate James Greig was returned unopposed on 20 April 1916.
- 4 On 19 February 1916, South-West Province Liberal MLC John Winthrop Hackett died. A by-election was called to coincide with the upcoming Council elections on 13 May 1916.
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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