Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1928–1930
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1928 to 21 May 1930. 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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Charles Baxter[2] | Country | East | 1932 | 1914–1950 |
John Reid Brown[3] | Labor | North-East | 1930 | 1924–1930 |
James Cornell | Nationalist | South | 1930 | 1912–1946 |
John Drew | Labor | Central | 1930 | 1900–1918; 1924–1947 |
John Ewing | Nationalist | South-West | 1930 | 1916–1933 |
James Franklin | Nationalist | Metropolitan | 1934 | 1928–1940 |
Gilbert Fraser | Labor | West | 1934 | 1928–1958 |
William Glasheen | Country | South-East | 1932 | 1925–1932 |
Edmund Gray | Labor | West | 1932 | 1923–1952 |
Edmund Hall | Country | Central | 1934 | 1928–1947 |
Vernon Hamersley | Country | East | 1934 | 1904–1946 |
Edgar Harris | Nationalist | North-East | 1932 | 1920–1934 |
Joseph Holmes | Independent | North | 1932 | 1914–1942 |
George Kempton | Country | Central | 1932 | 1926–1932 |
John Kirwan | Independent | South | 1932 | 1908–1946 |
William Kitson | Labor | West | 1930 | 1924–1947 |
Sir William Lathlain | Nationalist | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1932 | 1926–1932 |
Arthur Lovekin | Nationalist | Metropolitan | 1930 | 1919–1931 |
William Mann | Nationalist | South-West | 1932 | 1926–1951 |
George Miles | Independent | North | 1930 | 1916–1950 |
Sir Charles Nathan[1] | Nationalist | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1934 | 1930–1934 |
John Nicholson | Nationalist | Metropolitan | 1932 | 1918–1941 |
Edwin Rose | Nationalist | South-West | 1934 | 1916–1934 |
Athelstan Saw[1] | Nationalist | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1934 | 1915–1929 |
Harold Seddon | Nationalist | North-East | 1934 | 1922–1954 |
Henry Stephenson | Nationalist | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1930 | 1924–1930 |
Hector Stewart | Country | South-East | 1930 | 1917–1931 |
Charles Williams | Labor | South | 1934 | 1928–1948 |
Charles Wittenoom | Country | South-East | 1934 | 1928–1940 |
Sir Edward Wittenoom | Nationalist | North | 1934 | 1883–1884; 1885–1886; 1894–1898; 1902–1906; 1910–1934 |
Herbert Yelland | Nationalist | East | 1930 | 1924–1936 |
Notes
- 1 On 28 November 1929, Metropolitan-Suburban Province Nationalist MLC Athelstan Saw died. Nationalist candidate Charles Nathan won the resulting by-election on 11 January 1930.
- 2 On 24 April 1930, East Province Country MLC Charles Baxter was appointed Minister for Country Water Supplies and Trading Concerns in the new Ministry led by Sir James Mitchell. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was returned unopposed on 1 May 1930.
- 3 On 24 February 1930, North-East Province Labor MLC John Reid Brown died. The seat remained vacant until the 1930 elections on 10 May.
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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