Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1950–1952
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1950 to 21 May 1952. 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.
Several of the provinces were renamed at the election. The Electoral Districts Act 1947 had obviated the need for Parliament to redistribute seats itself, instead appointing three Electoral Commissioners who were to review the boundaries according to certain defined criteria. The redistribution was gazetted on 21 December 1948, but did not come into effect until 22 May 1950.
The changes of names were as follows:
- Central Province → Midland Province
- East Province → Central Province
- Metropolitan-Suburban Province → Suburban Province
- South Province → South-East Province
- South-East Province → South Province
Name | Party | Province | Term expires | Years in office |
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Charles Baxter[1] | Country | Central | 1952 | 1914–1950 |
Norm Baxter[1] | Country | Central | 1952 | 1950–1958; 1960–1983 |
George Bennetts | Labor | South-East | 1952 | 1946–1965 |
Robert Boylen | Labor | South-East | 1956 | 1947–1955 |
Les Craig | Liberal | South-West | 1956 | 1934–1956 |
John Cunningham | Liberal | South-East | 1948 | 1948–1954; 1955–1962 |
Evan Davies | Labor | West | 1956 | 1947–1963 |
James Dimmitt | Liberal | Suburban | 1952 | 1938–1953 |
Leslie Diver[4] | Country | Central | 1956 | 1952–1974 |
Mervyn Forrest | Liberal | North | 1952 | 1946–1952 |
Gilbert Fraser | Labor | West | 1954 | 1928–1958 |
Sir Frank Gibson | Liberal | Suburban | 1956 | 1942–1956 |
Edmund Gray | Labor | West | 1952 | 1923–1952 |
William Hall | Labor | North-East | 1952 | 1938–1963 |
Harry Hearn | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1954 | 1948–1956 |
Eric Heenan | Labor | North-East | 1956 | 1936–1968 |
Charles Henning[2] | Liberal | South-West | 1954 | 1951–1955 |
James Hislop | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1952 | 1941–1971 |
Ray Jones | Country | Midland | 1956 | 1950–1967 |
Sir Charles Latham | Country | Central | 1954 | 1946–1960 |
Les Logan | Country | Midland | 1954 | 1947–1974 |
Anthony Loton | Country | South | 1952 | 1944–1965 |
William Mann[3] | Liberal | South-West | 1952 | 1926–1951 |
James Murray[3] | Liberal | South-West | 1952 | 1951–1965 |
Hubert Parker | Liberal | Suburban | 1954 | 1934–1954 |
Hugh Roche | Country | South | 1954 | 1940–1960 |
Sir Harold Seddon | Liberal | North-East | 1954 | 1922–1954 |
Charles Simpson | Liberal | Midland | 1952 | 1946–1963 |
Harry Strickland | Labor | North | 1956 | 1950–1970 |
Jack Thomson | Country | South | 1956 | 1950–1974 |
Hobart Tuckey[2] | Liberal | South-West | 1954 | 1934–1951 |
Keith Watson | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1956 | 1948–1968 |
Frank Welsh | Liberal | North | 1954 | 1940–1954 |
Garnet Barrington Wood[4] | Country | Central | 1956 | 1936–1952 |
Notes
- 1 On 2 March 1950, Central (formerly East) Province Country MLC Charles Baxter died. His son Norm Baxter won the resulting by-election on 6 May 1950.
- 2 On 10 March 1951, South-West Province Liberal MLC Hobart Tuckey died. Liberal candidate Charles Henning won the resulting by-election on 2 June 1951.
- 3 On 22 April 1951, South-West Province Liberal MLC William Mann died. Liberal candidate James Murray won the resulting by-election on 2 June 1951.
- 4 On 3 January 1952, Central (formerly East) Province Country MLC Garnet Barrington Wood died. Country Party candidate Leslie Diver won the resulting by-election on 3 May 1952.
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 Two, 1930-1990 (Revised ed.). Parliament House: Parliament of Western Australia. ISBN 0731697839.
- "Electoral Districts Act 1947 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 21 December 1948. p. 1948:3027-3036.
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