- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1905–1908
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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1905 elections and the 1908 elections, together known as the Sixth Parliament.
Name Party District Years in office William Angwin[6] Labor East Fremantle 1904–1905; 1906–1927 Edward Barnett Labor Albany 1905–1909 Thomas Bath Labor Brown Hill 1902–1914 Harry Bolton Labor North Fremantle 1904–1917 James Brebber Ministerial North Perth 1905–1908 Harry Brown Ministerial Perth 1904–1911 Thomas Brown[7] Labor Geraldton 1906–1908 William Butcher Ministerial Gascoyne 1901–1911; 1915–1917 Henry Carson[7] Ministerial Geraldton 1904–1906; 1908–1911 Philip Collier Labor Boulder 1905–1948 Frank Cowcher Ministerial Williams 1904–1911 Henry Daglish Ministerial[10] Subiaco 1901–1911 Arthur Davies[3] Ministerial South Fremantle 1906–1911 Arthur Diamond[3] Ministerial South Fremantle 1901–1906 Thomas Draper[9] Ministerial West Perth 1907–1911; 1917–1921 William Eddy[2] Ministerial Coolgardie 1905–1908 John Ewing Ministerial Collie 1901–1904; 1905–1908 John Foulkes Ministerial Claremont 1902–1911 William Gordon Ministerial Canning 1901–1911 Hon Henry Gregory Ministerial Menzies 1897–1911 Arthur Gull Ministerial Swan 1905–1908 John Hardwick Ministerial East Perth 1904–1911; 1914–1921 Thomas Hayward Ministerial Wellington 1901–1911 Edward Heitmann Labor Cue 1904–1913; 1914–1917 John Sydney Hicks Ministerial Roebourne 1901–1908 John Holman Labor Murchison 1901–1921; 1923–1925 Joseph Holmes[6] Ministerial East Fremantle 1897–1904; 1905–1906 Austin Horan Labor Yilgarn 1904–1911 Charles Hudson Labor Dundas 1905–1921 Frederick Illingworth[9] Ministerial West Perth 1894–1904; 1905–1907 James Isdell[5] Ministerial Pilbara 1903–1906 William Johnson[4] Labor Guildford 1901–1905; 1906–1917;
1924–1948Hon Norbert Keenan[1] Ind / Min Kalgoorlie 1905–1911; 1930–1950 Charles Layman Ministerial Nelson 1904–1914 Patrick Lynch[8] Labor Mount Leonora 1904–1906 Arthur Male Ministerial Kimberley 1905–1917 John McLarty Ministerial Murray 1904–1909 Hon James Mitchell Ministerial Northam 1905–1933 Frederick Monger Ministerial York 1892–1903; 1905–1914 Hon Newton Moore Ministerial Bunbury 1904–1911 Samuel Moore Ministerial Irwin 1904–1914 Hon Frederick Henry Piesse Ministerial Katanning 1890–1909 Hon James Price[1] Ministerial Fremantle 1905–1910 Hon Timothy Quinlan Ministerial Toodyay 1890–1894; 1897–1911 Hon Sir Cornthwaite Rason[4] Ministerial Guildford 1897–1906 John Scaddan Labor Ivanhoe 1904–1917; 1919–1924;
1930–1933Edmund Smith Ministerial Beverley 1905–1908 Patrick Stone Ministerial Greenough 1901–1904; 1905–1908 Julian Stuart[8] Labor Mount Leonora 1906–1908 George Taylor Labor Mount Margaret 1901–1930 Michael Troy Labor Mount Magnet 1904–1939 Henry Underwood[5] Labor Pilbara 1906–1924 John Veryard Ministerial Balkatta 1905–1908; 1914–1921 Thomas Walker Labor Kanowna 1905–1932 Francis Ware Labor Hannans 1905–1911 Albert Wilson Labor Forrest 1904–1908 Hon Frank Wilson Ministerial Sussex 1897–1901; 1904–1917 Notes
- 1 James Price (Fremantle) and Norbert Keenan (Kalgoorlie) were appointed by the Premier, Newton Moore, as Minister for Works and Attorney-General respectively on 7 May 1906. Both were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections on 25 May 1906, at which both were returned.
- 2 Following the 1905 state election, Ministerial member William Eddy, who had won the seat of Coolgardie by 23 votes against Labor's Charles McDowall in a three-candidate contest, faced a by-election after a petition was lodged against his return. He resigned on 27 April 1906, and was returned at the by-election on 9 July 1906 with a majority of 100 against McDowall.
- 3 The member for South Fremantle, Arthur Diamond, died on 22 June 1906. Arthur Davies won the resulting by-election on 16 July 1906.
- 4 Sir Cornthwaite Rason, the Ministerialist member for Guildford and former Premier, resigned on 27 June 1906 to take up the position of Agent-General for Western Australia in London. At the resulting by-election on 16 July 1906, Labor candidate William Johnson won the seat.
- 5 On 27 June 1906, the member for Pilbara, James Isdell, resigned his seat. At the resulting by-election on 23 July 1906, Labor candidate Henry Underwood won the seat.
- 6 Following the 1905 state election, Ministerial member Joseph Holmes, who had won the seat of East Fremantle by 20 votes (1.0%) against Labor's William Angwin, faced a by-election after a petition was upheld against his return on 24 October 1906. He was defeated by Angwin at the by-election on 13 November 1906, who won 71.37% of the vote.
- 7 Following the 1905 state election, Ministerial member Henry Carson, who had won the seat of Geraldton by 26 votes (Black (1997) notes some sources say 12 votes) against Labor's Thomas Brown, faced a by-election after a petition was upheld against his return on 26 October 1906. He was defeated by Brown at the by-election on 21 November 1906 by 19 votes.
- 8 On 2 November 1906, the Labor member for Mount Leonora, Patrick Lynch, resigned his seat. At the resulting by-election on 13 November 1906, Labor member Julian Stuart was returned unopposed.
- 9 On 13 August 1907, the member for West Perth, Frederick Illingworth, resigned his seat. At the resulting by-election on 2 September 1907, National Political League candidate Thomas Draper won the seat, and joined the Ministerial group in the Legislative Assembly.
- 10 Henry Daglish, the former Labor Premier and member for Subiaco, resigned from the Labor Party before the 1905 election, and was elected under an "Independent Labor" designation.
Sources
- Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth: Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0-7309-8409-5.
- Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-1334-6.
- Western Australian Government Gazettes for 1905, 1906 and 1907; Indexed under "Electoral".
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