Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1901–1904

Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 19011904

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1901 election and the 1904 election, together known as the Fourth Parliament.

The names of parliamentary groupings, which were not formalised parties, were established prior to the 1901 election, with Ministerialists being those sympathetic to former Premier John Forrest, and Oppositionists and Independents defined accordingly. With the exit of Forrest from state politics following his successful shift to the federal Division of Swan, the Ministerial group was defeated in the election and had no obvious choice of leader, but the Opposition, led by George Leake, did not have sufficient numbers to govern in its own right. The failure of the Morgans Ministry in December 1901 after less than a month in office and the unprecedented defeat of three of its Ministers in ministerial by-elections allowed an Opposition-led government with Labour support to govern until the 1904 election with a reasonable level of stability. Therefore, the "Opposition" were in government and the "Ministerial" group was in opposition for most of the period. Bolton and Mozley (1961) introduce the terminology "Forrest party" and "Leake party", but these were not used by either the press or the groupings themselves.

Name Party District Years in office
William Atkins[10] Independent Murray 19021904
Thomas Bath[11] Labour Hannans 19021914
Richard Burges[14] Ministerial York 19031905
William Butcher Independent Gascoyne 19011911; 19151917
Francis Connor Independent East Kimberley 18931905
Henry Daglish Labour Subiaco 19011911
Arthur Diamond Independent South Fremantle 19011906
Denis Doherty[15] Ministerial North Fremantle 18971903
John Ewing Ministerial/Opposition[4] South West Mining 19011904; 19051908
John Ferguson[15] Opposition North Fremantle 19031904
Alexander Forrest[2] Ministerial West Kimberley 18901901
John Foulkes[7] Ministerial Claremont 19021911
Hon James Gardiner[9] Opposition Albany 19011904; 19141921
William James George[10] Opposition Murray 18951902; 19091930
William Gordon Ministerial Canning 19011911
Hon Henry Gregory[1][6] Opposition North Coolgardie 18971911
Charles Harper Ministerial/Opposition[4] Beverley 18901905
Albert Hassell Opposition Plantagenet 18901904
Robert Hastie Labour Kanowna 19011905
Thomas Hayward Ministerial Bunbury 19011911
John Sydney Hicks Independent Roebourne 19011908
John Higham Ministerial Fremantle 18961904
John Holman[5] Labour North Murchison 19011921; 19231925
Hon Joseph Holmes[1] Opposition East Fremantle 18971904; 19051906
Hon John Marquis Hopkins[12] Opposition Boulder 19011905; 19081910
Robert Hutchinson Opposition Geraldton 19001904
Hon Frederick Illingworth[1][6] Opposition Cue 18941904
James Isdell[13] Independent Pilbara 19031906
Mathieson Jacoby Opposition Swan 19011905; 19081911
Hon Walter James[9] Opposition East Perth 18941904
William Johnson Labour Kalgoorlie 19011905; 19061917;
19241948
Hon Walter Kingsmill[1][6][13] Opposition Pilbara 18971903
Hon George Leake[1][6][8] Opposition West Perth 18941900; 19011902
Hon James George Lee-Steere[16] Ministerial Nelson 18901903
Francis McDonald Opposition Cockburn Sound 19011904
George McWilliams[3] Opposition North Perth 19011904
Frederick Monger[14] Ministerial York 18921903; 19051914
Frederick Moorhead[5] Ministerial North Murchison 18991901
Charles Moran[8] Independent West Perth 18941901; 19021905
Alf Morgans[5] Ministerial Coolgardie 18971904
John Nanson[5] Ministerial Murchison 19011905; 19081914
William Oats Independent Yilgarn 18971904
Michael O'Connor Ministerial Moore 19011904
Samuel J. Phillips Ministerial Irwin 18901904
Hon Frederick Henry Piesse Ministerial Williams 18901909
Sydney Piggott[2] Ministerial West Kimberley 19011904
William Purkiss[5] Ministerial Perth 19011904
Timothy Quinlan[5] Ministerial Toodyay 18901894; 18971911
Hon Cornthwaite Rason[6] Ministerial/Opposition[4] Guildford 18971906
Fergie Reid Labour Mount Burges 19011904
John Reside[11] Labor Hannans 19011902
William Sayer[7] Ministerial Claremont 19011902
Henry Teasdale Smith Ministerial Wellington 19011904
Richard Speight[3] Opposition North Perth 1901
Patrick Stone Independent Greenough 19011904; 19051908
George Taylor Labour Mount Margaret 19011930
Albert Thomas Independent Dundas 19011905
Hon George Throssell Ministerial Northam 18901904
John Walter[16] Ministerial Nelson 19031904
Frank Wilson[5] Opposition Perth 18971901; 19041917
Henry Yelverton Ministerial Sussex 19011904

Notes

1 Following the failure of the Throssell Ministry on 27 May 1901, a new six-member Ministry comprising Opposition members led by George Leake was formed. These members were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections. On 19 June 1901, all of them were returned unopposed.
2 On 20 June 1901, the Ministerial member for West Kimberley, Alexander Forrest, died. At the resulting by-election on 23 July 1901, Ministerial candidate Sydney Piggott was elected to fill the vacancy.
3 On 19 September 1901, the Opposition member for North Perth, Richard Speight, died. At the resulting by-election on 5 October 1901, Opposition candidate George McWilliams was elected to fill the vacancy.
4 In mid-December 1901, Cornthwaite Rason, Charles Harper and John Ewing switched allegiance from the Morgans Ministry to the supporters of Leake. (p.2234, Hansard)
5 The Leake Ministry, following a want of confidence motion moved on 31 October 1901 and passed on 9 November 1901, was replaced on 21 November by a new six-member Ministry comprising mostly Ministerial members led by Alf Morgans. These members were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections. According to Brian de Garis (Stannage, p.348), Leake and his supporters set about "the best organised campaigning the state had ever witnessed" for the by-elections, and three of the ministersFrank Wilson (Perth), Legislative Councillor Matthew Moss (West Province) and Frederick Moorhead (North Murchison) were defeated. William Purkiss won Perth whilst Labour candidate John Holman won North Murchison. Morgans, Quinlan and Nanson retained their seats.
6 The Morgans Ministry resigned on 20 December 1901 and a new six-member Ministry comprising Opposition members headed by George Leake was appointed three days later. These members were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-electionsfour of them for the second time in seven months. All were returned on 7 January 1902Illingworth and Gregory unopposed, the others winning against independent candidates.
7 In May 1902, the Ministerial member for Claremont, William Sayer, resigned. At the resulting by-election on 11 June 1902, Opposition candidate John Foulkes was elected.
8 On 24 June 1902, the Premier and member for West Perth, George Leake, died unexpectedly at the age of 45. The Independent candidate and former Ministerial member for East Coolgardie, Charles Moran, won the resulting by-election on 14 July 1902.
9 Following the death of Premier Leake, a new Ministry led by Leake supporter Walter James was appointed on 1 July 1902. Most of the ministers under Leake continued, so only Walter James (East Perth) and James Gardiner (Albany were required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections. Both were returned unopposed on 11 July 1902.
10 On 1 July 1902, William James George, the member for Murray, resigned. At the resulting by-election on 16 July 1902, Independent candidate William Atkins was elected.
11 On 29 September 1902, the Labour member for Hannans, John Reside, died. Labour candidate Thomas Bath was returned unopposed in the resulting by-election on 15 October 1902.
12 On 17 February 1903, John Marquis Hopkins, the member for Boulder, was appointed as Minister for Lands. He resigned to contest the ministerial by-election, but was returned unopposed on 25 February 1903.
13 On 12 February 1903, the Opposition member for Pilbara, Walter Kingsmill, resigned. At the resulting by-election on 18 March 1903, Independent candidate James Isdell was elected.
14 On 24 March 1903, the Ministerial member for York, Frederick Monger, resigned. At the resulting by-election on 6 April 1903, Ministerial candidate Richard Burges was elected.
15 In August 1903, the Ministerial member for North Fremantle, Denis Doherty, resigned from parliament and returned to England. At the resulting by-election on 26 August 1903, John Ferguson was elected, beating Labor rival James Ives by 6 votes.
16 On 30 November 1903, the Ministerial member for Nelson and Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Sir James George Lee-Steere, died. Ministerial candidate John Walter was returned unopposed in the resulting by-election on 11 December 1903.

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. 
  • Bolton, Geoffrey; Mozley, Ann (1961). The Western Australian Legislature, 1870-1930. Canberra: Australian National University.  (no ISBN)
  • de Garis, Brian (1981). "Self-government and the evolution of party politics". In Stannage, C.T.. A New History of Western Australia. Nedlands: University of Western Australia Press. ISBN 0-85564-170-3. 
Members of the Parliament of Western Australia
Legislative Council

19001902 · 19021904 · 19041906

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18971901 · 19011904 · 19041905


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