Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1896–1898
- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1896–1898
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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 27 July 1896 to 9 May 1898. The chamber had 21 seats made up of seven provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1896, which passed after the 1896 Council election, created a new seat of North-East Province, which had its inaugural election on 29 June 1897 with terms expiring in 1904, 1902 and 1900.
| Name |
Province |
Term
expires |
Years in office |
| William Alexander |
Central |
1898 |
1895–1898 |
| Henry Briggs |
West |
1898 |
1896–1919 |
| Richard Burges |
East |
1898 |
1894–1903 |
| Daniel Congdon |
West |
1900 |
1887–1890; 1892–1900 |
| Frederick Crowder |
South-East |
1900 |
1894–1900; 1901–1902 |
| Charles Dempster |
East |
1900 |
1873–1874; 1894–1907 |
| John Winthrop Hackett |
South-West |
1900 |
1890–1916 |
| Richard Septimus Haynes |
Central |
1902 |
1896–1902 |
| Samuel Haynes |
South-East |
1898 |
1894–1910 |
| Andrew Henning |
North-East |
1898 |
1897–1898 |
| Alfred Kidson |
West |
1902 |
1895–1902 |
| Donald MacKay |
North |
1902 |
1896–1902 |
| Edward McLarty |
South-West |
1898 |
1894–1916 |
| Alexander Matheson |
North-East |
1902 |
1897–1901 |
| Stephen Henry Parker[1] |
Metropolitan |
1898 |
1878–1888; 1889–1890;
1892–1897 |
| Harold Parsons |
North-East |
1900 |
1897–1900 |
| Charles Piesse |
South-East |
1902 |
1894–1914 |
| George Randell[1] |
Metropolitan |
1898 |
1875–1878; 1880–1890;
1893–1894; 1897–1910 |
| John Richardson |
North |
1898 |
1894–1904 |
| Henry Saunders |
Metropolitan |
1902 |
1894–1902; 1918–1919 |
| Sir George Shenton |
Metropolitan |
1900 |
1870–1873; 1875–1906 |
| William Spencer |
South-West |
1902 |
1896–1901 |
| Frank Stone |
North |
1900 |
1894–1906 |
| John Taylor |
East |
1902 |
1896–1899 |
| Edward Wittenoom |
Central |
1900 |
1883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934 |
Notes
- 1 On 28 April 1897, Stephen Henry Parker (Metropolitan Province) resigned, and a by-election was held on 28 May 1897, at which George Randell was elected to fill the remainder of the term.
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 0-9097-7918-X.
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