- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1939–1943
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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1939 election and the 1943 election, together known as the 17th Parliament.
Name Party District Years in office Arthur Abbott Ind. Nat./Nationalist North Perth 1939–1956 Claude Barker[3] Independent Irwin-Moore 1939 Horace Berry[3] Independent Irwin-Moore 1939–1947 Ignatius Boyle Country Avon 1935–1943 Florence Cardell-Oliver Nationalist Subiaco 1936–1956 Hon Philip Collier Labor Boulder 1905–1948 Aubrey Coverley[1] Labor Kimberley 1924–1953 Charles Cross Labor Canning 1933–1947 Victor Doney Country Williams-Narrogin 1928–1956 Thomas Fox Labor South Fremantle 1935–1951 Herb Graham[6] Labor East Perth 1943–1973 Albert Hawke Labor Northam 1933–1968 Bill Hegney Labor Pilbara 1939–1968 James Hegney Labor Middle Swan 1930–1947; 1950–1968 Leonard Hill Country Albany 1936–1956 Edward Holman[2] Labor Forrest 1939–1947 May Holman[2] Labor Forrest 1925–1939 Thomas Hughes[6] Independent East Perth 1922–1927; 1936–1943 William Johnson Labor Guildford-Midland 1901–1905; 1906–1917;
1924–1948Norbert Keenan Nationalist Nedlands 1904–1911; 1930–1950 Lionel Kelly[4] Ind. Country Yilgarn-Coolgardie 1941–1968 George Lambert[4] Labor Yilgarn-Coolgardie 1917–1930; 1933–1941 Charles Latham[4] Country York 1921–1942 David Leahy Labor Hannans 1938–1948 James Mann Country Beverley 1930–1962 William Marshall Labor Murchison 1921–1952 Robert McDonald Nationalist West Perth 1933–1950 Ross McLarty Nationalist Murray-Wellington 1930–1962 Harry Millington Labor Mount Hawthorn 1924–1947 Ted Needham Labor Perth 1904–1905; 1933–1953 Hon Charles North Nationalist Claremont 1924–1956 Emil Nulsen[1] Labor Kanowna 1932–1962 William Patrick Country Greenough 1930–1943 Charles Perkins[4] Country York 1942–1962 Howard Raphael Labor Victoria Park 1930–1944 Alec Rodoreda Labor Roebourne 1933–1958 Richard Sampson Country Swan 1921–1944 Harrie Seward Country Pingelly 1933–1950 Harry Shearn Ind. Nat. Maylands 1936–1951 Joseph Sleeman Labor Fremantle 1924–1959 Frederick Smith Labor Brown Hill-Ivanhoe 1932–1950 John Henry Smith Nationalist Nelson 1921–1936; 1939–1943 Sydney Stubbs Country Wagin 1911–1947 Herbert Styants Labor Kalgoorlie 1936–1956 Lindsay Thorn Country Toodyay 1930–1959 John Tonkin Labor North-East Fremantle 1933–1977 Lucien Triat Labor Mount Magnet 1939–1950 Frederick Warner Country Mount Marshall 1933–1943 Arthur Watts Country Katanning 1935–1962 Arthur Wilson Labor Collie 1908–1947 Hon John Willcock Labor Geraldton 1917–1947 William Willmott Nationalist Sussex 1938–1947 Hon Frank Wise Labor Gascoyne 1933–1951 Frederick Withers Labor Bunbury 1924–1947 Notes
- 1 On 29 March 1939, Aubrey Coverley, the member for Kimberley was appointed as Minister for the North-West in the Willcock Ministry, whilst Emil Nulsen, the member for Kanowna, was appointed Minister for Justice and Minister for Railways. Both were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections on 5 April 1939, in which both were returned unopposed.
- 2 On 20 March 1939, the Labor member for Forrest, May Holman, died after a car crash. Her brother, Edward Holman, won the resulting by-election on 20 May 1939—the third family member in a row to hold the seat, as their father, John Holman, had held it from a 1923 by-election until his death in 1925.
- 3 On 2 August 1939, the Independent member for Irwin-Moore, Claude Barker, resigned. The Independent candidate, Horace Berry, won the resulting by-election on 9 September 1939.
- 4 On 30 June 1941, the Labor member for Yilgarn-Coolgardie, George Lambert, died. Independent Country candidate Lionel Kelly won the resulting by-election on 9 August 1941.
- 5 On 7 October 1942, the Country member for York, Charles Latham, resigned after being appointed to fill a Senate vacancy. Country candidate Charles Perkins won the resulting by-election on 21 November 1942.
- 6 On 15 July 1943, the Independent member for East Perth, Thomas Hughes, resigned to contest the Federal seat of Perth at the 1943 federal election. Labor candidate Herb Graham won the resulting by-election on 14 August 1943.
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