- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1918–1920
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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1918 to 21 May 1920. 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.
Name Party Province Term
expiresYears in office Joseph Allen Nationalist West 1920 1914–1920 Richard Ardagh National Labor North-East 1924 1912–1924 Charles Baxter[1] Country East 1920 1914–1950 Sir Henry Briggs[2] Nationalist West 1922 1896–1919 Henry Carson Country Central 1920 1914–1920 Ephraim Clarke Nationalist South-West 1920 1901–1921 Hal Colebatch Nationalist East 1924 1912–1923 James Cornell National Labor South 1924 1912–1946 James Cunningham Labor North-East 1922 1916–1922 Jabez Dodd National Labor South 1922 1910–1928 Joseph Duffell Nationalist Metropolitan-Suburban 1920 1914–1926 John Ewing Nationalist South-West 1924 1916–1933 James Greig Country South-East 1920 1916–1925 Vernon Hamersley Nationalist East 1922 1904–1946 James Hickey Labor Central 1922 1916–1928 Joseph Holmes Independent North 1920 1914–1942 Walter Kingsmill Nationalist Metropolitan 1922 1903–1922 John Kirwan Independent South 1920 1908–1946 Arthur Lovekin[3] Nationalist Metropolitan 1924 1919–1931 Robert Lynn Nationalist West 1924 1912–1924 Cuthbert McKenzie Country South-East 1922 1910–1922 George Miles Independent North 1924 1916–1950 Joshua Mills Ind. Nat. Central 1924 1918–1924 Harry Millington Labor North-East 1920 1914–1920 John Nicholson Nationalist Metropolitan 1920 1918–1941 Alexander Panton[2] Labor West 1922 1919–1922 Edwin Rose Nationalist South-West 1922 1916–1934 Archibald Sanderson Nationalist Metropolitan-Suburban 1924 1912–1922 Henry Saunders[3] Independent Metropolitan 1924 1894–1902; 1918–1919 Athelstan Saw Nationalist Metropolitan-Suburban 1922 1915–1929 Hector Stewart Country South-East 1924 1917–1931 Sir Edward Wittenoom Nationalist North 1922 1883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934Notes
- 1 On 17 April 1919, East Province Country LC Charles Baxter was appointed Minister for Agriculture in the new Ministry led by Hal Colebatch. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was returned unopposed on 3 May 1919.
- 2 On 8 June 1919, West Province Nationalist MLC Sir Henry Briggs died. Labor candidate Alexander Panton won the resulting by-election on 5 July 1919.
- 3 On 13 October 1919, Metropolitan Province Independent MLC Henry Saunders died. Nationalist candidate Arthur Lovekin won the resulting by-election on 15 November 1919.
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.
- Black, David and Bolton, Geoffrey (2001). Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Volume One, 1870–1930 (Revised Edition ed.). Parliament House: Parliament of Western Australia. ISBN 0730738140.
Members of the Parliament of Western Australia Legislative Council
Legislative Assembly
Categories:- Members of Western Australian parliaments by term
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