Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1962–1965

Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 19621965

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1962 to 21 May 1965.

Significant changes occurred to the structure of the Legislative Council and the manner of voting during the term. The Constitution Acts Amendment Act (No.2) 1963 (No.72 of 1963) abolished the 10 three-member provinces which had existed almost unaltered since 1900, and created 15 new two-member provinces. Voting became compulsory and the property franchise was abolished, and the practice of having separate Legislative Council elections in May of every even-numbered year was abolishedthe Council's members would now go to the voters at the same elections as members of the Legislative Assembly, although the rotational system where one member per province would retire at each election remained in effect, and unlike the Assembly, the Council's term still expired on 22 May every three years.

A number of transitional arrangements were necessary to put these changes into effect. Those who had terms expiring on 21 May 1964, and five of the ten whose terms were to expire on 21 May 1966 (those who had the lowest winning margins at the 1960 election) would retire on 21 May 1965. The remaining 15 members were eligible to be appointed to new provinces for terms expiring on 21 May 1968. Five of the 15 members whose terms expired in 1965 opted to retireGeorge Bennetts (Labor), Anthony Loton (Country), Reg Mattiske (Liberal), James Murray (Liberal) and John Teahan (Labor).

Name Party Province Term expires Years in office
Charles Abbey Liberal Central 1964 1965 19581977
Norm Baxter Country Central 1966 1965 19501958; 19601983
George Bennetts Labor South-East 1964 1965 19461965
Evan Davies[2] Labor West 1968 19471963
David Dellar[1] Labor North-East 1964 1965 19631965
Leslie Diver Country Central 1968 19521974
Jerry Dolan[2] Labor West 1968 19631974
Jim Garrigan Labor South-East 1966 1965 19541971
Arthur Griffith Liberal Suburban 1964 1965 19531977
William Hall[1] Labor North-East 1964 19381963
Eric Heenan Labor North-East 1968 19361968
Jack Heitman[3] Country Midland 1964 1965 19631977
James Hislop Liberal Metropolitan 1964 1965 19411971
Ruby Hutchinson Labor Suburban 1966 1965 19541971
Arthur Jones Country Midland 1968 19501967
Frederick Lavery Labor West 1964 1965 19521971
Les Logan Country Midland 1966 1968 19471974
Anthony Loton Country South 1964 1965 19441965
Graham MacKinnon Liberal South-West 1968 19561986
Reg Mattiske Liberal Metropolitan 1966 1965 19561965
James Murray Liberal South-West 1964 1965 19511965
Herbert R. Robinson Liberal Suburban 1968 19621968
Charles Simpson[3] Country Midland 1964 19461963
Harry Strickland Labor North 1968 19501970
Claude Stubbs Labor South-East 1968 19621980
John Teahan Labor North-East 1966 1965 19541965
Ronald Thompson Labor West 1966 1968 19591980
Sydney Thompson Country South 1966 1968 19601974
Jack Thomson Country South 1968 19501974
Keith Watson Liberal Metropolitan 1968 19481968
William Willesee Labor North 1966 1968 19541974
Francis Drake Willmott Liberal South-West 1966 1968 19551974
Frank Wise Labor North 1964 1965 19561971

Notes

1 On 1 May 1963, North-East Province Labor MLC William Hall died. Labor candidate David Dellar won the resulting by-election on 29 June 1963.
2 On 10 April 1963, West Province Labor MLC Evan Davies died. Labor candidate Jerry Dolan won the resulting by-election on 29 June 1963.
3 On 12 June 1963, Midland Province Country MLC Charles Simpson died. Liberal candidate Jack Heitman won the resulting by-election on 17 August 1963.

Sources

Members of the Parliament of Western Australia
Legislative Council

19601962 · 19621965 · 19651968

Legislative Assembly

19591962 · 19621965 · 19651968


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