Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1904–1906

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 30 May 1904 to 21 May 1906. The chamber had thirty 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 Province Term
expires
Years in office
George BellinghamSouth-East19081900–1908
Henry BriggsWest19101896–1919
Thomas BrimageSouth19061900–1912
Ephraim ClarkeSouth-West19081901–1921
James ConnollyNorth-East19081901–1914
Charles DempsterEast19061873–1874; 1894–1907
John Drew[2]Central19061900–1918; 1924–1947
John Winthrop HackettSouth-West19061890–1916
Vernon Hamersley[1]East19101904–1946
Samuel Johnson HaynesSouth-East19101894–1910
Edward Vivien Harvey Keane[1]East19101886–1890; 1904
Walter Kingsmill[3]Metropolitan-Suburban19101903–1922
Zebina LaneMetropolitan-Suburban19081903–1908
Joseph LangsfordMetropolitan-Suburban19061904–1911
Robert LaurieWest19061901–1912
William LotonEast19081889–1890; 1898–1900;
1902–1908
Robert McKenzieNorth-East19101904–1916
Edward McLartySouth-West19101894–1916
Wesley MaleySouth-East19061900–1909
Matthew MossWest19081900–1901; 1902–1914
William OatsSouth19101904–1910
William PatrickCentral19101904–1916
Charles PiesseSouth-East19081894–1914
George RandellMetropolitan19101875–1878; 1880–1890;
1893–1894; 1897–1910
Sir George ShentonMetropolitan19061870–1873; 1875–1906
Robert Frederick ShollNorth19101886–1890; 1904–1909
Charles SommersNorth-East19061900–1918
Joseph ThomsonCentral19081902–1908
Frank StoneNorth19061894–1906
Sir Edward WittenoomNorth19081883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934
James WrightMetropolitan19081902–1908

Notes

1 On 9 July 1904, East Province MLC Edward Vivien Harvey Keane died. Vernon Hamersley won the resulting by-election on 5 August 1904.
2 On 10 August 1904, Central Province MLC John Drew was appointed Minister for Lands in the new Ministry led by Labor premier Henry Daglish. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was returned unopposed on 27 August 1904.
3 On 25 August 1905, Metropolitan-Suburban Province MLC Walter Kingsmill was appointed Colonial Secretary and Minister for Education in the new Ministry led by Cornthwaite Rason. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was returned unopposed on 6 September 1905.

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 0-909779-18-X.
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