Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1908–1910

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1908 to 21 May 1910. 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 Province Term
expires
Years in office
Henry BriggsWest19101896–1919
Thomas BrimageNorth-East19121900–1912
Ephraim ClarkeSouth-West19141901–1921
James ConnollyNorth-East19141901–1914
Francis ConnorNorth19121906–1916
Joseph Cullen[1]South-East19121909–1917
John DrewCentral19121900–1918; 1924–1947
John GlowreySouth19121900–1904; 1906–1912
John Winthrop HackettSouth-West19121890–1916
Vernon HamersleyEast19101904–1946
Samuel HaynesSouth-East19101894–1910
Arthur JenkinsMetropolitan19141898–1904; 1908–1917
Walter KingsmillMetropolitan-Suburban19101903–1922
John KirwanSouth19141908–1946
Joseph LangsfordMetropolitan-Suburban19121904–1911
Robert LaurieWest19121901–1912
Robert McKenzieNorth-East19101904–1916
Edward McLartySouth-West19101894–1916
Wesley Maley[1]South-East19121900–1909
Matthew MossWest19141900–1901; 1902–1914
William OatsSouth19101904–1910
Con O'BrienCentral19141901–1904; 1908–1914
William PatrickCentral19101904–1916
Richard PennefatherNorth19141907–1914
Charles PiesseSouth-East19141894–1914
George RandellMetropolitan19101875–1878; 1880–1890;
1893–1894; 1897–1910
Robert Frederick Sholl[2]North19101886–1890; 1904–1909
Charles SommersMetropolitan19121900–1918
Sydney StubbsMetropolitan-Suburban19141908–1911
George ThrossellEast19121907–1910
Thomas WildingEast19141908–1914
Sir Edward Wittenoom[2]North19101883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934

Notes

1 On 7 September 1909, South-East MLC Wesley Maley resigned. Joseph Cullen won the resulting by-election on 1 October 1907.
2 On 8 December 1909, North Province MLC Robert Frederick Sholl died. Edward Wittenoom was returned unopposed on 8 January 1910.

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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