Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1954–1956
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1954 to 21 May 1956. 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 expires | Years in office |
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Charles Barker | Labor | North | 1958 | 1952–1956 |
Norm Baxter | Country | Central | 1958 | 1950–1958; 1960–1983 |
George Bennetts | Labor | South-East | 1958 | 1946–1965 |
Robert Boylen[1] | Labor | South-East | 1956 | 1947–1955 |
Les Craig | Liberal | South-West | 1956 | 1934–1956 |
John Cunningham[1] | Liberal | South-East | 1956 | 1948–1954; 1955–1962 |
Evan Davies | Labor | West | 1956 | 1947–1963 |
Leslie Diver | Country | Central | 1956 | 1952–1974 |
Gilbert Fraser | Labor | West | 1960 | 1928–1958 |
Jim Garrigan | Labor | South-East | 1960 | 1954–1971 |
Sir Frank Gibson | Liberal | Suburban | 1956 | 1942–1956 |
Arthur Griffith | Liberal | Suburban | 1958 | 1953–1977 |
William Hall | Labor | North-East | 1958 | 1938–1963 |
Harry Hearn[3] | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1960 | 1948–1956 |
Eric Heenan | Labor | North-East | 1956 | 1936–1968 |
Charles Henning[2] | Liberal | South-West | 1960 | 1951–1955 |
James Hislop | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1958 | 1941–1971 |
Ruby Hutchison | Labor | Suburban | 1960 | 1954–1971 |
Arthur Jones | Country | Midland | 1956 | 1950–1967 |
Sir Charles Latham | Country | Central | 1960 | 1946–1960 |
Frederick Lavery | Labor | West | 1958 | 1952–1971 |
Les Logan | Country | Midland | 1960 | 1947–1974 |
Anthony Loton | Country | South | 1958 | 1944–1965 |
James Murray | Liberal | South-West | 1958 | 1951–1965 |
Hugh Roche | Country | South | 1960 | 1940–1960 |
Charles Simpson | Liberal | Midland | 1958 | 1946–1963 |
Harry Strickland | Labor | North | 1956 | 1950–1970 |
John Teahan | Labor | North-East | 1960 | 1954–1965 |
Jack Thomson | Country | South | 1956 | 1950–1974 |
Keith Watson | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1956 | 1948–1968 |
William Willesee | Labor | North | 1960 | 1954–1974 |
Francis Drake Willmott[2] | Liberal | South-West | 1960 | 1955–1974 |
Notes
- 1 On 25 June 1955, South-East Province Labor MLC Robert Boylen died. Liberal candidate John Cunningham, who had represented the area until his defeat the previous year by Labor's Jim Garrigan, won the resulting by-election on 10 September 1955.
- 2 On 22 June 1955, South-West Province Liberal MLC Charles Henning died. Liberal candidate Francis Drake Willmott won the resulting by-election on 10 September 1955.
- 3 On 20 March 1956, Metropolitan Province Liberal MLC Harry Hearn died. Liberal candidate Reg Mattiske won the resulting by-election on 9 June 1956.
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.
- Black, David and Bolton, Geoffrey (2001). Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Volume Two, 1930-1990 (Revised ed.). Parliament House: Parliament of Western Australia. ISBN 0731697839.
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