Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1896–1898
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 27 July 1896 to 9 May 1898. The chamber had 21 seats made up of seven provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1896, which passed after the 1896 Council election, created a new seat of North-East Province, which had its inaugural election on 29 June 1897 with terms expiring in 1904, 1902 and 1900.
Name | Province | Term expires | Years in office |
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William Alexander | Central | 1898 | 1895–1898 |
Henry Briggs | West | 1898 | 1896–1919 |
R. G. Burges | East | 1898 | 1894–1903 |
Daniel Keen Congdon | West | 1900 | 1887–1890; 1892–1900 |
Frederick Crowder | South-East | 1900 | 1894–1900; 1901–1902 |
Charles Dempster | East | 1900 | 1873–1874; 1894–1907 |
John Winthrop Hackett | South-West | 1900 | 1890–1916 |
Richard Septimus Haynes | Central | 1902 | 1896–1902 |
Samuel Johnson Haynes | South-East | 1898 | 1894–1910 |
Andrew Henning | North-East | 1898 | 1897–1898 |
Alfred Kidson | West | 1902 | 1895–1902 |
Donald McDonald MacKay | North | 1902 | 1896–1902 |
Edward McLarty | South-West | 1898 | 1894–1916 |
Alexander Matheson | North-East | 1902 | 1897–1901 |
Stephen Henry Parker[1] | Metropolitan | 1898 | 1878–1888; 1889–1890; 1892–1897 |
Harold Parsons | North-East | 1900 | 1897–1900 |
Charles Piesse | South-East | 1902 | 1894–1914 |
George Randell[1] | Metropolitan | 1898 | 1875–1878; 1880–1890; 1893–1894; 1897–1910 |
John Richardson | North | 1898 | 1894–1904 |
Henry Saunders | Metropolitan | 1902 | 1894–1902; 1918–1919 |
Sir George Shenton | Metropolitan | 1900 | 1870–1873; 1875–1906 |
William Spencer | South-West | 1902 | 1896–1901 |
Frank Stone | North | 1900 | 1894–1906 |
John Howard Taylor | East | 1902 | 1896–1899 |
Edward Wittenoom | Central | 1900 | 1883–1884; 1885–1886; 1894–1898; 1902–1906; 1910–1934 |
Notes
- 1 On 28 April 1897, Stephen Henry Parker (Metropolitan Province) resigned, and a by-election was held on 28 May 1897, at which George Randell was elected to fill the remainder of the term.
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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