Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1894–1896

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 16 July 1894 to 27 July 1896. 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. As this was the first election of the Legislative Council under responsible government in Western Australia, following the passage of the Constitution Act Amendment Act 1893, all seats were vacant at the time of the election, and therefore the candidate with most votes in each province was elected for six years, the second-most for four years and the third-most for two years.

Name Province Term
expires		 Years in office
William Alexander[3]Central18981895–1898
Henry Briggs[4]West18981896–1919
R. G. BurgesEast18981894–1903
Daniel Keen CongdonWest19001887–1890; 1892–1900
Frederick CrowderSouth-East19001894–1900; 1901–1902
Edward Davies[4]West18981894–1896
Charles DempsterEast19001873–1874; 1894–1907
John FoulkesSouth-West18961894–1896
John Winthrop HackettSouth-West19001890–1916
Richard HardeyEast18961876–1880; 1890–1896
Samuel HaynesSouth-East18981894–1910
Ernest Henty[3]Central18981894–1895
Hugh McKernanCentral18961894–1896
Alfred Kidson[2]West18961895–1902
Edward McLartySouth-West18981894–1916
Harry Marshall[2]West18961894–1895
Stephen Henry ParkerMetropolitan18981878–1888; 1889–1890;
1892–1897
Charles PiesseSouth-East18961894–1914
John RichardsonNorth18981894–1904
Edward RobinsonNorth18961894–1896
Henry SaundersMetropolitan18961894–1902; 1918–1919
Sir George ShentonMetropolitan19001870–1873; 1875–1906
Frank StoneNorth19001894–1906
Edward Wittenoom[1]Central19001883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934

Notes
1 On 19 December 1894, Edward Wittenoom (Central Province) was appointed Minister for Mines in the Forrest Ministry. He was therefore required to resign and submit to a ministerial by-election, and was returned unopposed on 17 January 1895.
2 On 11 July 1895, the seat held by Harry Marshall (West Province) was declared vacant due to bankruptcy. Alfred Kidson was elected unopposed to fill the remainder of the term.
3 On 25 June 1895, Ernest Henty (Central Province) died, and a by-election was held on 25 July 1895, at which William Alexander was elected to fill the remainder of the term.
4 On 9 June 1896, Edward Davies (West Province) resigned, and a by-election was held on 30 June 1896, at which Henry Briggs 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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