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 Bellingham	South-East	1908	1900–1908
Henry Briggs	West	1910	1896–1919
Thomas Brimage	South	1906	1900–1912
Ephraim Clarke	South-West	1908	1901–1921
James Connolly	North-East	1908	1901–1914
Charles Dempster	East	1906	1873–1874; 1894–1907
John Drew^[2]	Central	1906	1900–1918; 1924–1947
John Winthrop Hackett	South-West	1906	1890–1916
Vernon Hamersley^[1]	East	1910	1904–1946
Samuel Johnson Haynes	South-East	1910	1894–1910
Edward Vivien Harvey Keane^[1]	East	1910	1886–1890; 1904
Walter Kingsmill^[3]	Metropolitan-Suburban	1910	1903–1922
Zebina Lane	Metropolitan-Suburban	1908	1903–1908
Joseph Langsford	Metropolitan-Suburban	1906	1904–1911
Robert Laurie	West	1906	1901–1912
William Loton	East	1908	1889–1890; 1898–1900; 1902–1908
Robert McKenzie	North-East	1910	1904–1916
Edward McLarty	South-West	1910	1894–1916
Wesley Maley	South-East	1906	1900–1909
Matthew Moss	West	1908	1900–1901; 1902–1914
William Oats	South	1910	1904–1910
William Patrick	Central	1910	1904–1916
Charles Piesse	South-East	1908	1894–1914
George Randell	Metropolitan	1910	1875–1878; 1880–1890; 1893–1894; 1897–1910
Sir George Shenton	Metropolitan	1906	1870–1873; 1875–1906
Robert Frederick Sholl	North	1910	1886–1890; 1904–1909
Charles Sommers	North-East	1906	1900–1918
Joseph Thomson	Central	1908	1902–1908
Frank Stone	North	1906	1894–1906
Sir Edward Wittenoom	North	1908	1883–1884; 1885–1886; 1894–1898; 1902–1906; 1910–1934
James Wright	Metropolitan	1908	1902–1908

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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