Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1906–1908

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1906 to 21 May 1908. 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
George BellinghamSouth-East19081900–1908
Henry BriggsWest19101896–1919
Thomas BrimageNorth-East19121900–1912
Ephraim ClarkeSouth-West19081901–1921
James Connolly[1]North-East19081901–1914
Francis ConnorNorth19121906–1916
Charles Dempster[3]East19121873–1874; 1894–1907
John DrewCentral19121900–1918; 1924–1947
John GlowreySouth19121900–1904; 1906–1912
John Winthrop HackettSouth-West19121890–1916
Vernon HamersleyEast19101904–1946
Samuel HaynesSouth-East19101894–1910
Walter KingsmillMetropolitan-Suburban19101903–1922
Zebina LaneMetropolitan-Suburban19081903–1908
Joseph LangsfordMetropolitan-Suburban19121904–1911
Robert LaurieWest19121901–1912
William LotonEast19081889–1890; 1898–1900;
1902–1908
Robert McKenzieNorth-East19101904–1916
Edward McLartySouth-West19101894–1916
Wesley MaleySouth-East19121900–1909
Matthew MossWest19081900–1901; 1902–1914
William OatsSouth19101904–1910
William PatrickCentral19101904–1916
Richard Pennefather[2]North19081907–1914
Charles PiesseSouth-East19081894–1914
George RandellMetropolitan19101875–1878; 1880–1890;
1893–1894; 1897–1910
Robert Frederick ShollNorth19101886–1890; 1904–1909
Charles SommersMetropolitan19121900–1918
Joseph ThomsonCentral19081902–1908
George Throssell[3]East19121907–1910
Sir Edward Wittenoom[2]North19081883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934
James WrightMetropolitan19081902–1908

Notes

1 On 7 May 1906, North-East Province MLC James Connolly was appointed Colonial Secretary and Minister for Commerce and Labour in the new Ministry led by Newton Moore. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was returned unopposed on 16 May 1906.
2 On 6 November 1906, North Province MLC Edward Wittenoom resigned. Richard Pennefather won the resulting by-election on 15 January 1907.
3 On 21 July 1907, East Province MLC Charles Dempster resigned. George Throssell, who had served briefly as Premier in 1901, won the resulting by-election on 12 August 1907.

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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