Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1952–1954

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1952 to 21 May 1954. 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
Don BarkerLaborNorth19581952–1956
Norm BaxterCountryCentral19581950–1958; 1960–1983
George BennettsLaborSouth-East19581946–1965
Robert BoylenLaborSouth-East19561947–1955
Les CraigLiberalSouth-West19561934–1956
John CunninghamLiberalSouth-East19481948–1954; 1955–1962
Evan DaviesLaborWest19561947–1963
James Dimmitt[1]LiberalSuburban19581938–1953
Leslie DiverCountryCentral19561952–1974
Gilbert FraserLaborWest19541928–1958
Sir Frank GibsonLiberalSuburban19561942–1956
Arthur Griffith[1]LiberalSuburban19581953–1977
William HallLaborNorth-East19581938–1963
Harry HearnLiberalMetropolitan19541948–1956
Eric HeenanLaborNorth-East19561936–1968
Charles HenningLiberalSouth-West19541951–1955
James HislopLiberalMetropolitan19581941–1971
Ray JonesCountryMidland19561950–1967
Sir Charles LathamCountryCentral19541946–1960
Frederick LaveryLaborWest19581952–1971
Les LoganCountryMidland19541947–1974
Anthony LotonCountrySouth19581944–1965
James MurrayLiberalSouth-West19581951–1965
Hubert ParkerLiberalSuburban19541934–1954
Hugh RocheCountrySouth19541940–1960
Sir Harold SeddonLiberalNorth-East19541922–1954
Charles SimpsonLiberalMidland19581946–1963
Harry StricklandLaborNorth19561950–1970
Jack ThomsonCountrySouth19561950–1974
Keith WatsonLiberalMetropolitan19561948–1968
Frank WelshLiberalNorth19541940–1954

Notes

1 On 13 April 1953, Suburban Province Liberal MLC James Dimmitt resigned to accept an appointment as Agent-General for Western Australia in London. Liberal candidate Arthur Griffith won the resulting by-election on 20 June 1953.

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; 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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