Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1954–1956

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1954 to 21 May 1956. 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 Boylen[1]LaborSouth-East19561947–1955
Les CraigLiberalSouth-West19561934–1956
John Cunningham[1]LiberalSouth-East19561948–1954; 1955–1962
Evan DaviesLaborWest19561947–1963
Leslie DiverCountryCentral19561952–1974
Gilbert FraserLaborWest19601928–1958
Jim GarriganLaborSouth-East19601954–1971
Sir Frank GibsonLiberalSuburban19561942–1956
Arthur GriffithLiberalSuburban19581953–1977
William HallLaborNorth-East19581938–1963
Harry Hearn[3]LiberalMetropolitan19601948–1956
Eric HeenanLaborNorth-East19561936–1968
Charles Henning[2]LiberalSouth-West19601951–1955
James HislopLiberalMetropolitan19581941–1971
Ruby HutchisonLaborSuburban19601954–1971
Ray JonesCountryMidland19561950–1967
Sir Charles LathamCountryCentral19601946–1960
Frederick LaveryLaborWest19581952–1971
Les LoganCountryMidland19601947–1974
Anthony LotonCountrySouth19581944–1965
James MurrayLiberalSouth-West19581951–1965
Hugh RocheCountrySouth19601940–1960
Charles SimpsonLiberalMidland19581946–1963
Harry StricklandLaborNorth19561950–1970
John TeahanLaborNorth-East19601954–1965
Jack ThomsonCountrySouth19561950–1974
Keith WatsonLiberalMetropolitan19561948–1968
Bill WilleseeLaborNorth19601954–1974
Francis Drake Willmott[2]LiberalSouth-West19601955–1974

Notes
1 On 25 June 1955, South-East Province Labor MLC Robert Boylen died. Liberal candidate John Cunningham, who had represented the area until his defeat the previous year by Labor's Jim Garrigan, won the resulting by-election on 10 September 1955.
2 On 22 June 1955, South-West Province Liberal MLC Charles Henning died. Liberal candidate Francis Drake Willmott won the resulting by-election on 10 September 1955.
3 On 20 March 1956, Metropolitan Province Liberal MLC Harry Hearn died. Liberal candidate Reg Mattiske won the resulting by-election on 9 June 1956.

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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