Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1962–1965

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1962 to 21 May 1965.

Significant changes occurred to the structure of the Legislative Council and the manner of voting during the term. The Constitution Acts Amendment Act (No.2) 1963 (No.72 of 1963) abolished the 10 three-member provinces which had existed almost unaltered since 1900, and created 15 new two-member provinces. Voting became compulsory and the property franchise was abolished, and the practice of having separate Legislative Council elections in May of every even-numbered year was abolished—the Council's members would now go to the voters at the same elections as members of the Legislative Assembly, although the rotational system where one member per province would retire at each election remained in effect, and unlike the Assembly, the Council's term still expired on 22 May every three years.

A number of transitional arrangements were necessary to put these changes into effect. Those who had terms expiring on 21 May 1964, and five of the ten whose terms were to expire on 21 May 1966 (those who had the lowest winning margins at the 1960 election) would retire on 21 May 1965. The remaining 15 members were eligible to be appointed to new provinces for terms expiring on 21 May 1968. Five of the 15 members whose terms expired in 1965 opted to retire—George Bennetts (Labor), Anthony Loton (Country), Reg Mattiske (Liberal), James Murray (Liberal) and John Teahan (Labor).

Name Party Province Term expires Years in office
Charles AbbeyLiberalCentral1964 19651958–1977
Norm BaxterCountryCentral1966 19651950–1958; 1960–1983
George BennettsLaborSouth-East1964 19651946–1965
Evan Davies[2]LaborWest19681947–1963
David Dellar[1]LaborNorth-East1964 19651963–1965
Leslie DiverCountryCentral19681952–1974
Jerry Dolan[2]LaborWest19681963–1974
Jim GarriganLaborSouth-East1966 19651954–1971
Arthur GriffithLiberalSuburban1964 19651953–1977
William Hall[1]LaborNorth-East19641938–1963
Eric HeenanLaborNorth-East19681936–1968
Jack Heitman[3]CountryMidland1964 19651963–1977
James HislopLiberalMetropolitan1964 19651941–1971
Ruby HutchisonLaborSuburban1966 19651954–1971
Ray JonesCountryMidland19681950–1967
Frederick LaveryLaborWest1964 19651952–1971
Les LoganCountryMidland1966 19681947–1974
Anthony LotonCountrySouth1964 19651944–1965
Graham MacKinnonLiberalSouth-West19681956–1986
Reg MattiskeLiberalMetropolitan1966 19651956–1965
James MurrayLiberalSouth-West1964 19651951–1965
Herbert R. RobinsonLiberalSuburban19681962–1968
Charles Simpson[3]CountryMidland19641946–1963
Harry StricklandLaborNorth19681950–1970
Claude StubbsLaborSouth-East19681962–1980
John TeahanLaborNorth-East1966 19651954–1965
Ron ThompsonLaborWest1966 19681959–1980
Sydney ThompsonCountrySouth1966 19681960–1974
Jack ThomsonCountrySouth19681950–1974
Keith WatsonLiberalMetropolitan19681948–1968
Bill WilleseeLaborNorth1966 19681954–1974
Francis Drake WillmottLiberalSouth-West1966 19681955–1974
Frank WiseLaborNorth1964 19651956–1971

Notes
1 On 1 May 1963, North-East Province Labor MLC William Hall died. Labor candidate David Dellar won the resulting by-election on 29 June 1963.
2 On 10 April 1963, West Province Labor MLC Evan Davies died. Labor candidate Jerry Dolan won the resulting by-election on 29 June 1963.
3 On 12 June 1963, Midland Province Country MLC Charles Simpson died. Liberal candidate Jack Heitman won the resulting by-election on 17 August 1963.

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. (especially p. 6)
  • 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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