Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1950–1952

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1950 to 21 May 1952. 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.

Several of the provinces were renamed at the election. The Electoral Districts Act 1947 had obviated the need for Parliament to redistribute seats itself, instead appointing three Electoral Commissioners who were to review the boundaries according to certain defined criteria. The redistribution was gazetted on 21 December 1948, but did not come into effect until 22 May 1950.

The changes of names were as follows:

  • Central Province → Midland Province
  • East Province → Central Province
  • Metropolitan-Suburban Province → Suburban Province
  • South Province → South-East Province
  • South-East Province → South Province
Name Party Province Term expires Years in office
Charles Baxter[1] Country Central 1952 1914–1950
Norm Baxter[1] Country Central 1952 1950–1958; 1960–1983
George Bennetts Labor South-East 1952 1946–1965
Robert Boylen Labor South-East 1956 1947–1955
Les Craig Liberal South-West 1956 1934–1956
John Cunningham Liberal South-East 1948 1948–1954; 1955–1962
Evan Davies Labor West 1956 1947–1963
James Dimmitt Liberal Suburban 1952 1938–1953
Leslie Diver[4] Country Central 1956 1952–1974
Mervyn Forrest Liberal North 1952 1946–1952
Gilbert Fraser Labor West 1954 1928–1958
Sir Frank Gibson Liberal Suburban 1956 1942–1956
Edmund Gray Labor West 1952 1923–1952
William Hall Labor North-East 1952 1938–1963
Harry Hearn Liberal Metropolitan 1954 1948–1956
Eric Heenan Labor North-East 1956 1936–1968
Charles Henning[2] Liberal South-West 1954 1951–1955
James Hislop Liberal Metropolitan 1952 1941–1971
Ray Jones Country Midland 1956 1950–1967
Sir Charles Latham Country Central 1954 1946–1960
Les Logan Country Midland 1954 1947–1974
Anthony Loton Country South 1952 1944–1965
William Mann[3] Liberal South-West 1952 1926–1951
James Murray[3] Liberal South-West 1952 1951–1965
Hubert Parker Liberal Suburban 1954 1934–1954
Hugh Roche Country South 1954 1940–1960
Sir Harold Seddon Liberal North-East 1954 1922–1954
Charles Simpson Liberal Midland 1952 1946–1963
Harry Strickland Labor North 1956 1950–1970
Jack Thomson Country South 1956 1950–1974
Hobart Tuckey[2] Liberal South-West 1954 1934–1951
Keith Watson Liberal Metropolitan 1956 1948–1968
Frank Welsh Liberal North 1954 1940–1954
Garnet Barrington Wood[4] Country Central 1956 1936–1952

Notes

1 On 2 March 1950, Central (formerly East) Province Country MLC Charles Baxter died. His son Norm Baxter won the resulting by-election on 6 May 1950.
2 On 10 March 1951, South-West Province Liberal MLC Hobart Tuckey died. Liberal candidate Charles Henning won the resulting by-election on 2 June 1951.
3 On 22 April 1951, South-West Province Liberal MLC William Mann died. Liberal candidate James Murray won the resulting by-election on 2 June 1951.
4 On 3 January 1952, Central (formerly East) Province Country MLC Garnet Barrington Wood died. Country Party candidate Leslie Diver won the resulting by-election on 3 May 1952.

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.
  • "Electoral Districts Act 1947 - Order in Council". Western Australia Government Gazette. 21 December 1948. p. 1948:3027-3036.