Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1965–1968

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1965 to 21 May 1968.

The term was the first to be conducted under the Constitution Acts Amendment Act (No.2) 1963 (No.72 of 1963), which abolished the 10 three-member provinces which had existed almost unaltered since 1900 and replaced them with 15 new two-member provinces, while abolishing the practice of having separate Legislative Council elections in May of every even-numbered year. Hence, members whose terms expired on 21 May 1971 were elected at the 1965 state general election.

The chamber as a result had 30 seats made up of 15 provinces each electing two members, on a system of rotation whereby one-half of the members would retire every three years.

Name Party Province Term expires Years in office
Charles Abbey Liberal West 1971 1958–1977
Norm Baxter Country Central 1971 1950–1958; 1960–1983
George Brand Liberal Lower North 1971 1965–1971
Leslie Diver Country Central 1968 1952–1974
Jerry Dolan Labor South-East Metropolitan 1968 1963–1974
Vic Ferry Liberal South-West 1971 1965–1987
Jim Garrigan Labor South-East 1971 1954–1971
Arthur Griffith Liberal North Metropolitan 1971 1953–1977
Clive Griffiths Liberal South-East Metropolitan 1971 1965–1997
Eric Heenan Labor Lower North 1968 1936–1968
Jack Heitman Country Upper West 1971 1963–1977
James Hislop Liberal Metropolitan 1971 1941–1971
Edward House Country South 1971 1965–1971
Ruby Hutchison Labor North-East Metropolitan 1971 1954–1971
Ray Jones[1] Country West 1968 1950–1967
Frederick Lavery Labor South Metropolitan 1971 1952–1971
Les Logan Country Upper West 1968 1947–1974
Graham MacKinnon Liberal Lower West 1968 1956–1986
Neil McNeill Liberal Lower West 1971 1965–1983
Thomas Perry Country Lower Central 1971 1965–1977
Herbert R. Robinson Liberal North Metropolitan 1968 1962–1968
Harry Strickland Labor North 1968 1950–1970
Claude Stubbs Labor South-East 1968 1962–1980
Ron Thompson Labor South Metropolitan 1968 1959–1980
Sydney Thompson Country Lower Central 1968 1960–1974
Jack Thomson Country South 1968 1950–1974
Keith Watson Liberal Metropolitan 1968 1948–1968
Fred White[1] Country West 1968 1967–1973
Bill Willesee Labor North-East Metropolitan 1968 1954–1974
Francis Drake Willmott Liberal South-West 1968 1955–1974
Frank Wise Labor North 1971 1956–1971

Notes

1 On 3 September 1967, West Province (formerly Midland Province) Country MLC Ray Jones died. Country Party candidate Fred White won the resulting by-election on 21 October 1967.

Sources

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  • 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.