Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1914–1916

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1914 to 21 May 1916. 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
Joseph Allen Liberal West 1920 1914–1920
Richard Ardagh Labor North-East 1918 1912–1924
Charles Baxter Country East 1920 1914–1950
Henry Briggs Liberal West 1916 1896–1919
Henry Carson Country Central 1920 1914–1920
Ephraim Clarke Liberal South-West 1920 1901–1921
Hal Colebatch Liberal East 1918 1912–1923
Francis Connor Independent North 1918 1906–1916
James Cornell Labor South 1918 1912–1946
Joseph Cullen Liberal South-East 1918 1909–1917
Jabez Dodd Labor South 1916 1910–1928
John Drew Labor Central 1918 1900–1918; 1924–1947
Joseph Duffell Liberal Metropolitan-Suburban 1920 1914–1926
Douglas Gawler[2] Liberal Metropolitan-Suburban 1916 1910–1915
James Greig[3] Country South-East 1920 1916–1925
Sir John Winthrop Hackett[4] Liberal South-West 1918 1890–1916
Vernon Hamersley Liberal East 1916 1904–1946
Joseph Holmes Liberal/Ind. North 1920 1914–1942
Arthur Jenkins Liberal Metropolitan 1920 1898–1904; 1908–1917
Walter Kingsmill Liberal Metropolitan 1916 1903–1922
John Kirwan Independent South 1920 1908–1946
Robert Lynn Liberal West 1918 1912–1924
Cuthbert McKenzie Country South-East 1916 1910–1922
Robert McKenzie Liberal North-East 1916 1904–1916
Edward McLarty Liberal South-West 1916 1894–1916
Harry Millington Labor North-East 1920 1914–1920
William Patrick Country Central 1916 1904–1916
Charles Piesse[1] Liberal South-East 1920 1894–1914
Archibald Sanderson Liberal Metropolitan-Suburban 1918 1912–1922
Athelstan Saw[2] Liberal Metropolitan-Suburban 1916 1915–1929
George Sewell[1][3] Country South-East 1920 1914–1916
Charles Sommers Liberal Metropolitan 1918 1900–1918
Sir Edward Wittenoom Liberal North 1916 1883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934

Notes

1 On 13 July 1914, South-East Liberal MLC Charles Piesse died. Country candidate George Sewell won the resulting by-election on 18 August 1914.
2 On 16 May 1915, Metropolitan-Suburban Province Liberal MLC Douglas Gawler died. Liberal candidate Athelstan Saw won the resulting by-election on 26 June 1915.
3 On 8 March 1916, South-East Country MLC George Sewell died. Country candidate James Greig was returned unopposed on 20 April 1916.
4 On 19 February 1916, South-West Province Liberal MLC John Winthrop Hackett died. A by-election was called to coincide with the upcoming Council elections on 13 May 1916.

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 One, 1870–1930 (Revised ed.). Parliament House: Parliament of Western Australia. ISBN 0730738140.