Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1930–1932

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1930 to 21 May 1932. 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
Frederick Allsop Nationalist North-East 1936 1930–1932
Charles Baxter Country East 1932 1914–1950
Leonard Bolton[2] Nationalist Metropolitan 1936 1932–1948
James Cornell Nationalist South 1936 1912–1946
John Drew Labor Central 1936 1900–1918; 1924–1947
John Ewing Nationalist South-West 1936 1916–1933
James Franklin Nationalist Metropolitan 1934 1928–1940
Gilbert Fraser Labor West 1934 1928–1958
William Glasheen Country South-East 1932 1925–1932
Edmund Gray Labor West 1932 1923–1952
Edmund Hall Country Central 1934 1928–1947
Vernon Hamersley Country East 1934 1904–1946
Edgar Harris Nationalist North-East 1932 1920–1934
Joseph Holmes Independent North 1932 1914–1942
George Kempton Country Central 1932 1926–1932
Sir John Kirwan Independent South 1932 1908–1946
William Kitson Labor West 1936 1924–1947
Sir William Lathlain Nationalist Metropolitan-Suburban 1932 1926–1932
Arthur Lovekin[2] Nationalist Metropolitan 1936 1919–1931
James Macfarlane Nationalist Metropolitan-Suburban 1936 1922–1928; 1930–1942
William Mann Nationalist South-West 1932 1926–1951
George Miles Nationalist North 1936 1916–1950
Sir Charles Nathan Nationalist Metropolitan-Suburban 1934 1930–1934
John Nicholson Nationalist Metropolitan 1932 1918–1941
Edwin Rose Nationalist South-West 1934 1916–1934
Harold Seddon Nationalist North-East 1934 1922–1954
Hector Stewart[1] Country South-East 1936 1917–1931
Alec Thomson[1] Country South-East 1936 1931–1950
Charles Williams Labor South 1934 1928–1948
Charles Wittenoom Country South-East 1934 1928–1940
Sir Edward Wittenoom Nationalist North 1934 1883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934
Herbert Yelland Nationalist East 1936 1924–1936

Notes

1 On 9 August 1931, South-East Province Country MLC Hector Stewart died. Country candidate Alec Thomson won the resulting by-election on 26 September 1931.
2 On 10 December 1931, Metropolitan Province Nationalist MLC Arthur Lovekin died. Nationalist candidate Leonard Bolton won the resulting by-election on 6 February 1932.

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.