Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1948–1950

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1948 to 21 May 1950. 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
Charles Baxter Country East 1952 1914–1950
George Bennetts Labor South 1952 1946–1965
Robert Boylen Labor South 1950 1947–1955
Les Craig Liberal South-West 1950 1934–1956
John Cunningham Liberal South 1948 1948–1954; 1955–1962
Harold Daffen Liberal Central 1950 1947–1950
Evan Davies Labor West 1950 1947–1963
James Dimmitt Liberal Metropolitan-Suburban 1952 1938–1953
Mervyn Forrest Liberal North 1952 1946–1952
Gilbert Fraser Labor West 1954 1928–1958
Sir Frank Gibson Liberal Metropolitan 1950 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 1950 1936–1968
James Hislop Liberal Metropolitan 1952 1941–1971
Sir Charles Latham Country East 1954 1946–1960
Les Logan Country Central 1954 1947–1974
Anthony Loton Country South-East 1952 1944–1965
William Mann Liberal South-West 1952 1926–1951
George Miles Independent North 1950 1916–1950
Hubert Parker Liberal Metropolitan-Suburban 1954 1934–1954
Hugh Roche Country South-East 1954 1940–1960
Harold Seddon Liberal North-East 1954 1922–1954
Charles Simpson Liberal Central 1952 1946–1963
Alec Thomson Country South-East 1950 1931–1950
Hobart Tuckey Liberal South-West 1954 1934–1951
Keith Watson Liberal Metropolitan 1950 1948–1968
Frank Welsh Liberal North 1954 1940–1954
Garnet Barrington Wood Country East 1950 1936–1952

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.