Electoral district of Beverley
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Beverley was an electoral district
of the Legislative Assembly
in the Australia
n state of Western Australia
from 1890 to 1950.
The district was based on the rural town of Beverley
lying to the east of Perth
. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.
Beverley was abolished at the 1950 state election whence its final member James Mann transferred to the seat of Avon Valley.
Electoral districts of Western Australia
The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as electorates or seats....
of the Legislative Assembly
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth....
in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
from 1890 to 1950.
The district was based on the rural town of Beverley
Beverley, Western Australia
Beverley is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-east of the state capital, Perth, between York and Brookton on the Great Southern Highway...
lying to the east of Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.
Beverley was abolished at the 1950 state election whence its final member James Mann transferred to the seat of Avon Valley.
Members
Member | Party | Term | |
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Charles Harper Charles Harper (newspaper owner) Charles Harper was a pastoralist, newspaper proprieter and politician in colonial Western Australia.-Biography:... |
Ministerial | 1890–1901 | |
Opposition | 1901–1904 | ||
Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
1904–1905 | ||
Edmund Smith | Ministerial | 1905–1908 | |
John Marquis Hopkins John Marquis Hopkins John Marquis Hopkins was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, representing Boulder from 1901 to 1905 and Beverley from 1908 to 1910. In 1910 he was gaoled for five years for uttering.... |
Ministerial | 1908–1910 | |
Nat Harper Nat Harper Nathaniel White Harper was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1910 until 1914, representing the seats of Beverley and Pingelly... |
Ministerial | 1910–1911 | |
Frank Broun | Liberal (WA) | 1911–1914 | |
Charles Wansbrough | Country National Party of Western Australia The National Party of Western Australia is a political party in Western Australia. It is affiliated with the National Party of Australia but maintains a separate structure and identity.... |
1914–1917 | |
Frank Broun | Country | 1917–1923 | |
Country (MCP) | 1923–1924 | ||
Charles Wansbrough | Country (ECP) | 1924–1930 | |
James Mann | Country | 1930–1949 | |
Independent | 1949 | ||
Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
1949–1950 | ||