Boulder was an electoral district

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

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n state of Western Australia

Western Australia

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 from 1901 to 1977.

The district was located in the Goldfields-Esperance region, and was based in the town of Boulder

Boulder, Western Australia

Boulder was a town in the Western Australian goldfields east of Perth and bordering onto the town of Kalgoorlie in the Eastern Goldfields region. Until 1989 it was part of its own municipality. In 1989 the towns of Kalgoorlie and Boulder were merged to form the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder...

 and its suburbs. After the 1961 redistribution, taking effect at the 1962 election

Western Australian state election, 1962

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 31 March 1962 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Liberal-Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir David Brand, won a second term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Bert Hawke.The election...

, it took in some surrounding country areas.

The district's most famous member was Philip Collier

Philip Collier

Philip Collier was Premier of Western Australia for nine years, the longest ever term for an Australian Labor Party premier....

 of the Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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. Member for Boulder for 43 years, Collier served as Premier of Western Australia

Premier of Western Australia

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 from 1924 to 1930 and again from 1933 to 1936.

Members

Boulder (1901–1962)
Member		Party	Term
	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	1901–1905
	Philip Collier Philip Collier Philip Collier was Premier of Western Australia for nine years, the longest ever term for an Australian Labor Party premier....	Labor	1905–1948
	Cecil Oliver	Labor	1948–1951
	Arthur Moir	Labor	1951–1962
Boulder-Eyre (1962–1968)
	Arthur Moir	Labor	1962–1968
Boulder-Dundas (1968–1977)
	Arthur Moir	Labor	1968–1971
	Tom Hartrey Tom Hartrey Thomas Augustine "Tom" Hartrey MBE was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Boulder-Dundas in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1977....	Labor	1971–1977