Williams was an electoral district

Electoral districts of Western Australia

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 of the Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of Western Australia

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 from 1890 to 1950.

A rural district named for the town of Williams

Williams, Western Australia

Williams is a town located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, south-southeast of the state capital, Perth along Albany Highway and 32 kilometres west of Narrogin. The Williams River passes through the town. At the 2006 census, Williams had a population of 338.-History:Williams is...

 in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region, it was one of the original 30 districts contested at the 1890 state election. The name of the district was changed to Williams-Narrogin at the 1911 state election

Western Australian state election, 1911

Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 3 October 1911 to elect 50 members to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The Labor party, led by Opposition Leader John Scaddan, defeated the conservative Ministerialist government led by Premier Frank Wilson...

, the same election which saw Edward Johnston of the Labor Party

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 elected as its representative. Johnston resigned from the Labor Party in December 1915 over issues with the Scaddan government

Scaddan Ministry

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, and resigned his seat in Parliament. He recontested (unopposed, as it turned out) the resulting by-election and was thus re-elected as an Independent. His actions brought about the downfall of the Labor government of John Scaddan

John Scaddan

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 in August 1916 when it next met. Johnston briefly served as Speaker

Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly

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 in February 1917, however, his former Labor colleagues opposed his appointment and refused to respect his authority, forcing him to resign after just a few days in favour of James Gardiner

James Gardiner (Australian politician)

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. Later in 1917, he joined the Country Party

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.

Williams-Narrogin was abolished ahead of the 1950 state election, and was replaced by the seat of Narrogin

Electoral district of Narrogin

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. Sitting member Victor Doney of the Country Party

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 transferred to the new Narrogin seat.

Members

Williams (1890–1911)
Member		Party	Term
	Frederick Henry Piesse Frederick Henry Piesse Frederick Henry Piesse, CMG was a farmer, businessman and politician who is credited with much of the early development of the region around Katanning, Western Australia....	Ministerial	1890–1904
	Frank Cowcher	Ministerial	1904–1911
Williams-Narrogin (1911–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	Edward Johnston	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1911–1915
		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...	1916–1917
		Country	1917–1923
		Country (ECP)	1923–1924
		Country	1924–1928
	Victor Doney	Country	1928–1950