List of Western Australian state by-elections
Encyclopedia
The list of Western Australia state by-elections includes every by-election
held in the Australian state
of Western Australia
. By-elections occur whenever there is a vacancy in the Legislative Assembly
(or, historically, the Legislative Council
), although an imminent state election may allow the vacancy to remain until the dissolution of parliament
. The most recent by-election took place on 23 February 2008, in the district of Murdoch
.
Section 67 of the Electoral Act 1907 requires the Speaker
to issue a writ for a by-election to fill the vacancy. This can either take place after a resolution of the House if Parliament is in session, or simply upon the cause being established by the Speaker acting alone if the Parliament is in adjournment for more than 7 days.
. Vacancies can occur for the following reasons, according to Section 38 of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899.
The member:
Additional reasons not within Section 38 include:
to resign their seat and contest their seat at a ministerial by-election. This was because the Ministers became members of the Executive Council, which reported to the Governor of Western Australia
and was therefore deemed an "office of profit" under the Crown. Most ministerial by-elections were a formality with the Minister being re-elected unopposed, but on two occasions, in 1901 and 1917, Ministers were defeated at the by-elections, in the former case directly causing the fall of the Morgans Ministry
.
† Won by acclamation
; this date is the date of the return of the writ.
† Won by acclamation
; this date is the date of the return of the writ.
† Won by acclamation
; this date is the date of the return of the writ.
† Won by acclamation
; this date is the date of the return of the writ.
† Won by acclamation
; this date is the date of the return of the writ.
† Won by acclamation
; this date is the date of the return of the writ.
†† This was the date which the writ was issued — the date of the event which caused the by-election is unknown.
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
held in the Australian state
States and territories of Australia
The Commonwealth of Australia is a union of six states and various territories. The Australian mainland is made up of five states and three territories, with the sixth state of Tasmania being made up of islands. In addition there are six island territories, known as external territories, and a...
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...
. By-elections occur whenever there is a vacancy in 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....
(or, historically, the Legislative Council
Western Australian Legislative Council
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the Legislative Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state...
), although an imminent state election may allow the vacancy to remain until the dissolution of parliament
Dissolution of parliament
In parliamentary systems, a dissolution of parliament is the dispersal of a legislature at the call of an election.Usually there is a maximum length of a legislature, and a dissolution must happen before the maximum time...
. The most recent by-election took place on 23 February 2008, in the district of Murdoch
Electoral district of Murdoch
Murdoch was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. It existed from 1977 to 1989 and again from 1996 to 2008....
.
Section 67 of the Electoral Act 1907 requires the Speaker
Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
The Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer in the Legislative Assembly. The office has existed since the creation of the Legislative Assembly in 1890 under the Constitution Act 1889...
to issue a writ for a by-election to fill the vacancy. This can either take place after a resolution of the House if Parliament is in session, or simply upon the cause being established by the Speaker acting alone if the Parliament is in adjournment for more than 7 days.
Causes
A by-election occurs whenever there is a vacancy in the Legislative AssemblyWestern 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....
. Vacancies can occur for the following reasons, according to Section 38 of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899.
The member:
- Is no longer eligible to sit—for example, leaving the State. This historically occurred more frequently when times were less economically stable, and people would move to another state where they could work or conduct business, or return to England.
- Has been convicted for an offence for which the penalty was imprisonment for life, or for more than five years (Section 32). This last happened to John Marquis HopkinsJohn Marquis HopkinsJohn 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....
when he was convicted for fraud in 1910, necessitating a by-election in his seat of BeverleyElectoral district of BeverleyBeverley was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.The district was based on the rural town of Beverley lying to the east of Perth...
. - Becomes an undischarged bankruptBankruptcyBankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....
. This last happened in 1936 when Independent candidate Thomas HughesThomas Hughes (Australian politician)Thomas John Hughes , sometimes known as Diver Hughes, was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the seat of East Perth for two periods; from 1922 until 1927, and again from 1936 until 1943.-Biography:Hughes was born in South Melbourne,...
won East PerthElectoral district of East PerthEast Perth was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1962.Based in inner urban Perth, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district's member from 1894 to 1904 was Walter James,...
against the incumbent member in the 1936 electionWestern Australian state election, 1936Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 15 February 1936 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Labor Party, led by Premier Philip Collier, won a second term in office against the Country and Nationalist parties, led by Opposition Leader Charles Latham and Norbert...
. However it was found that he was an undischarged bankrupt at the time of the nomination and poll (although had since resolved his affairs), and the election was declared void. He won the resulting by-election. - Is elected to either the Federal ParliamentParliament of AustraliaThe Parliament of Australia, also known as the Commonwealth Parliament or Federal Parliament, is the legislative branch of the government of Australia. It is bicameral, largely modelled in the Westminster tradition, but with some influences from the United States Congress...
or the parliament of another state or territory (Section 34). In practice, this is never necessary, as the other Parliament usually requires resignation from the Western Australian parliament in order to nominate as a candidate. This last occurred in the Legislative Assembly in 2001 when Hendy CowanHendy CowanHendy John Cowan is a former Australian politician who served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly as the Member for Merredin-Yilgarn from 30 March 1974 and the Member for Merredin from 19 February 1977...
, the member for MerredinElectoral district of MerredinMerredin was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 2008.Originally known as Merredin-Yilgarn, the name was shortened in 1977...
, resigned to unsuccessfully contest a seat in the Australian SenateAustralian SenateThe Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,...
. - Is appointed as a judge or magistrate in a Western Australian court or as a chairman (or in some cases member) of another state board or tribunal (Section 34). This provision has never been acted upon, although numerous members have resigned over time to take up such an appointment—for example, Ron DaviesRon Davies (Western Australian politician)Ronald "Ron" Davies was an Australian politician, who was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Victoria Park from 1961 to 1986....
resigned in Victoria ParkElectoral district of Victoria ParkThe Electoral district of Victoria Park is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Victoria Park is named for the inner southeastern Perth suburb of Victoria Park which falls within its borders.-History:...
in 1986 to become Agent-General for Western Australia in London, whilst Deputy Premier Herb GrahamHerb Graham-Biography:Graham was born in Narrogin, Western Australia on 6 April 1911 to parents from South Australia. Graham attended school in Narrogin and Northam....
resigned in BalcattaElectoral district of BalcattaThe Electoral district of Balcatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is based in Perth's northern suburbs. Politically, it has been considered a safe Labor seat throughout its history, although is presently marginal...
in 1973 to become chairman of the Licensing Board. - "Holds an office or place in the service of the Crown" at the time at which they take up their seat (Section 36-37). This has never been used at state level, although it has occurred in other States and in the Federal Parliament (for example, the circumstances leading to the federal Lindsay by-electionLindsay by-election, 1996The 1996 Lindsay by-election was held in the Australian electorate of Lindsay in New South Wales on 19 October 1996. The by-election was triggered by a ruling of the Court of Disputed Returns that the election of the Liberal Party candidate Jackie Kelly was invalid, due to her citizenship status...
in 1996.) - Becomes "of unsound mind".
- Pledges allegiance to a foreign power after their election. This does not apply to members who are already dual citizens at the time of their election, unlike the equivalent section in the Federal ConstitutionConstitution of AustraliaThe Constitution of Australia is the supreme law under which the Australian Commonwealth Government operates. It consists of several documents. The most important is the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia...
. - Fails to attend the House for one entire session without the permission of the House. The last time this caused a by-election was in 1915 when Joseph GardinerJoseph GardinerJoseph Peter Gardiner was the Australian Labor Party member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Roebourne from 1911 to 1915...
, the Labor member for RoebourneElectoral district of RoebourneThe Electoral district of Roebourne was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. It was named for the town of Roebourne and was created in 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election....
, disappeared, necessitating a by-election in which an Opposition candidate was victorious, wiping out the Government's one-seat majority.
Additional reasons not within Section 38 include:
- Death. This last occurred in January 2008, when Trevor SpriggTrevor SpriggTrevor Sprigg was an Australian politician and legislator from Western Australia, as well as a former football star...
, the member for MurdochElectoral district of MurdochMurdoch was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. It existed from 1977 to 1989 and again from 1996 to 2008....
, died suddenly and a by-election had to be called. - Resignation, "by writing under his hand, addressed to the Speaker" (Section 25). This last occurred in October 2009 when Alan CarpenterAlan CarpenterAlan John Carpenter is a former Australian politician. He was the 28th Premier of Western Australia, serving from 2006 to 2008. He took office following the resignation of Dr Geoff Gallop...
, the member for WillageeElectoral district of WillageeWillagee is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is located in the southern suburbs of Perth.Willagee has at all times been a safe Labor seat.-Geography:...
, resigned from the Parliament, necessitating a by-electionWillagee state by-election, 2009A by-election was held for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Willagee on 28 November 2009. It was triggered as a result of the resignation of former Premier of Western Australia Alan Carpenter. The election was won by Labor candidate Peter Tinley.-Candidates:Four candidates stood...
. - A Court of Disputed Returns voids the results. The last time a by-election took place for this reason was in 1983, when Gavan Troy, the Labor candidate, narrowly defeated incumbent Liberal member Tom Herzfeld in MundaringElectoral district of MundaringMundaring was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1974 to 1989.The district was located east of Perth.-History:...
. The seat was won by Troy by a larger margin at the resulting by-election.
Ministerial by-elections
Until a constitutional amendment in 1947, it was necessary for members who were appointed as a MinisterWestern Australian ministries
The ministries of Western Australia are the centre of executive power in the Government of Western Australia. They are composed of Ministers who are responsible for one or more portfolios, answer questions on those portfolios in Parliament, and control the operation and administration of...
to resign their seat and contest their seat at a ministerial by-election. This was because the Ministers became members of the Executive Council, which reported to the Governor of Western Australia
Governor of Western Australia
The Governor of Western Australia is the representative in Western Australia of Australia's Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. The Governor performs important constitutional, ceremonial and community functions, including:* presiding over the Executive Council;...
and was therefore deemed an "office of profit" under the Crown. Most ministerial by-elections were a formality with the Minister being re-elected unopposed, but on two occasions, in 1901 and 1917, Ministers were defeated at the by-elections, in the former case directly causing the fall of the Morgans Ministry
Morgans ministry
The Morgans Ministry was the fourth ministry of the Government of Western Australia, led by Alf Morgans of the Ministerialist faction. It succeeded the First Leake Ministry on 21 November 1901, and was followed by the Second Leake Ministry on 23 December 1901....
.
2010-2019
| Parl. | By-election | Date | Incumbent | | Party | Winner | | Party | Vacated | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 2008–2012 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2008 to 2012.-Notes:This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2008 to 2012.-Notes:... |
Armadale Armadale state by-election, 2010 The Armadale state by-election, 2010 was held on 2 October 2010 for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Armadale in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth... |
2 October 2010 | Alannah MacTiernan Alannah MacTiernan Alannah Joan Geraldine Cecilia MacTiernan is an Australian politician. She was an ALP member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 1996, representing the electorate of Armadale until her resignation from the Western Australian Parliament on 19 July 2010... |
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... |
Tony Buti Tony Buti Antonio De Paulo "Tony" Buti is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the seat of Armadale since 2 October 2010, when he was elected in a by-election.... |
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... |
19 July 2010 | Resignation (Contesting HoR Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years.... ) |
Yes | ||
2000–2009
| Parl. | By-election | Date | Incumbent | | Party | Winner | | Party | Vacated | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 2008–2012 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2008 to 2012.-Notes:This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 2008 to 2012.-Notes:... |
Willagee Willagee state by-election, 2009 A by-election was held for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Willagee on 28 November 2009. It was triggered as a result of the resignation of former Premier of Western Australia Alan Carpenter. The election was won by Labor candidate Peter Tinley.-Candidates:Four candidates stood... |
28 November 2009 | Alan Carpenter Alan Carpenter Alan John Carpenter is a former Australian politician. He was the 28th Premier of Western Australia, serving from 2006 to 2008. He took office following the resignation of Dr Geoff Gallop... |
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... |
Peter Tinley Peter Tinley Peter Tinley AM is an Australian soldier and politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since November 2009, representing the electorate of Willagee.... |
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... |
2 October 2009 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 38th | Fremantle Fremantle state by-election, 2009 A by-election was held in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly district of Fremantle on 16 May 2009. It was triggered by the resignation of sitting member Jim McGinty.The Labor Party was defending a seat that they had held continuously since 1924... |
16 May 2009 | Jim McGinty Jim McGinty James Andrew McGinty is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1990 to 2009, representing the district of Fremantle. He was Labor Party leader and Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1996... |
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... |
Adele Carles Adele Carles Adele Simone Carles is an Australian politician. She has been a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since May 2009, representing the electorate of Fremantle. Initially elected as a Greens WA member, she resigned from the party on 6 May 2010 to sit as an independent... |
Greens Australian Greens The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is an Australian green political party.The party was formed in 1992; however, its origins can be traced to the early environmental movement in Australia and the formation of the United Tasmania Group , the first Green party in the world, which... |
3 April 2009 | Resignation | No | ||
| 37th | Murdoch | 23 February 2008 | Trevor Sprigg Trevor Sprigg Trevor Sprigg was an Australian politician and legislator from Western Australia, as well as a former football star... |
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... |
Christian Porter Christian Porter Charles Christian Porter is a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Bateman and is Treasurer and Attorney-General in the Liberal-National government. He entered Parliament after winning the seat of Murdoch in a by-election in 2008 following... |
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... |
17 January 2008 | Death | Yes | ||
| 37th | Peel Peel state by-election, 2007 A by-election for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly district of Peel was held on 3 February 2007.The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor MP Norm Marlborough... |
3 February 2007 | Norm Marlborough Norm Marlborough Norman "Norm" Richard Marlborough was a Western Australian state politician.Marlborough was born in Yorkshire, England and arrived in Western Australia in 1963. Before he entered parliament he was a fitter and turner and later a union official... |
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... |
Paul Papalia Paul Papalia Paul Papalia CSC is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since February 2007. Originally the member for Peel. he is now the member for Warnbro... |
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... |
10 November 2006 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 37th | Victoria Park Victoria Park state by-election, 2006 The Victoria Park state by-election, 2006 was a by-election held on 11 March 2006 for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Victoria Park in the inner southeastern suburbs of Perth.-Background:... |
11 March 2006 | Dr Geoff Gallop Geoff Gallop Geoffrey Ian Gallop, AC is an Australian academic and former politician. He was the Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006. He currently resides in Sydney.-Early life and education:... |
Labor | Ben Wyatt Ben Wyatt Benjamin Sana Wyatt is an Indigenous Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since March 2006, representing the electorate of Victoria Park.-Early life and education:... |
Labor | 16 January 2006 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 36th | Merredin | 24 November 2001 | Hendy Cowan Hendy Cowan Hendy John Cowan is a former Australian politician who served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly as the Member for Merredin-Yilgarn from 30 March 1974 and the Member for Merredin from 19 February 1977... |
National 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.... |
Brendon Grylls Brendon Grylls Brendon John Grylls is an Australian politician and is currently the Member for Central Wheatbelt in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, as well as the Leader of the National Party of Western Australia. Grylls has been the Minister for Regional Development and Minister for Lands in the... |
National 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.... |
17 October 2001 | Resignation (contesting Senate Australian Senate The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,... ) |
Yes | ||
| 36th | Nedlands | 9 June 2001 | Richard Court Richard Court Richard Fairfax Court AC , was a Western Australian politician, representing the seat of Nedlands in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party of Australia from 1982 to 2001. He served as Premier of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001.Court was born into an old political... |
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... |
Sue Walker Sue Walker Susan Elizabeth Walker is a British-born Australian politician. She had been a Liberal member and then turned to Independent member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from June 2001 to September 2008, representing the electorate of Nedlands.She resigned from the Liberal Party in... |
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... |
23 February 2001 | Resignation | Yes | ||
1990–1999
| Parl. | By-election | Date | Incumbent | | Party | Winner | | Party | Vacated | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34th | Kalgoorlie | 16 March 1996 | Ian Taylor Ian Taylor (Australian politician) Ian Taylor is a former Australian politician and Western Australian Deputy Premier and Opposition Leader.Taylor was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in 1981 as the Labor member for Kalgoorlie. In 1986 he was appointed Minister for Health and also held the Aged Care, Lands and... |
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... |
Megan Anwyl Megan Anwyl Megan Irene Anwyl is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, representing Kalgoorlie from 1996 to 2001.... |
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... |
4 February 1996 | Resignation (contesting HoR Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years.... ) |
Yes | ||
| 34th | Helena | 10 September 1994 | Gordon Hill | 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... |
Rhonda Parker | 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... |
4 August 1994 | Resignation | No | ||
| 34th | Glendalough | 19 March 1994 | Dr Carmen Lawrence Carmen Lawrence Carmen Mary Lawrence is a retired Australian politician; a former Premier of Western Australia and the first woman to become Premier of a State of the Commonwealth of Australia.... |
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... |
Michelle Roberts Michelle Roberts Michelle Hopkins Roberts is an Australian politician. A member of the Australian Labor Party, she currently represents the Electoral district of Midland in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.... |
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... |
14 February 1994 | Resignation (contesting HoR Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years.... ) |
Yes | ||
| 33rd Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1989–1993 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1993:-Notes:This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1993:-Notes:... |
Ashburton | 4 April 1992 | Pam Buchanan | Independent | Fred Riebeling Fred Riebeling Fredrick Riebeling is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2008.Riebeling was born in Bridgetown... |
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... |
3 March 1992 | Resignation (ill health) |
Yes | ||
| 33rd | Geraldton | 13 April 1991 | Jeff Carr | 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... |
Bob Bloffwitch | 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... |
28 February 1991 | Resignation | No | ||
| 33rd | Cottesloe | 11 August 1990 | Bill Hassell | 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... |
Colin Barnett Colin Barnett Colin James Barnett , Australian politician, is the leader of the Western Australian Liberal Party, the 29th and current Premier of Western Australia since the 2008 election and served as the Treasurer of Western Australia in 2010. He was sworn into office by Governor Ken Michael on 23 September 2008... |
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... |
28 June 1990 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 33rd | Maylands | 26 May 1990 | Peter Dowding Peter Dowding Peter McCallum Dowding SC was the 24th Premier of Western Australia, serving from 25 February 1988 until his resignation on 12 February 1990 after an internal party dispute.... |
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... |
Judy Edwards Judy Edwards Dr Judith Mary Edwards in Beverley, Western Australia is an Australian politician. She was the ALP member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from May 1990 to September 2008, representing the electorate of Maylands.... |
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... |
26 April 1990 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 33rd | Fremantle Fremantle state by-election, 1990 The Fremantle state by-election, 1990 was a by-election held on 26 May 1990 for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Fremantle in the southern suburbs of Perth.... |
26 May 1990 | David Parker David Parker (Australian politician) David Charles Parker was an Australian politician from Western Australia, serving as a minister in the Burke Ministry , then as Deputy Premier in the Dowding Ministry... |
Labor | Jim McGinty Jim McGinty James Andrew McGinty is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1990 to 2009, representing the district of Fremantle. He was Labor Party leader and Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1996... |
Labor | 26 April 1990 | Resignation | Yes | ||
- The Independent member for Ashburton, Pam Buchanan, was elected at the 1989 state electionWestern Australian state election, 1989Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 4 February 1989 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and all 34 members to the Legislative Council...
as a member of the Labor Party, but resigned on 1 February 1991 to sit as an Independent. As such, the 1992 by-election is noted as a retain for Labor.
1980–1989
| Parl. | By-election | Date | Incumbent | | Party | Winner | | Party | Vacated | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32nd Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1986–1989 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1989:-Notes:This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1989:-Notes:... |
Dale | 7 May 1988 | Cyril Rushton | 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... |
Fred Tubby | 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... |
7 May 1988 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 32nd | Ascot | 19 March 1988 | Mal Bryce Mal Bryce Malcolm John "Mal" Bryce AO was the Labor member for Ascot in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1988. He was Deputy Premier to Brian Burke from 1983 to 1988.-References:... |
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... |
Eric Ripper Eric Ripper Eric Stephen Ripper is the Leader of the Opposition and leader of the Labor Party in Western Australia.He grew up on a wheat/sheep farm near Nyabing. Ripper later attended Churchlands Senior High School and the University of Western Australia, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts and a... |
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... |
17 February 1988 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 32nd | Balga | 19 March 1988 | Brian Burke Brian Burke Brian Thomas Burke was Labor premier of Western Australia from 25 February 1983 until his resignation on 25 February 1988... |
Labor | Ted Cunningham | Labor | 17 February 1988 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 32nd | Darling Range | 24 October 1987 | George Spriggs | 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... |
Bob Greig | 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... |
3 September 1987 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 32nd | Gascoyne | 24 October 1987 | Ian Laurance | Liberal | Dudley Maslen | Liberal | 3 September 1987 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 32nd | Morley-Swan | 18 March 1987 | Arthur Tonkin | 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... |
Frank Donovan Frank Donovan Frank J. Donovan was a Welsh footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Donovan played amateur football with Pembroke Borough.-References:... |
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... |
18 March 1987 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 32nd | Narrogin | 9 May 1987 | C. C. Nalder | National 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.... |
Bob Wiese Bob Wiese Robert Lee Wiese was an American football player. He played college football for Fritz Crisler's University of Michigan Wolverines football teams in 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1946—missing the 1945 season due to military service... |
National 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.... |
14 March 1987 | Death | Yes | ||
| 32nd | Perth | 18 March 1987 | Terry Burke Terry Burke Terence Joseph "Terry" Burke is a former member for the seat of Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly . He held the seat between 1968 and 1987.... |
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... |
Dr Ian Alexander | 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... |
18 March 1987 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 32nd | Cockburn | 7 June 1986 | Clive Hughes | Labor | Norm Marlborough Norm Marlborough Norman "Norm" Richard Marlborough was a Western Australian state politician.Marlborough was born in Yorkshire, England and arrived in Western Australia in 1963. Before he entered parliament he was a fitter and turner and later a union official... |
Labor | 4 April 1986 | Death | Yes | ||
| 32nd | Victoria Park | 7 June 1986 | Ron Davies Ron Davies (Western Australian politician) Ronald "Ron" Davies was an Australian politician, who was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Victoria Park from 1961 to 1986.... |
Labor | Dr Geoff Gallop Geoff Gallop Geoffrey Ian Gallop, AC is an Australian academic and former politician. He was the Premier of Western Australia from 2001 to 2006. He currently resides in Sydney.-Early life and education:... |
Labor | 16 April 1986 | Resignation (appointed as Agent-General) |
Yes | ||
| 31st Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1983–1986 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 1986:-Notes:This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1983 to 1986:-Notes:... |
Cockburn | 17 November 1984 | Alexander Taylor | Labor | Clive Hughes | Labor | 31 August 1984 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 31st | Mount Lawley | 17 November 1984 | Ray O'Connor Ray O'Connor Raymond James "Ray" O'Connor was the 22nd Premier of Western Australia.-Pre-political life:He was born in Perth and attended schools in towns of Narrogin and York, and St Patrick's Boys' School in Perth... |
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... |
George Cash George Cash Samuel Ernest Cash, AM is a former Australian politician, who represented the Liberal Party.... |
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... |
17 August 1984 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 31st | Mundaring | 8 October 1983 | Gavan Troy | 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... |
Gavan Troy | 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... |
2 September 1983 | Voided by Court of Disputed Returns |
Yes | ||
| 30th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1980–1983 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1983:-Notes:This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1983:-Notes:... |
Nedlands Nedlands state by-election, 1982 The Nedlands state by-election, 1982 was a by-election held on 13 March 1982 for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Nedlands in the western suburbs of Perth.... |
13 March 1982 | Sir Charles Court Charles Court Sir Charles Walter Michael Court, was a Western Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia and member for the seat of Nedlands for the Liberal Party for nearly 30 years.-Early life:... |
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... |
Richard Court Richard Court Richard Fairfax Court AC , was a Western Australian politician, representing the seat of Nedlands in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party of Australia from 1982 to 2001. He served as Premier of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001.Court was born into an old political... |
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... |
31 January 1982 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 30th | Swan | 13 March 1982 | John Skidmore | 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... |
Gordon Hill | 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... |
31 January 1982 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 30th | Kalgoorlie | 20 June 1981 | Edward Evans | Labor | Ian Taylor Ian Taylor (Australian politician) Ian Taylor is a former Australian politician and Western Australian Deputy Premier and Opposition Leader.Taylor was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in 1981 as the Labor member for Kalgoorlie. In 1986 he was appointed Minister for Health and also held the Aged Care, Lands and... |
Labor | 30 April 1981 | Resignation | Yes | ||
1970–1979
| Parl. | By-election | Date | Incumbent | | Party | Winner | | Party | Vacated | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1977–1980 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1980:-Notes:... |
Kimberley | 17 December 1977 | Alan Ridge | 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... |
Alan Ridge | 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... |
7 November 1977 | Voided by Court of Disputed Returns |
Yes | ||
| 28th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1974–1977 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1977. All members denoted "National Country" were elected under the National Alliance banner, but shortly thereafter adopted the name "National Country Party".-Notes:... |
Greenough | 1 November 1975 | Sir David Brand David Brand Sir David Brand KCMG was the 19th and longest serving Premier of Western Australia and a Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1945 to 1975.-Early life:... |
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... |
Reg Tubby | 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... |
21 August 1975 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 27th | Balcatta | 28 July 1973 | Herb Graham Herb Graham -Biography:Graham was born in Narrogin, Western Australia on 6 April 1911 to parents from South Australia. Graham attended school in Narrogin and Northam.... |
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... |
Brian Burke Brian Burke Brian Thomas Burke was Labor premier of Western Australia from 25 February 1983 until his resignation on 25 February 1988... |
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... |
30 May 1973 | Resignation (appointed to Licensing Court) |
Yes | ||
| 27th | Bunbury | 7 April 1973 | Maurice Williams | 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... |
John Sibson | 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... |
28 February 1973 | Resignation (appointed to Licensing Court) |
Yes | ||
| 27th | Blackwood | 16 December 1972 | David Reid | 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.... |
Sandy Lewis Sandy Lewis Alexander Ashley Lewis , better known as Sandy Lewis, was an Australian politician who represented the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Blackwood from 1972 until 1974, and one of the two Legislative Council seats for Lower Central Province from 1974 until 1989... |
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... |
16 December 1972 | Resignation (contesting HoR Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years.... ) |
No | ||
| 27th | Ascot | 13 November 1971 | Merv Toms | 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... |
Mal Bryce Mal Bryce Malcolm John "Mal" Bryce AO was the Labor member for Ascot in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1988. He was Deputy Premier to Brian Burke from 1983 to 1988.-References:... |
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... |
8 October 1971 | Death | Yes | ||
| 26th | Albany | 6 June 1970 | Jack Hall | Labor | Wyndham Cook | Labor | 14 April 1970 | Resignation | Yes | ||
1960–1969
| Parl. | By-election | Date | Incumbent | | Party | Winner | | Party | Vacated | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1965–1968 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1965 to 1968:-Notes:... |
Mount Marshall Mount Marshall state by-election, 1967 The Mount Marshall state by-election, 1967 was a by-election held on 2 September 1967 for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Mount Marshall in the northeastern agricultural part of the state.... |
2 September 1967 | George Cornell | 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.... |
Ray McPharlin Ray McPharlin Walter Raymond "Ray" McPharlin was the Country Party member for Mount Marshall in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1967 to 1983.... |
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.... |
6 July 1967 | Death | Yes | ||
| 25th | Roe Roe state by-election, 1967 The Roe state by-election, 1967 was a by-election held on 2 September 1967 for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Roe in the southeastern agricultural part of the state.... |
2 September 1967 | Tom Hart | Country | Bill Young | Country | 30 June 1967 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 25th | Dale | 8 May 1965 | Gerald Wild | 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... |
Cyril Rushton | 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... |
16 March 1965 | Resignation (appointed as Agent-General) |
Yes | ||
| 24th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1962–1965 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1962 to 1965:-Notes:... |
Bunbury | 1 September 1962 | George Roberts | Liberal | Maurice Williams | Liberal | 22 July 1962 | Death | Yes | ||
| 24th | Darling Range | 21 July 1962 | Ken Dunn | Liberal | Ken Dunn | Liberal | 22 June 1962 | Voided by Court of Disputed Returns |
Yes | ||
| 24th | Murray | 23 June 1962 | Sir Ross McLarty Ross McLarty Sir Duncan Ross McLarty KBE MM was the 17th Premier of Western Australia.-Early life:McLarty was born in Pinjarra, Western Australia, the youngest of seven children of Edward McLarty, a farmer and grazier and member of the Western Australian Legislative Council, and his wife Mary Jane, née Campbell... |
Liberal | Henry Runciman | Liberal | 7 May 1962 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 23rd Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1959–1962 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1959 election and the 1962 election, together known as the 23rd Parliament.-Notes:... |
Victoria Park | 26 August 1961 | Hugh Andrew | 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... |
Ron Davies Ron Davies (Western Australian politician) Ronald "Ron" Davies was an Australian politician, who was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Victoria Park from 1961 to 1986.... |
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... |
1 July 1961 | Death | Yes | ||
| 23rd | South Fremantle | 12 March 1960 | Phillip Lawrence Phillip Lawrence Phillip Richard Lawrence was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1951 to 1960, representing the district of South Fremantle.... |
Labor | Henry Curran | Labor | 25 January 1960 | Death | Yes | ||
1950–1959
| Parl. | By-election | Date | Incumbent | | Party | Winner | | Party | Vacated | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22nd Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1956–1959 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1956 election and the 1959 election, together known as the 22nd Parliament.-Notes:... |
Moore | 20 September 1958 | John Ackland John Ackland (politician) John Hugh Ackland was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1947 until 1958 representing the seats of Irwin-Moore and Moore.-Biography:... |
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.... |
Edgar Lewis | 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.... |
29 July 1958 | Death | Yes | ||
| 22nd | Pilbara | 24 April 1958† | Alec Rodoreda | 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... |
Arthur Bickerton | 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... |
11 March 1958 | Death | Yes | ||
| 22nd | Warren | 25 January 1958 | Ernest Hoar Ernest Hoar Ernest Knight Hoar was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1943 to 1957, representing Nelson until 1950 and Warren-Blackwood thereafter. He served as Minister for Lands and Agriculture from 1953 to 1957.... |
Labor | Joseph Rowberry | Labor | 17 December 1957 | Resignation (appointed as Agent-General) |
Yes | ||
| 21st Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1953 election and the 1956 election, together known as the 21st Parliament.-Notes:... |
Bunbury | 29 October 1955 | Frank Guthrie Frank Guthrie Frank Edward Huntingdon Guthrie was an England born South African international rugby union half-back. Although born in Notting Hill, London, Guthrie was educated at Diocesan College in Cape Town, where he also played provincial rugby for Western Province... |
Labor | George Roberts | Labor | 29 October 1955 | Death | Yes | ||
| 21st | Kimberley | 16 May 1953 | Aubrey Coverley | Labor | John Rhatigan | Labor | 19 March 1953 | Death | Yes | ||
| 20th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1950–1953 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1950 election and the 1953 election, together known as the 20th Parliament.-Notes:... |
Murchison | 8 November 1952 | William Marshall | Labor | Everard O'Brien | Labor | 19 August 1952 | Death | Yes | ||
| 20th | Leederville | 9 February 1952 | Alexander Panton Alexander Panton Alexander Hugh Panton was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1919 to 1922, before entering the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in 1924, representing Menzies. He transferred to Leederville in 1930 and served until 1951. From... |
Labor | Stephen Johnston | Labor | 25 December 1951 | Death | Yes | ||
| 20th | Gascoyne | 13 October 1951 | Frank Wise Frank Wise Frank Joseph Scott Wise AO was an Australian Labor Party politician and the 16th Premier of Western Australia. He took office on 31 July 1945 in the closing stages of the Second World War, following the resignation of his predecessor due to ill health... |
Labor | Noel Butcher | Ind. Lib. | 9 July 1951 | Resignation (appointed as NT Administrator Administrator of the Northern Territory The Administrator of the Northern Territory is an official appointed by the Governor-General of Australia to exercise powers analogous to that of a state governor... ) |
No | ||
| 20th | Boulder | 14 September 1951† | Cecil Oliver | Labor | Arthur Moir | Labor | 16 August 1951 | Death | Yes | ||
| 20th | South Fremantle | 14 July 1951 | Thomas Fox | Labor | Phillip Lawrence Phillip Lawrence Phillip Richard Lawrence was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1951 to 1960, representing the district of South Fremantle.... |
Labor | 20 April 1951 | Death | Yes | ||
| 20th | Maylands | 17 February 1951 | Harry Shearn | Independent | Edward Oldfield Edward Oldfield Edward Peate Oldfield was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1951 until 1965 representing the seats of Maylands and Mount Lawley at different times.-Biography:... |
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... |
25 January 1951 | Death | No | ||
† Won by acclamation
Acclamation
An acclamation, in its most common sense, is a form of election that does not use a ballot. "Acclamation" or "acclamatio" can also signify a kind of ritual greeting and expression of approval in certain social contexts in ancient Rome.-Voting:...
; this date is the date of the return of the writ.
1940–1949
| Parl. | By-election | Date | Incumbent | | Party | Winner | | Party | Vacated | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1947 election and the 1950 election, together known as the 19th Parliament.-Notes:... |
Hannans | 26 February 1949 | David Leahy | 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... |
Herbert McCulloch | 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... |
19 December 1948 | Death | Yes | ||
| 19th | Boulder | 4 December 1948 | Hon 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 | Cecil Oliver | Labor | 18 October 1948 | Death | Yes | ||
| 19th | Guildford-Midland | 13 March 1948 | William Johnson | Labor | John Brady | Labor | 26 January 1948 | Death | Yes | ||
| 19th | Sussex | 7 June 1947 | William Willmott | 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... |
William Bovell | 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... |
2 May 1947 | Death | Yes | ||
| 19th | Pilbara | 2 August 1947 | Bill Hegney | 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... |
Bill Hegney | 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... |
20 June 1947 | Voided by petition |
Yes | ||
| 18th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1943–1947 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1943 election and the 1947 election, together known as the 18th Parliament... |
Greenough | 27 October 1945 | John Newton | 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... |
David Brand David Brand Sir David Brand KCMG was the 19th and longest serving Premier of Western Australia and a Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1945 to 1975.-Early life:... |
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... |
27 September 1945 | Death (WWII World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... combat) |
No | ||
| 18th | Victoria Park | 10 February 1945 | Howard Raphael | 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... |
William Read | Independent | 9 December 1944 | Death | No | ||
| 18th | Avon | 1 July 1944 | William Telfer | 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... |
William Telfer | 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... |
24 May 1944 | Voided by Court of Disputed Returns |
Yes | ||
| 18th | Swan | 29 April 1944 | Richard Sampson | 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.... |
Ray Owen | Ind. Country | 16 February 1944 | Death | No | ||
| 17th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1939–1943 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1939 election and the 1943 election, together known as the 17th Parliament.-Notes:... |
East Perth | 14 August 1943 | Thomas Hughes Thomas Hughes (Australian politician) Thomas John Hughes , sometimes known as Diver Hughes, was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the seat of East Perth for two periods; from 1922 until 1927, and again from 1936 until 1943.-Biography:Hughes was born in South Melbourne,... |
Independent | Herb Graham Herb Graham -Biography:Graham was born in Narrogin, Western Australia on 6 April 1911 to parents from South Australia. Graham attended school in Narrogin and Northam.... |
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... |
15 July 1943 | Resignation (contesting HoR Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years.... ) |
No | ||
| 17th | York | 21 November 1942 | Charles Latham Charles Latham Sir Charles Latham was an Australian politician born in Hythe, Kent in England.- Biography :Latham became an orphan in early childhood when his parents Thomas Latham and Isabella died before the age of 8... |
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.... |
Charles Perkins | 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.... |
7 October 1942 | Resignation (appointed to Senate Australian Senate The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,... ) |
Yes | ||
| 17th | Yilgarn-Coolgardie | 9 August 1941 | George Lambert | 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... |
Lionel Kelly | Ind. Country | 30 June 1941 | Death | No | ||
- At the 1943 electionWestern Australian state election, 1943Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 20 November 1943 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Labor Party, led by Premier John Willcock, won a fourth term in office against the Country and Nationalist parties, led by Opposition Leader Arthur Watts and Robert...
, the Labor candidate for GreenoughElectoral district of GreenoughGreenough was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 2008.Greenough was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district was based in the northern part of Western Australia's Wheatbelt region...
, John Newton, a farmer from MingenewMingenew, Western AustraliaMingenew is a town in Western Australia, located north of the state capital, Perth. It is the seat of government for the Shire of Mingenew.- History :...
who had enlisted in the RAAFRoyal Australian Air ForceThe Royal Australian Air Force is the air force branch of the Australian Defence Force. The RAAF was formed in March 1921. It continues the traditions of the Australian Flying Corps , which was formed on 22 October 1912. The RAAF has taken part in many of the 20th century's major conflicts...
as a Flight Lieutenant in 1941 and left for the United Kingdom in 1942, unexpectedly defeated the sitting Country member, William Patrick. On 14 January 1944, he was reported missing after a raid on Germany. On 31 July 1945, a panel of members was appointed to enquire whether a vacancy existed, and on 27 September 1945, the seat was declared vacant. At the resulting by-election on 27 October 1945, Liberal candidate David BrandDavid BrandSir David Brand KCMG was the 19th and longest serving Premier of Western Australia and a Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1945 to 1975.-Early life:...
was successful, becoming the first person to win an Australian election under the new Liberal banner.
1930–1939
| Parl. | By-election | Date | Incumbent | | Party | Winner | | Party | Vacated | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1939–1943 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1939 election and the 1943 election, together known as the 17th Parliament.-Notes:... |
Irwin-Moore | 9 September 1939 | Claude Barker Claude Barker Claude Osmonde Barker was an Australian politician. He was the Independent member for Irwin-Moore in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 18 March to 2 August 1939, when he resigned.... |
Independent | Horace Berry | Independent | 2 August 1939 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 17th | Forrest | 20 May 1939 | May Holman May Holman Mary Alice "May" Holman was an Australian politician. She was the first woman in the Australian Labor Party to become a parliamentarian... |
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... |
Edward Holman Edward Holman Edward Joseph Frederick Holman was an Australian politician. He was the son of John Holman and the brother of May Holman, the first female Labor MP in Australia. He succeeded his sister as the Labor member for Forrest in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, serving from 1939 to 1947.... |
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... |
20 March 1939 | Death (car accident) | Yes | ||
| 16th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1936–1939 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1936 election and the 1939 election, together known as the 16th Parliament.-Notes:... |
Hannans | 5 May 1938 | Selby Munsie | 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... |
David Leahy | 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... |
12 March 1938 | Death | Yes | ||
| 16th | Sussex | 12 February 1938 | Edmund Brockman | Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
William Willmott | Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
4 January 1938 | Death | Yes | ||
| 16th | East Perth | 9 May 1936 | Thomas Hughes Thomas Hughes (Australian politician) Thomas John Hughes , sometimes known as Diver Hughes, was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the seat of East Perth for two periods; from 1922 until 1927, and again from 1936 until 1943.-Biography:Hughes was born in South Melbourne,... |
Independent | Thomas Hughes Thomas Hughes (Australian politician) Thomas John Hughes , sometimes known as Diver Hughes, was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the seat of East Perth for two periods; from 1922 until 1927, and again from 1936 until 1943.-Biography:Hughes was born in South Melbourne,... |
Independent | 18 April 1936 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 15th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1933–1936 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1933 election and the 1936 election, together known as the 15th Parliament.-Notes:... |
Katanning | 31 August 1935 | Arnold Piesse | 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.... |
Arthur Watts | 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.... |
21 July 1935 | Death | Yes | ||
| 15th | Avon | 4 July 1935 | Harry Griffiths | Country | Ignatius Boyle Ignatius Boyle Ignatius George Boyle was a politician from Western Australia. He was educated at Christian Brothers College, Perth and left school in 1897 for a job in the Western Australian Government Railways.... |
Country | 23 March 1935 | Death | Yes | ||
| 15th | South Fremantle | 4 July 1935 | Alick McCallum Alick McCallum Alexander "Alick" McCallum was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for South Fremantle in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1921 to 1935. He served as Minister for Works from 1924 to 1930. From 1933 to 1935 he was Deputy Premier of Western Australia and Minister for... |
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... |
Thomas Fox | 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... |
16 March 1935 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 15th | Kimberley | 29 July 1933 | Aubrey Coverley | Labor | Aubrey Coverley | Labor | 3 July 1933 | Voided by Court of Disputed Returns |
Yes | ||
| 14th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1930–1933 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1930 election and the 1933 election, together known as the 14th Parliament. It took place under radically altered boundaries as enacted within the Redistribution of Seats Act 1929, whose effect had been exaggerated... |
Brown Hill-Ivanhoe | 14 July 1932† | John Lutey John Lutey John Thomas Lutey was the Australian Labor Party member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Brownhill-Ivanhoe from 1917 to 1932.... |
Labor | Frederick Smith | Labor | 22 June 1932 | Death | Yes | ||
| 14th | Kanowna | 25 June 1932 | Thomas Walker Thomas Walker (Australian politician) Thomas Walker was an Australian politician, a member of two different state parliaments.Walker was born in Preston, Lancashire, England, the son of corn miller and merchant Thomas Walker, and Ellen née Eccles. He was educated at Leyland Grammar School, then worked as a schoolteacher at Preston for... |
Labor | Emil Nulsen | Labor | 10 May 1932 | Death | Yes | ||
| 14th | Roebourne | 6 February 1932 | Frederick Teesdale | Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
John Church | Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
14 December 1931 | Death | Yes | ||
† Won by acclamation
Acclamation
An acclamation, in its most common sense, is a form of election that does not use a ballot. "Acclamation" or "acclamatio" can also signify a kind of ritual greeting and expression of approval in certain social contexts in ancient Rome.-Voting:...
; this date is the date of the return of the writ.
1920–1929
| Parl. | By-election | Date | Incumbent | | Party | Winner | | Party | Vacated | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1927–1930 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1927 election and the 1930 election, together known as the 13th Parliament.-Notes:... |
Irwin Electoral district of Irwin Irwin was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.Based in the state's Mid West agricultural region and centred on the town of Dongara, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
19 November 1929 | C. C. Maley | 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.... |
H. K. Maley | 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.... |
15 October 1929 | Death | Yes | ||
| 13th | Mount Leonora Electoral district of Mount Leonora Mount Leonora was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1930.The district was located in the Goldfields region, and was based in the town of Leonora. It was generally a Labor seat, although sitting member George Foley sided with... |
7 November 1928† | Thomas Heron | 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... |
Ernest Cowan Ernest Cowan Peter Ernest Cowan , usually known as Ernest Cowan, was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1928 to 1930.... |
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... |
13 October 1928 | Death | Yes | ||
| 13th | Williams-Narrogin | 3 November 1928† | Edward Johnston | 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.... |
Victor Doney | 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.... |
3 October 1928 | Resignation (contesting Senate Australian Senate The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,... ) |
Yes | ||
| 12th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1924–1927 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1924 election and the 1927 election, together known as the 12th Parliament... |
Forrest Electoral district of Forrest Forrest was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1950. It was based in the South West region of the state, in the timber milling areas near the town of Dwellingup.... |
3 April 1925† | John Holman | 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... |
May Holman May Holman Mary Alice "May" Holman was an Australian politician. She was the first woman in the Australian Labor Party to become a parliamentarian... |
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... |
23 February 1925 | Death | Yes | ||
| 11th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1921–1924 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1921 election and the 1924 election, together known as the 11th Parliament... |
Forrest Electoral district of Forrest Forrest was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1950. It was based in the South West region of the state, in the timber milling areas near the town of Dwellingup.... |
8 December 1923 | Peter O'Loghlen Peter O'Loghlen (Australian politician) Peter Laurence O'Loghlen was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Forrest in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1908 to 1923.... |
Labor | John Holman | Labor | 12 November 1923 | Death | Yes | ||
| 11th | Kalgoorlie Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district includes not only the town of Kalgoorlie, but significant parts of the outback in central and eastern Western Australia.... |
13 January 1923 | John Boyland | Independent | James Cunningham James Cunningham (Australian politician) James Cunningham was an Australian politician. Born in Western Australia, he received a primary education before becoming a goldminer at Norseman and then Boulder. He was secretary of the Federated Miners' Union before his election to the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1916 as a Labor... |
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... |
14 December 1922 | Death | No | ||
| 11th | East Perth Electoral district of East Perth East Perth was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1962.Based in inner urban Perth, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district's member from 1894 to 1904 was Walter James,... |
18 November 1922 | J. J. Simons Jack Simons John Joseph Simons was an Australian businessman and politician, best known for establishing the Young Australia League.... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
Thomas Hughes Thomas Hughes (Australian politician) Thomas John Hughes , sometimes known as Diver Hughes, was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly representing the seat of East Perth for two periods; from 1922 until 1927, and again from 1936 until 1943.-Biography:Hughes was born in South Melbourne,... |
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... |
1 November 1922 | Resignation | No | ||
| 10th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1917–1921 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1917 election and the 1921 election, together known as the 10th Parliament.-Notes:... |
Mount Leonora Electoral district of Mount Leonora Mount Leonora was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1930.The district was located in the Goldfields region, and was based in the town of Leonora. It was generally a Labor seat, although sitting member George Foley sided with... |
20 December 1920 | George Foley George Foley George James Foley was an Australian politician from Western Australia. He was the member for the Western Australian seat of Mount Leonora from 1911 until 1920, initially for the Labor Party until 1917 when he joined the National Labor Party... |
National Labor National Labor Party The National Labor Party was the name used by the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes for himself and his followers after he was expelled from the Australian Labor Party in November 1916 over his pro-conscription stance in relation to World War I... |
Thomas Heron | 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... |
18 November 1920 | Resignation (contesting HoR Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years.... ) |
No | ||
- Simons had been elected as a Labor member in the 1921 state election, but had resigned to sit as an independent and subsequently joined the Nationalist PartyNationalist Party of AustraliaThe Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...
. He was a candidate in the by-election, but was defeated.
† Won by acclamation
Acclamation
An acclamation, in its most common sense, is a form of election that does not use a ballot. "Acclamation" or "acclamatio" can also signify a kind of ritual greeting and expression of approval in certain social contexts in ancient Rome.-Voting:...
; this date is the date of the return of the writ.
1910–1919
| Parl. | By-election | Date | Incumbent | | Party | Winner | | Party | Vacated | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1917–1921 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1917 election and the 1921 election, together known as the 10th Parliament.-Notes:... |
Albany Electoral district of Albany The Electoral district of Albany is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Albany is named for the port and regional city of Western Australia which falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia, with its first member having been... |
31 May 1919 | Herbert Robinson | Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
John Scaddan John Scaddan John Scaddan, CMG , popularly known as "Happy Jack", was Premier of Western Australia from 7 October 1911 until 27 July 1916.- Biography :... |
National Labor National Labor Party The National Labor Party was the name used by the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes for himself and his followers after he was expelled from the Australian Labor Party in November 1916 over his pro-conscription stance in relation to World War I... |
2 May 1919 | Death | No | ||
| 10th | Claremont Electoral district of Claremont Claremont was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1968.Located in the affluent western suburbs of Perth, it was a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessor parties... |
14 September 1918 | Herbert Robinson | Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
John Scaddan John Scaddan John Scaddan, CMG , popularly known as "Happy Jack", was Premier of Western Australia from 7 October 1911 until 27 July 1916.- Biography :... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
30 August 1918 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 10th | Subiaco Electoral district of Subiaco The Electoral district of Subiaco was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for the inner western Perth suburb of Subiaco, which fell within its borders... |
10 November 1917 | Bartholomew Stubbs | 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... |
Samuel Brown | Nationalist | 26 September 1917 | Death (WWI World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918... combat) |
No | ||
| 9th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1914–1917 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1914 election and the 1917 election, together known as the Ninth Parliament... |
Perth Electoral district of Perth The Electoral district of Perth is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Perth is named for the capital city of Western Australia whose central business district falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia, with its first member... |
21 July 1917 | Sir James Connolly | Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
Robert Pilkington Robert Pilkington Robert Rivington Pilkington was an Irish politician who sat in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly and the British House of Commons.Robert Pilkington was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1870... |
Nationalist | June 1917 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 9th | Brown Hill-Ivanhoe Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe The Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. It covered part of the Goldfields city of Boulder, near Kalgoorlie, and neighbouring mining areas... |
21 July 1917 | John Scaddan John Scaddan John Scaddan, CMG , popularly known as "Happy Jack", was Premier of Western Australia from 7 October 1911 until 27 July 1916.- Biography :... |
National Labor National Labor Party The National Labor Party was the name used by the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes for himself and his followers after he was expelled from the Australian Labor Party in November 1916 over his pro-conscription stance in relation to World War I... |
John Lutey John Lutey John Thomas Lutey was the Australian Labor Party member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Brownhill-Ivanhoe from 1917 to 1932.... |
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... |
28 June 1917 | Ministerial Lefroy Ministry The Lefroy Ministry was the 13th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Nationalist Premier Sir Henry Lefroy. It succeeded the Second Wilson Ministry on 28 June 1917 due to most members of the former Liberal Party, of which the previous Premier, Frank Wilson, had been the... by-election |
No | ||
| 9th | Geraldton Electoral district of Geraldton Geraldton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Geraldton was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
14 April 1917 | Edward Heitmann Edward Heitmann Edward Ernest Heitmann , Australian politician, was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1904 to 1917, then a member of the Australian House of Representatives until 1919.... |
National Labor National Labor Party The National Labor Party was the name used by the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes for himself and his followers after he was expelled from the Australian Labor Party in November 1916 over his pro-conscription stance in relation to World War I... |
Samuel Elliott | Liberal | 20 March 1917 | Resignation (contesting HoR Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years.... ) |
No | ||
| 9th | Brown Hill-Ivanhoe Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe The Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. It covered part of the Goldfields city of Boulder, near Kalgoorlie, and neighbouring mining areas... |
7 October 1916 | John Lutey John Lutey John Thomas Lutey was the Australian Labor Party member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Brownhill-Ivanhoe from 1917 to 1932.... |
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... |
John Scaddan John Scaddan John Scaddan, CMG , popularly known as "Happy Jack", was Premier of Western Australia from 7 October 1911 until 27 July 1916.- Biography :... |
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... |
15 September 1916 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 9th | Brown Hill-Ivanhoe Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe The Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. It covered part of the Goldfields city of Boulder, near Kalgoorlie, and neighbouring mining areas... |
19 August 1916† | John Scaddan John Scaddan John Scaddan, CMG , popularly known as "Happy Jack", was Premier of Western Australia from 7 October 1911 until 27 July 1916.- Biography :... |
Labor | John Lutey John Lutey John Thomas Lutey was the Australian Labor Party member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Brownhill-Ivanhoe from 1917 to 1932.... |
Labor | 8 August 1916 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 9th | Geraldton Electoral district of Geraldton Geraldton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Geraldton was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
15 August 1916 | Charles McDowall | Labor | Samuel Elliott | Liberal | 13 July 1916 | Resignation (contesting HoR Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years.... ) |
No | ||
| 9th | Williams-Narrogin | 9 January 1916† | Edward Johnston | 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... |
Edward Johnston | 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... |
18 December 1915 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 9th | Roebourne Electoral district of Roebourne The Electoral district of Roebourne was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. It was named for the town of Roebourne and was created in 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.... |
17 November 1915 | Joseph Gardiner Joseph Gardiner Joseph Peter Gardiner was the Australian Labor Party member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Roebourne from 1911 to 1915... |
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... |
William Butcher William Butcher William James Burchell Butcher , Australian politician, was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for twelve years.... |
Liberal | 30 September 1915 | Absence without leave |
No | ||
| 8th | Kalgoorlie Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district includes not only the town of Kalgoorlie, but significant parts of the outback in central and eastern Western Australia.... |
4 February 1914 | Albert Green | Labor | George McLeod | Labor | 8 December 1913 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 8th | Geraldton Electoral district of Geraldton Geraldton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Geraldton was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
15 November 1913 | Bronte Dooley Bronte Dooley Bronterre Washington Dooley , known as Bronte Dooley, was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1911 until 1913 representing the seat of Geraldton for the Australian Labor Party... |
Labor | Samuel Elliott | Liberal | 19 October 1913 | Death | No | ||
| 8th | Cue Electoral district of Cue Cue was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1930.The district was located in the Western Australian outback. It was held by the Labor Party for all but the first term of its existence.... |
12 November 1913† | Edward Heitmann Edward Heitmann Edward Ernest Heitmann , Australian politician, was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1904 to 1917, then a member of the Australian House of Representatives until 1919.... |
Labor | Thomas Chesson | 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... |
4 November 1913 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 8th | Forrest Electoral district of Forrest Forrest was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1950. It was based in the South West region of the state, in the timber milling areas near the town of Dwellingup.... |
3 July 1913 | Thomas Moore | Labor | Peter O'Loghlen Peter O'Loghlen (Australian politician) Peter Laurence O'Loghlen was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Forrest in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1908 to 1923.... |
Labor | 17 June 1913 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 8th | Forrest Electoral district of Forrest Forrest was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1950. It was based in the South West region of the state, in the timber milling areas near the town of Dwellingup.... |
6 May 1913† | Peter O'Loghlen Peter O'Loghlen (Australian politician) Peter Laurence O'Loghlen was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Forrest in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1908 to 1923.... |
Labor | Thomas Moore | Labor | 17 April 1913 | Resignation (contesting HoR Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years.... ) |
Yes | ||
| 7th | Bunbury Electoral district of Bunbury The Electoral district of Bunbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district, taking in the city of Bunbury has existed continuously since 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
1 March 1911 | Sir Newton Moore Newton Moore Major-General Sir Newton James Moore KCMG , was the eighth Premier of Western Australia and a member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1932.... |
Ministerial | William Lemen Thomas | 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... |
13 February 1911 | Resignation (appointed as Agent-General) |
No | ||
| 7th | Beverley Electoral district of Beverley Beverley was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.The district was based on the rural town of Beverley lying to the east of Perth... |
15 August 1910 | 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 | 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 | 28 July 1910 | Disqualified (jailed for uttering Uttering In the law of countries whose legal systems derive from English common law, uttering is a crime similar to forgery. Uttering and forgery were originally common law offences, both misdemeanours... ) |
Yes | ||
| 7th | Forrest Electoral district of Forrest Forrest was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1950. It was based in the South West region of the state, in the timber milling areas near the town of Dwellingup.... |
8 July 1910 | Denis Jones | 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... |
Peter O'Loghlen Peter O'Loghlen (Australian politician) Peter Laurence O'Loghlen was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Forrest in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1908 to 1923.... |
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... |
20 June 1910 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 7th | Gascoyne Electoral district of Gascoyne Gascoyne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1989.The district was located in the Western Australian outback, in the north-west of the state... |
28 June 1910† | William Butcher William Butcher William James Burchell Butcher , Australian politician, was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for twelve years.... |
Ministerial | William Butcher William Butcher William James Burchell Butcher , Australian politician, was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for twelve years.... |
Ministerial | 18 June 1910 | Sold land to Crown | Yes | ||
| 7th | Fremantle Electoral district of Fremantle Fremantle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is located in the inner south-west of Perth, centring on the port of Fremantle.... |
9 June 1910 | James Price | Ministerial | William Murphy | Ministerial | 21 May 1910 | Death | Yes | ||
| 7th | Forrest Electoral district of Forrest Forrest was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1950. It was based in the South West region of the state, in the timber milling areas near the town of Dwellingup.... |
23 March 1910† | Peter O'Loghlen Peter O'Loghlen (Australian politician) Peter Laurence O'Loghlen was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Forrest in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1908 to 1923.... |
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... |
Denis Jones | 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... |
13 March 1910 | Resignation (contesting HoR Australian House of Representatives The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years.... ) |
Yes | ||
† Won by acclamation
Acclamation
An acclamation, in its most common sense, is a form of election that does not use a ballot. "Acclamation" or "acclamatio" can also signify a kind of ritual greeting and expression of approval in certain social contexts in ancient Rome.-Voting:...
; this date is the date of the return of the writ.
- The Labor member for Brownhill-Ivanhoe and former PremierPremier of Western AustraliaThe Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. The Premier has similar functions in Western Australia to those performed by the Prime Minister of Australia at the national level, subject to the different Constitutions...
, John ScaddanJohn ScaddanJohn Scaddan, CMG , popularly known as "Happy Jack", was Premier of Western Australia from 7 October 1911 until 27 July 1916.- Biography :...
, resigned from his seat on 8 August 1916 in order to contest the CanningElectoral district of CanningThe Electoral district of Canning was an electorate in the state of Western Australia. The electorate, which was named for the Canning River which ran through the electorate, was first contested at the 1897 elections and was abolished in the 1988 redistribution...
ministerial by-election against new minister Robert Robinson. On 19 August 1916, Labor candidate John LuteyJohn LuteyJohn Thomas Lutey was the Australian Labor Party member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Brownhill-Ivanhoe from 1917 to 1932....
was elected unopposed to fill the vacancy. However, upon Scaddan's narrow loss in Canning, Lutey resigned from the seat on 15 September 1916 before being sworn in to allow Scaddan to regain his seat, which he did at the resulting by-election on 7 October 1916 against two minor-party candidates. In March 1917, Scaddan and several others left the Labor Party and joined the new National Labor PartyNational Labor PartyThe National Labor Party was the name used by the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes for himself and his followers after he was expelled from the Australian Labor Party in November 1916 over his pro-conscription stance in relation to World War I...
. This party formed a coalition with the NationalistsNationalist Party of AustraliaThe Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...
who, under Premier Sir Henry LefroyHenry LefroySir Henry Bruce Lefroy KCMG was the eleventh Premier of Western Australia.-Biography:Lefroy was born in Perth, Western Australia on 24 March 1854. His father was Anthony O'Grady Lefroy, Colonial Treasurer of Western Australia for over 30 years...
, formed a MinistryLefroy MinistryThe Lefroy Ministry was the 13th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Nationalist Premier Sir Henry Lefroy. It succeeded the Second Wilson Ministry on 28 June 1917 due to most members of the former Liberal Party, of which the previous Premier, Frank Wilson, had been the...
on 28 June 1917. Scaddan was appointed Minister for Railways, and had to contest a ministerial by-election. John LuteyJohn LuteyJohn Thomas Lutey was the Australian Labor Party member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Brownhill-Ivanhoe from 1917 to 1932....
won the seat at the by-election on 21 July 1917. - On 18 December 1915, the Labor member for Williams-Narrogin, Edward Johnston, resigned from the Labor Party and from Parliament. He was returned unopposed as an Independent at the close of nominations for the resulting by-election on 9 January 1916. In mid-1917, he joined the Country Party.
1900–1909
| Parl. | By-election | Date | Incumbent | | Party | Winner | | Party | Vacated | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | Katanning Electoral district of Katanning Katanning was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1989.The district was based around the town of Katanning in the southern part of the state... |
12 November 1909† | 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 | Arnold Piesse | Ministerial | 26 October 1909 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 7th | Albany Electoral district of Albany The Electoral district of Albany is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Albany is named for the port and regional city of Western Australia which falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia, with its first member having been... |
17 September 1909 | Edward Barnett | Ministerial | William Price | Ministerial | Aug/Sep 1909 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 7th | Menzies Electoral district of Menzies Menzies was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1930.The district was located in the Goldfields region, and was based in the town of Menzies. When the district was abolished at the 1930 state election, sitting member Alexander... |
20 November 1908 | Henry Gregory Henry Gregory (politician) Henry Gregory was an Australian politician. Born in Kyneton, Victoria, where he was educated, he moved to the Western Australian goldfields in 1894. He became Mayor of Menzies Shire as well as a stockbroker, farmer and press proprietor... |
Ministerial | Henry Gregory Henry Gregory (politician) Henry Gregory was an Australian politician. Born in Kyneton, Victoria, where he was educated, he moved to the Western Australian goldfields in 1894. He became Mayor of Menzies Shire as well as a stockbroker, farmer and press proprietor... |
Ministerial | 4 November 1908 | Voided by petition | Yes | ||
| 6th | West Perth Electoral district of West Perth The Electoral district of West Perth was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for its location immediately to the west of the central business district of Perth.... |
2 September 1907 | Frederick Illingworth Frederick Illingworth Frederick Illingworth , Australian politician, was a Member of Parliament in two Australian states, and a government minister in Western Australia... |
Ministerial | Thomas Draper Thomas Draper Thomas "Shang" Draper was a professional criminal in New York City.Draper ran a waterfront saloon in his native New York City where he performed a confidence scam using an underage girl to lure a mark to a dark hotel room only to rob him... |
NPL (Min.) | 13 August 1907 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 6th | Mount Leonora Electoral district of Mount Leonora Mount Leonora was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1930.The district was located in the Goldfields region, and was based in the town of Leonora. It was generally a Labor seat, although sitting member George Foley sided with... |
13 November 1906† | Patrick Lynch Patrick Lynch (Australian politician) Patrick Joseph Lynch was an Australian politician.Lynch was born in Skeark, County Meath, Ireland and educated at Cormeen National School and Bailieborough Model School, County Cavan. He migrated to Queensland in 1886 and cut railway sleepers near Charleville and then travelled to the Croydon... |
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... |
Julian Stuart Julian Stuart Julian Stuart was an Australian journalist, trade unionist, poet and politician.-Early career:John Alexander Salmon Stuart was born in Raymond Terrace, New South Wales and grew up on the Clarence River... |
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... |
2 November 1906 | Resignation (contesting Senate Australian Senate The Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives. Senators are popularly elected under a system of proportional representation. Senators are elected for a term that is usually six years; after a double dissolution, however,... ) |
Yes | ||
| 6th | Geraldton Electoral district of Geraldton Geraldton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Geraldton was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
21 November 1906 | Henry Carson | Ministerial | Thomas Brown | Labor | 26 October 1906 | Voided by petition | No | ||
| 6th | East Fremantle Electoral district of East Fremantle East Fremantle was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1911.Based in urban East Fremantle, the district was first contested at the 1897 state election. Its first member was Ministerialist Joseph Holmes who was defeated by... |
13 November 1906 | Joseph Holmes | Ministerial | William Angwin William Angwin William C. "Bill" Angwin was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League . Angwin played three games for Melbourne early in the 1913 VFL season before switching to St Kilda later in the season, playing six games and kicking one goal in the year and a half he was at... |
Labor | 24 October 1906 | Voided by petition | No | ||
| 6th | Pilbara | 23 July 1906 | James Isdell | Independent | Henry Underwood Henry Underwood Henry Underwood was an architect, initially working in Cheltenham, who later moved to Bath.His most important building in Bath was the Swedenborgian New Jerusalem Church in the Greek revival style... |
Labor | 27 June 1906 | Resignation | No | ||
| 6th | Guildford Electoral district of Guildford Guildford was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1962.Known as Guildford-Midland from 1930 onwards, the district was located in the north-eastern suburbs of Perth.-History:... |
16 July 1906 | Sir Cornthwaite Rason Cornthwaite Rason Sir Cornthwaite Hector William James Rason , better known as Hector Rason, was the seventh Premier of Western Australia.... |
Ministerial | William Johnson | Labor | 27 June 1906 | Resignation (appointed as Agent-General) |
No | ||
| 6th | Geraldton Electoral district of Geraldton Geraldton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Geraldton was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
16 July 1906 | Arthur Diamond | Ministerial | Arthur Davies | Ministerial | 22 June 1906 | Death | Yes | ||
| 6th | Coolgardie Electoral district of Coolgardie Coolgardie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1930.The district was located in the Goldfields region, and was based in the town of Coolgardie. Its first member was Alf Morgans who served briefly as Premier of Western... |
9 July 1906 | William Eddy | Ministerial | William Eddy | Ministerial | 27 April 1906 | Voided by petition | Yes | ||
| 5th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1904–1905 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1904 elections and the 1905 elections, together known as the Fifth Parliament.-Notes:... |
East Perth Electoral district of East Perth East Perth was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1962.Based in inner urban Perth, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district's member from 1894 to 1904 was Walter James,... |
20 October 1904 | Walter James Walter James Sir Walter Hartwell James KCMG KC was the fifth Premier of Western Australia and an ardent supporter of the federation movement.... |
Ministerial | John Hardwick | Ministerial | 4 October 1904 | Resignation (appointed as Agent-General) |
Yes | ||
| 4th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1901–1904 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1901 election and the 1904 election, together known as the Fourth Parliament.... |
Nelson Electoral district of Nelson Nelson was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.The district was based in the south-western part of Western Australia, including towns such as Manjimup and Pemberton, and was named for the Nelson land district which formed... |
11 December 1903 | Sir J. G. Lee-Steere James George Lee-Steere Sir James George Lee Steere KCMG was a Western Australian politician and a prominent member of the six hungry families.... |
Ministerial | John Walter | Ministerial | 30 November 1903 | Death | Yes | ||
| 4th | North Fremantle Electoral district of North Fremantle North Fremantle was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1911.Based in urban North Fremantle, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
26 August 1903 | Denis Doherty | Ministerial | John Ferguson | Ministerial | 13 August 1903 | Resignation (left State) | Yes | ||
| 4th | York Electoral district of York York was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.The district was based on the rural town of York lying to the east of Perth. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.York was abolished at the... |
6 April 1903 | Frederick Monger | Ministerial | Richard Burges | Ministerial | 24 March 1903 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 4th | Pilbara | 18 March 1903 | Walter Kingsmill Walter Kingsmill Sir Walter Kingsmill was an Australian politician.Born in Glenelg, South Australia, he was educated at St Peter's College in Adelaide and at the University of Adelaide before becoming a geologist. Moving to Western Australia in 1888, he became a mine manager... |
Opposition | James Isdell | Independent | 12 February 1903 | Resignation | No | ||
| 4th | Hannans Electoral district of Hannans Hannans was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1956.The district was located in the Goldfields-Esperance region, and was based in the city of Kalgoorlie and surrounding mining districts, and was one of several districts... |
15 October 1902† | John Reside | 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... |
Thomas Bath | 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... |
29 September 1902 | Death | Yes | ||
| 4th | York Electoral district of York York was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.The district was based on the rural town of York lying to the east of Perth. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.York was abolished at the... |
16 July 1902 | William George | Opposition | William Atkins | Independent | 1 July 1902 | Resignation | No | ||
| 4th | East Perth Electoral district of East Perth East Perth was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1962.Based in inner urban Perth, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district's member from 1894 to 1904 was Walter James,... |
14 July 1902 | George Leake George Leake George Leake CMG QC was Premier of Western Australia from 27 May 1901 to 21 November 1901, and again from 23 December 1901 until his death on 24 June 1902.-Early life:... |
Opposition | Charles Moran | Independent | 24 June 1902 | Resignation | No | ||
| 4th | Claremont Electoral district of Claremont Claremont was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1968.Located in the affluent western suburbs of Perth, it was a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessor parties... |
11 June 1902 | William Sayer | Ministerial | John Foulkes | Opposition | 28 May 1902 | Resignation | No | ||
| 4th | North Perth Electoral district of North Perth The Electoral district of North Perth was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for its location immediately to the north of the central business district of Perth.... |
5 October 1901 | Richard Speight Richard Speight Richard Speight was an English-born railway commissioner in Victoria, Australia. After a career in railway management in England, he accepted the new post of railway commissioner of the Railways Department of Victoria, in 1883. He was tasked with implementing the Railway Construction Act 1884,... |
Opposition | George McWilliams | Opposition | 19 September 1901 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 4th | West Kimberley Electoral district of West Kimberley West Kimberley was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1904.Based in the western part of the Kimberley region, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
23 July 1901 | Alexander Forrest Alexander Forrest Alexander Forrest CMG, was an explorer and surveyor of Western Australia, as well as a politician.-Early life:Forrest was born at Picton, near Bunbury in Western Australia, the son of William and Margaret Forrest... |
Ministerial | Sydney Piggott | Ministerial | 20 June 1901 | Death | Yes | ||
| 3rd Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1897–1901 The following is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1897 elections and the 1901 elections, together known as the Third Parliament.-Notes:... |
Albany Electoral district of Albany The Electoral district of Albany is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Albany is named for the port and regional city of Western Australia which falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia, with its first member having been... |
24 July 1900 | George Leake George Leake George Leake CMG QC was Premier of Western Australia from 27 May 1901 to 21 November 1901, and again from 23 December 1901 until his death on 24 June 1902.-Early life:... |
Opposition | John Hassell | Opposition | 10 July 1900 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 3rd | Geraldton Electoral district of Geraldton Geraldton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Geraldton was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
24 July 1900 | Richard Robson Richard Robson Richard Robson , sometimes referred to as Dick Robson, was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly who resigned in 1900 after making unsubstantiated allegations of corruption against the government of the day.-Early life:Richard Robson was born at Tynemouth, Northumberland, England... |
Independent | Robert Hutchinson Robert Hutchinson (Australian politician) Robert David Hutchinson was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1900 until 1904 representing the seat of Geraldton.-Biography:... |
Opposition | 13 June 1900 | Resignation | No | ||
| 3rd | De Grey Electoral district of De Grey De Grey was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1901.The district was located in the Western Australian outback, in the north of the state. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election but was... |
28 May 1900† | E. T. Hooley E. T. Hooley Edward Timothy Hooley , usually known as E. T. Hooley or Tim Hooley, was an explorer in Western Australia, who in 1866 pioneered an overland stock route from Geraldton to the Ashburton River... |
Ministerial | Leonard Darlot Leonard Darlot Leonard Hawthorne Darlot was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1900 to 1901, representing De Grey.... |
Ministerial | 1 May 1900 | Resignation (ill health) | Yes | ||
| 3rd | Ashburton Electoral district of Ashburton Ashburton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1901 and again from 1989 to 1996.... |
24 April 1900† | Septimus Burt Septimus Burt The Hon Septimus Burt KC was a Western Australian lawyer, politician and grazier, the son of Sir Archibald Burt.He was born on 25 October 1847 at St Kitts in the West Indies, and educated at a private school at Melksham, Wiltshire, England... |
Ministerial | David Forrest David Forrest (Australian politician) David Forrest was an Australian politician, a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1900 to 1901, holding the seat of Ashburton. He was the younger brother of Sir John Forrest and Alexander Forrest, and the great-grandfather of Andrew Forrest.Forrest was the sixth child of... |
Ministerial | 10 April 1900 | Resignation | Yes | ||
† Won by acclamation
Acclamation
An acclamation, in its most common sense, is a form of election that does not use a ballot. "Acclamation" or "acclamatio" can also signify a kind of ritual greeting and expression of approval in certain social contexts in ancient Rome.-Voting:...
; this date is the date of the return of the writ.
1890–1899
| Parl. | By-election | Date | Incumbent | | Party | Winner | | Party | Vacated | Cause | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1897–1901 The following is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1897 elections and the 1901 elections, together known as the Third Parliament.-Notes:... |
North Murchison Electoral district of North Murchison North Murchison was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1904.The district was located in the Western Australian outback. It existed for just two terms of parliament, but had three members and staged two by-elections in that... |
18 September 1899 | Henry Kenny | Opposition | Frederick Moorhead | Ministerial | 25 August 1899 | Death | No | ||
| 3rd | Geraldton Electoral district of Geraldton Geraldton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Geraldton was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
12 July 1899 | George Simpson | Opposition | Richard Robson Richard Robson Richard Robson , sometimes referred to as Dick Robson, was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly who resigned in 1900 after making unsubstantiated allegations of corruption against the government of the day.-Early life:Richard Robson was born at Tynemouth, Northumberland, England... |
Independent | 27 June 1899 | Resignation | No | ||
| 3rd | York Electoral district of York York was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.The district was based on the rural town of York lying to the east of Perth. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.York was abolished at the... |
26 June 1899† | Frederick Monger | Ministerial | Frederick Monger | Ministerial | 15 June 1899 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 3rd | Gascoyne Electoral district of Gascoyne Gascoyne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1989.The district was located in the Western Australian outback, in the north-west of the state... |
26 June 1899† | George Hubble | Ministerial | George Hubble | Ministerial | 13 June 1899 | Resignation | Yes | ||
| 2nd | Fremantle Electoral district of Fremantle Fremantle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is located in the inner south-west of Perth, centring on the port of Fremantle.... |
18 July 1896 | William Marmion William Marmion William Edward Marmion was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1870 to 1890, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1890 to 1896.... |
John Higham | 4 July 1896 | Death | |||||
| 2nd | North Fremantle Electoral district of North Fremantle North Fremantle was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1911.Based in urban North Fremantle, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
22 May 1895 | William Silas Pearse | Matthew Moss | 2 May 1895†† | Resignation | |||||
| 2nd | Murray | 12 January 1895 | William Paterson | William George | 4 January 1895 | Resignation | |||||
| 2nd | Murchison | 15 October 1894† | Everard Darlot | E. T. Hooley E. T. Hooley Edward Timothy Hooley , usually known as E. T. Hooley or Tim Hooley, was an explorer in Western Australia, who in 1866 pioneered an overland stock route from Geraldton to the Ashburton River... |
18 September 1894 | Resignation | |||||
| 1st | East Kimberley Electoral district of East Kimberley East Kimberley was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1904.Based in the eastern part of the Kimberley region, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
20 April 1893† | William Baker | Francis Connor | 7 January 1893 | Death | |||||
| 1st | York Electoral district of York York was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.The district was based on the rural town of York lying to the east of Perth. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.York was abolished at the... |
27 October 1892† | Stephen Henry Parker Stephen Henry Parker Sir Stephen Henry Parker KCMG was a lawyer and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia from 1906 to 1914.-Early life:... |
Frederick Monger | 5 October 1892 | Resignation | |||||
| 1st | South Fremantle Electoral district of South Fremantle South Fremantle was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1962.Based in urban South Fremantle, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
12 October 1892 | David Symon | Elias Solomon Elias Solomon Elias Solomon was an Australian politician. Born in London, England, he migrated to Australia as a child. He had no formal education, but in 1868 became a clerk and auctioneer in Fremantle in Western Australia. In 1877 he was elected to the Fremantle City Council... |
13 September 1892 | Resignation | |||||
| 1st | Moore Electoral district of Moore Moore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Moore has had three incarnations as an electorate. It its first incarnation, Moore was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.... |
11 August 1892† | George Randell George Randell George Randell was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1873–1875 and 1880–1890, then when representative self-government was achieved in 1890, won the seat of Moore in the new Legislative Assembly... |
Henry Lefroy Henry Lefroy Sir Henry Bruce Lefroy KCMG was the eleventh Premier of Western Australia.-Biography:Lefroy was born in Perth, Western Australia on 24 March 1854. His father was Anthony O'Grady Lefroy, Colonial Treasurer of Western Australia for over 30 years... |
4 July 1892 | Resignation | |||||
| 1st | Perth Electoral district of Perth The Electoral district of Perth is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Perth is named for the capital city of Western Australia whose central business district falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia, with its first member... |
12 January 1892 | Edward Scott | Thomas Molloy Thomas Molloy Thomas George Anstruther Molloy was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electorate of Perth from 1892 until 1894, and thereafter became a perennial candidate unsuccessfully standing for Parliament no less than 14 times. He also was the... |
22 December 1891†† | Resignation | |||||
| 1st | Geraldton Electoral district of Geraldton Geraldton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Geraldton was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
10 December 1891† | Edward Keane | George Simpson | 6 November 1891†† | Resignation | |||||
| 1st | Roebourne Electoral district of Roebourne The Electoral district of Roebourne was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. It was named for the town of Roebourne and was created in 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.... |
16 January 1891† | George Leake George Leake George Leake CMG QC was Premier of Western Australia from 27 May 1901 to 21 November 1901, and again from 23 December 1901 until his death on 24 June 1902.-Early life:... |
Horace Sholl | 30 December 1890 | Resignation | |||||
† Won by acclamation
Acclamation
An acclamation, in its most common sense, is a form of election that does not use a ballot. "Acclamation" or "acclamatio" can also signify a kind of ritual greeting and expression of approval in certain social contexts in ancient Rome.-Voting:...
; this date is the date of the return of the writ.
†† This was the date which the writ was issued — the date of the event which caused the by-election is unknown.
Ministerial by-elections
The following Ministers had to resign their seats and recontest them at a ministerial by-election. Most were unopposed; these are noted in italics in the table.| Parl. | Electorate | Date | Member | | Party | Winner | | Party | Appointed | Ministry | Retained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1947 election and the 1950 election, together known as the 19th Parliament.-Notes:... |
Murray-Wellington | 17 April 1947 | Ross McLarty Ross McLarty Sir Duncan Ross McLarty KBE MM was the 17th Premier of Western Australia.-Early life:McLarty was born in Pinjarra, Western Australia, the youngest of seven children of Edward McLarty, a farmer and grazier and member of the Western Australian Legislative Council, and his wife Mary Jane, née Campbell... |
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... |
1 April 1947 | McLarty-Watts McLarty-Watts Ministry The McLarty-Watts Ministry was the 21st Ministry of the Government of Western Australia, led by Liberal Premier Sir Ross McLarty and his deputy, Country Party leader Arthur Watts. It succeeded the Wise Ministry on 1 April 1947, following the defeat of the Labor government at the 1947 election two... |
Yes | ||||
| 19th | Katanning Electoral district of Katanning Katanning was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1989.The district was based around the town of Katanning in the southern part of the state... |
17 April 1947 | Arthur Watts | 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.... |
1 April 1947 | McLarty-Watts | Yes | ||||
| 19th | West Perth Electoral district of West Perth The Electoral district of West Perth was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for its location immediately to the west of the central business district of Perth.... |
17 April 1947 | Sir Robert McDonald | Liberal | 1 April 1947 | McLarty-Watts | Yes | ||||
| 19th | Toodyay Electoral district of Toodyay Toodyay was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1977.The district was based on the town of Toodyay lying to the north-east of Perth. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.The district was... |
17 April 1947 | Lindsay Thorn | Country | 1 April 1947 | McLarty-Watts | Yes | ||||
| 19th | Williams-Narrogin | 17 April 1947 | Victor Doney | Country | 1 April 1947 | McLarty-Watts | Yes | ||||
| 19th | North Perth Electoral district of North Perth The Electoral district of North Perth was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for its location immediately to the north of the central business district of Perth.... |
17 April 1947 | Arthur Abbott | Liberal | 1 April 1947 | McLarty-Watts | Yes | ||||
| 19th | Pingelly Electoral district of Pingelly Pingelly was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1911 to 1950.The district was located in the Western Australia's Wheatbelt region, based on the town of Pingelly. Though won by the Liberal member for Beverley at its first contest at... |
17 April 1947 | Harrie Seward Harrie Seward Harrie Stephen Seward was an Australian politician. Born at Rochester, Victoria, he was educated in Ballarat at St Patrick's College. He became a bank officer, and moved to Western Australia, becoming a farmer at Pingelly from 1913. He served in the military 1915-1919... |
Country | 1 April 1947 | McLarty-Watts | Yes | ||||
| 18th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1943–1947 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1943 election and the 1947 election, together known as the 18th Parliament... |
Murchison | 17 August 1945 | William Marshall | 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... |
3 August 1945 | Wise Wise Ministry The Wise Ministry was the 20th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia. It succeeded the Willcock Ministry on 3 August 1945 and was led by Labor Premier Frank Wise, who had previously been Minister for Lands and Agriculture. All of the Ministers continued from the previous Ministry,... |
Yes | ||||
| 18th | North-East Fremantle Electoral district of North-East Fremantle North-East Fremantle was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1911.Based in urban Fremantle, the district was first contested at the 1911 state election, being an amalgam of the former districts of North Fremantle and East... |
17 December 1943 | John Tonkin John Tonkin John Trezise Tonkin AC , popularly known as "Honest John", was the 20th Premier of Western Australia , taking power after the almost 12 year term of Liberal Sir David Brand.... |
Labor | 9 December 1943 | Willcock Willcock Ministry The Willcock Ministry was the 19th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia, and was led by Labor Premier John Willcock. It succeeded the Second Collier Ministry on 27 August 1936, upon the resignation of Philip Collier as Premier on ill health grounds... |
Yes | ||||
| 17th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1939–1943 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1939 election and the 1943 election, together known as the 17th Parliament.-Notes:... |
Kanowna Electoral district of Kanowna Kanowna was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1950.The district was located in the Goldfields region, and was based in the town of Kanowna. It was held by the Labor Party at all times... |
5 April 1939 | Emil Nulsen | Labor | 29 March 1939 | Willcock | Yes | ||||
| 17th | Kimberley Electoral district of Kimberley -External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:... |
5 April 1939 | Aubrey Coverley | Labor | 29 March 1939 | Willcock | Yes | ||||
| 16th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1936–1939 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1936 election and the 1939 election, together known as the 16th Parliament.-Notes:... |
Leederville Electoral district of Leederville The Electoral district of Leederville was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for the inner northern Perth suburb of Leederville, which fell within its borders... |
9 April 1938 | Alexander Panton Alexander Panton Alexander Hugh Panton was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1919 to 1922, before entering the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in 1924, representing Menzies. He transferred to Leederville in 1930 and served until 1951. From... |
Labor | 24 March 1938 | Willcock | Yes | ||||
| 16th | Brown Hill-Ivanhoe Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe The Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. It covered part of the Goldfields city of Boulder, near Kalgoorlie, and neighbouring mining areas... |
4 September 1936 | Frederick Smith | Labor | 27 August 1936 | Willcock | Yes | ||||
| 16th | Northam Electoral district of Northam Northam was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1974.The district was based on the town of Northam lying to the east of Perth. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district was abolished... |
22 May 1936 | Albert Hawke Albert Hawke Albert Redvers George Hawke was the 18th Premier of Western Australia.Hawke was born to James Renfrey Hawke and Eliza Ann Blinman Pascoe, both of Cornish descent, in Kapunda, South Australia... |
Labor | 13 May 1936 | 2nd Collier Second Collier Ministry The Second Collier Ministry was the 18th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Labor Premier Philip Collier. It succeeded the Second Mitchell Ministry on 24 April 1933, following the defeat of the Nationalist government at the 1933 election on 8 April.The ministry was... |
Yes | ||||
| 15th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1933–1936 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1933 election and the 1936 election, together known as the 15th Parliament.-Notes:... |
Gascoyne Electoral district of Gascoyne Gascoyne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1989.The district was located in the Western Australian outback, in the north-west of the state... |
11 April 1935 | Frank Wise Frank Wise Frank Joseph Scott Wise AO was an Australian Labor Party politician and the 16th Premier of Western Australia. He took office on 31 July 1945 in the closing stages of the Second World War, following the resignation of his predecessor due to ill health... |
Labor | 26 March 1935 | 2nd Collier | Yes | ||||
| 15th | Boulder Electoral district of Boulder Boulder was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1977.The district was located in the Goldfields-Esperance region, and was based in the town of Boulder and its suburbs... |
2 May 1933 | 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 | 24 April 1933 | 2nd Collier | Yes | ||||
| 15th | South Fremantle Electoral district of South Fremantle South Fremantle was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1962.Based in urban South Fremantle, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
2 May 1933 | Alexander McCallum | Labor | 24 April 1933 | 2nd Collier | Yes | ||||
| 15th | Geraldton Electoral district of Geraldton Geraldton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Geraldton was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
2 May 1933 | John Willcock John Willcock John Collings Willcock was the 15th Premier of Western Australia.-Early life:John Willcock was born at Frogmoor , New South Wales on 9 August 1879. The son of miner Joseph Willcock, he was educated at Sydney High School before emigrating to Western Australia in 1897... |
Labor | 24 April 1933 | 2nd Collier | Yes | ||||
| 15th | Hannans Electoral district of Hannans Hannans was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1956.The district was located in the Goldfields-Esperance region, and was based in the city of Kalgoorlie and surrounding mining districts, and was one of several districts... |
2 May 1933 | Selby Munsie | Labor | 24 April 1933 | 2nd Collier | Yes | ||||
| 15th | Mount Magnet Electoral district of Mount Magnet Mount Magnet was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1950.The district was based on the outback town of Mount Magnet. It was held at all times by the Australian Labor Party.-Members:... |
2 May 1933 | Michael Troy | Labor | 24 April 1933 | 2nd Collier | Yes | ||||
| 15th | Mount Hawthorn Electoral district of Mount Hawthorn The Electoral district of Mount Hawthorn was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for the inner northern Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn, which fell within its borders.... |
2 May 1933 | Harry Millington | Labor | 24 April 1933 | 2nd Collier | Yes | ||||
| 15th | East Perth Electoral district of East Perth East Perth was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1962.Based in inner urban Perth, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district's member from 1894 to 1904 was Walter James,... |
2 May 1933 | James Kenneally James Kenneally James Joseph Kenneally was an Australian politician, railwayman and unionist from Sydney.-Early life:Educated by the Christian Brothers, he moved to Western Australia in 1899 where he became a locomotive cleaner and then engine-driver... |
Labor | 24 April 1933 | 2nd Collier | Yes | ||||
| 14th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1930–1933 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1930 election and the 1933 election, together known as the 14th Parliament. It took place under radically altered boundaries as enacted within the Redistribution of Seats Act 1929, whose effect had been exaggerated... |
Northam Electoral district of Northam Northam was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1974.The district was based on the town of Northam lying to the east of Perth. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district was abolished... |
1 May 1930 | Sir James Mitchell James Mitchell (Australian politician) Sir James Mitchell GCMG was the 13th Premier of Western Australia, serving on two occasions, the Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia for 15 years and the 22nd Governor of Western Australia.... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
24 April 1930 | 2nd Mitchell Second Mitchell Ministry The Second Mitchell Ministry was the 17th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Nationalist Premier Sir James Mitchell. It succeeded the First Collier Ministry on 23 April 1930, following the defeat of the Labor government at the 1930 election on 26 March.The ministry... |
Yes | ||||
| 14th | Northam Electoral district of Northam Northam was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1974.The district was based on the town of Northam lying to the east of Perth. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district was abolished... |
1 May 1930 | Charles Latham Charles Latham Sir Charles Latham was an Australian politician born in Hythe, Kent in England.- Biography :Latham became an orphan in early childhood when his parents Thomas Latham and Isabella died before the age of 8... |
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.... |
24 April 1930 | 2nd Mitchell | Yes | ||||
| 14th | West Perth Electoral district of West Perth The Electoral district of West Perth was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for its location immediately to the west of the central business district of Perth.... |
1 May 1930 | Thomas Davy | Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
24 April 1930 | 2nd Mitchell | Yes | ||||
| 14th | Maylands Electoral district of Maylands Maylands is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Maylands is named for the inner northeastern Perth suburb of Maylands which falls within its borders.... |
1 May 1930 | John Scaddan John Scaddan John Scaddan, CMG , popularly known as "Happy Jack", was Premier of Western Australia from 7 October 1911 until 27 July 1916.- Biography :... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
24 April 1930 | 2nd Mitchell | Yes | ||||
| 14th | Mount Marshall Electoral district of Mount Marshall Mount Marshall was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1930 to 1989.-History:The seat was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1929 and was first contested in the 1930 state election... |
1 May 1930 | John Lindsay | Country | 24 April 1930 | 2nd Mitchell | Yes | ||||
| 14th | Nedlands Electoral district of Nedlands The Electoral district of Nedlands is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Nedlands is named for the inner western Perth suburb of Nedlands which falls within its borders.-History:... |
1 May 1930 | Norbert Keenan | Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
24 April 1930 | 2nd Mitchell | Yes | ||||
| 14th | Irwin-Moore | 1 May 1930 | Percy Ferguson | Country | 24 April 1930 | 2nd Mitchell | Yes | ||||
| 13th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1927–1930 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1927 election and the 1930 election, together known as the 13th Parliament.-Notes:... |
Leederville Electoral district of Leederville The Electoral district of Leederville was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for the inner northern Perth suburb of Leederville, which fell within its borders... |
23 December 1927 | Harry Millington | 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... |
15 December 1927 | 1st Collier First Collier Ministry The First Collier Ministry was the 16th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Labor Premier Philip Collier. It succeeded the First Mitchell Ministry on 16 April 1924, following the defeat of the Nationalist government at the 1924 election on 22 March.The ministry was... |
Yes | ||||
| 13th | Kalgoorlie Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district includes not only the town of Kalgoorlie, but significant parts of the outback in central and eastern Western Australia.... |
23 December 1927 | James Cunningham James Cunningham (Australian politician) James Cunningham was an Australian politician. Born in Western Australia, he received a primary education before becoming a goldminer at Norseman and then Boulder. He was secretary of the Federated Miners' Union before his election to the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1916 as a Labor... |
Labor | 15 December 1927 | 1st Collier | Yes | ||||
| 13th | Hannans Electoral district of Hannans Hannans was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1956.The district was located in the Goldfields-Esperance region, and was based in the city of Kalgoorlie and surrounding mining districts, and was one of several districts... |
9 May 1927 | Selby Munsie | Labor | 30 April 1927 | 1st Collier | Yes | ||||
| 12th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1924–1927 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1924 election and the 1927 election, together known as the 12th Parliament... |
Boulder Electoral district of Boulder Boulder was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1977.The district was located in the Goldfields-Esperance region, and was based in the town of Boulder and its suburbs... |
1 May 1924 | 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 | 16 April 1924 | 1st Collier | Yes | ||||
| 12th | North-East Fremantle Electoral district of North-East Fremantle North-East Fremantle was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1911.Based in urban Fremantle, the district was first contested at the 1911 state election, being an amalgam of the former districts of North Fremantle and East... |
1 May 1924 | William Angwin William Angwin William C. "Bill" Angwin was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League . Angwin played three games for Melbourne early in the 1913 VFL season before switching to St Kilda later in the season, playing six games and kicking one goal in the year and a half he was at... |
Labor | 16 April 1924 | 1st Collier | Yes | ||||
| 12th | Mount Magnet Electoral district of Mount Magnet Mount Magnet was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1950.The district was based on the outback town of Mount Magnet. It was held at all times by the Australian Labor Party.-Members:... |
1 May 1924 | Michael Troy | Labor | 16 April 1924 | 1st Collier | Yes | ||||
| 12th | Geraldton Electoral district of Geraldton Geraldton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Geraldton was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
1 May 1924 | John Willcock John Willcock John Collings Willcock was the 15th Premier of Western Australia.-Early life:John Willcock was born at Frogmoor , New South Wales on 9 August 1879. The son of miner Joseph Willcock, he was educated at Sydney High School before emigrating to Western Australia in 1897... |
Labor | 16 April 1924 | 1st Collier | Yes | ||||
| 12th | South Fremantle Electoral district of South Fremantle South Fremantle was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1962.Based in urban South Fremantle, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
1 May 1924 | Alexander McCallum | Labor | 16 April 1924 | 1st Collier | Yes | ||||
| 11th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1921–1924 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1921 election and the 1924 election, together known as the 11th Parliament... |
Swan Electoral district of Swan Swan was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950 and again from 1962 to 1983.... |
31 August 1922 | Richard Sampson | 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.... |
22 August 1922 | Mitchell First Mitchell Ministry The First Mitchell Ministry was the 15th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Nationalist Premier James Mitchell. It succeeded the Colebatch Ministry on 17 May 1919 after the collapse of Hal Colebatch's brief service as Premier. It assumed a stability which had been absent... |
Yes | ||||
| 11th | Greenough Electoral district of Greenough Greenough was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 2008.Greenough was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district was based in the northern part of Western Australia's Wheatbelt region... |
14 May 1921 | H. K. Maley | Country | 13 April 1921 | 1st Mitchell | Yes | ||||
| 10th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1917–1921 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1917 election and the 1921 election, together known as the 10th Parliament.-Notes:... |
Beverley Electoral district of Beverley Beverley was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.The district was based on the rural town of Beverley lying to the east of Perth... |
10 July 1919 | Frank Broun | Country | 25 June 1919 | 1st Mitchell | Yes | ||||
| 10th | West Perth Electoral district of West Perth The Electoral district of West Perth was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for its location immediately to the west of the central business district of Perth.... |
7 June 1919 | Thomas Draper Thomas Draper Thomas "Shang" Draper was a professional criminal in New York City.Draper ran a waterfront saloon in his native New York City where he performed a confidence scam using an underage girl to lure a mark to a dark hotel room only to rob him... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
17 May 1919 | 1st Mitchell | Yes | ||||
| 10th | Northam Electoral district of Northam Northam was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1974.The district was based on the town of Northam lying to the east of Perth. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district was abolished... |
24 April 1919 | James Mitchell James Mitchell (Australian politician) Sir James Mitchell GCMG was the 13th Premier of Western Australia, serving on two occasions, the Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia for 15 years and the 22nd Governor of Western Australia.... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
17 April 1919 | Colebatch Colebatch Ministry The Colebatch Ministry was the 14th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Nationalist Premier Hal Colebatch. It succeeded the Lefroy Ministry on 17 April 1919 after Sir Henry Lefroy's resignation as premier... |
Yes | ||||
| 9th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1914–1917 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1914 election and the 1917 election, together known as the Ninth Parliament... |
Brown Hill-Ivanhoe Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe The Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. It covered part of the Goldfields city of Boulder, near Kalgoorlie, and neighbouring mining areas... |
21 July 1917 | John Scaddan John Scaddan John Scaddan, CMG , popularly known as "Happy Jack", was Premier of Western Australia from 7 October 1911 until 27 July 1916.- Biography :... |
National Labor National Labor Party The National Labor Party was the name used by the Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes for himself and his followers after he was expelled from the Australian Labor Party in November 1916 over his pro-conscription stance in relation to World War I... |
John Lutey John Lutey John Thomas Lutey was the Australian Labor Party member for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Brownhill-Ivanhoe from 1917 to 1932.... |
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... |
28 June 1917 | Lefroy Lefroy Ministry The Lefroy Ministry was the 13th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Nationalist Premier Sir Henry Lefroy. It succeeded the Second Wilson Ministry on 28 June 1917 due to most members of the former Liberal Party, of which the previous Premier, Frank Wilson, had been the... |
No | ||
| 9th | Irwin Electoral district of Irwin Irwin was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.Based in the state's Mid West agricultural region and centred on the town of Dongara, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
11 July 1917 | James Gardiner James Gardiner (Australian politician) The Hon. James Gardiner was treasurer of Western Australia from July 1902 to April 1904, and June 1917 to April 1919.-Early life:... |
Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... |
28 June 1917 | Lefroy | Yes | ||||
| 9th | Sussex Electoral district of Sussex Sussex was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.The district was based in south-western Western Australia, including areas such as Busselton and Margaret River, and was named for the Sussex land district which formed its... |
10 August 1916 | Frank Wilson | Liberal | 27 July 1916 | 2nd Wilson Second Wilson Ministry (Western Australia) The Second Wilson Ministry was the 12th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Liberal Premier Frank Wilson. It succeeded the Scaddan Ministry on 27 July 1916 after a vote of no confidence passed in the Legislative Assembly, due mainly to the Labor Party losing its one-seat... |
Yes | ||||
| 9th | Moore Electoral district of Moore Moore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Moore has had three incarnations as an electorate. It its first incarnation, Moore was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.... |
10 August 1916 | Sir Henry Lefroy Henry Lefroy Sir Henry Bruce Lefroy KCMG was the eleventh Premier of Western Australia.-Biography:Lefroy was born in Perth, Western Australia on 24 March 1854. His father was Anthony O'Grady Lefroy, Colonial Treasurer of Western Australia for over 30 years... |
Liberal | 27 July 1916 | 2nd Wilson | Yes | ||||
| 9th | Northam Electoral district of Northam Northam was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1974.The district was based on the town of Northam lying to the east of Perth. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district was abolished... |
19 August 1916 | James Mitchell James Mitchell (Australian politician) Sir James Mitchell GCMG was the 13th Premier of Western Australia, serving on two occasions, the Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia for 15 years and the 22nd Governor of Western Australia.... |
Liberal | 27 July 1916 | 2nd Wilson | Yes | ||||
| 9th | Murray-Wellington | 10 August 1916 | William George | Liberal | 27 July 1916 | 2nd Wilson | Yes | ||||
| 9th | Canning Electoral district of Canning The Electoral district of Canning was an electorate in the state of Western Australia. The electorate, which was named for the Canning River which ran through the electorate, was first contested at the 1897 elections and was abolished in the 1988 redistribution... |
19 August 1916 | Robert Robinson | Liberal | 27 July 1916 | 2nd Wilson | Yes | ||||
| 9th | North-East Fremantle Electoral district of North-East Fremantle North-East Fremantle was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1911.Based in urban Fremantle, the district was first contested at the 1911 state election, being an amalgam of the former districts of North Fremantle and East... |
2 December 1914 | William Angwin William Angwin William C. "Bill" Angwin was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League . Angwin played three games for Melbourne early in the 1913 VFL season before switching to St Kilda later in the season, playing six games and kicking one goal in the year and a half he was at... |
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... |
23 November 1914 | Scaddan Scaddan Ministry The Scaddan Ministry was the 11th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Labor Premier John Scaddan. It succeeded the First Wilson Ministry led by Ministerialist Frank Wilson on 7 October 1911 after the decisive result of the state election held four days earlier, which had... |
Yes | ||||
| 8th | Brown Hill-Ivanhoe Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe The Electoral district of Brown Hill-Ivanhoe was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. It covered part of the Goldfields city of Boulder, near Kalgoorlie, and neighbouring mining areas... |
17 October 1911 | John Scaddan John Scaddan John Scaddan, CMG , popularly known as "Happy Jack", was Premier of Western Australia from 7 October 1911 until 27 July 1916.- Biography :... |
Labor | 7 October 1911 | Scaddan | Yes | ||||
| 8th | Boulder Electoral district of Boulder Boulder was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1977.The district was located in the Goldfields-Esperance region, and was based in the town of Boulder and its suburbs... |
17 October 1911 | 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 | 7 October 1911 | Scaddan | Yes | ||||
| 8th | Avon Electoral district of Avon Avon was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1911 to 2008. The name of the district was changed to Avon Valley in 1950, but reverted back to its original name in 1962.... |
17 October 1911 | Thomas Bath | Labor | 7 October 1911 | Scaddan | Yes | ||||
| 8th | Guildford Electoral district of Guildford Guildford was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1962.Known as Guildford-Midland from 1930 onwards, the district was located in the north-eastern suburbs of Perth.-History:... |
17 October 1911 | William Johnson | Labor | 7 October 1911 | Scaddan | Yes | ||||
| 8th | Kanowna Electoral district of Kanowna Kanowna was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1950.The district was located in the Goldfields region, and was based in the town of Kanowna. It was held by the Labor Party at all times... |
17 October 1911 | Thomas Walker Thomas Walker (Australian politician) Thomas Walker was an Australian politician, a member of two different state parliaments.Walker was born in Preston, Lancashire, England, the son of corn miller and merchant Thomas Walker, and Ellen née Eccles. He was educated at Leyland Grammar School, then worked as a schoolteacher at Preston for... |
Labor | 7 October 1911 | Scaddan | Yes | ||||
| 7th | Subiaco Electoral district of Subiaco The Electoral district of Subiaco was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for the inner western Perth suburb of Subiaco, which fell within its borders... |
24 September 1910 | Henry Daglish Henry Daglish Henry Daglish was the sixth Premier of Western Australia and the state's first Labor Premier.Henry Daglish was born in Ballarat West, Victoria on 18 November 1866. He was educated in Geelong, and attended Melbourne University... |
Ministerial | 16 September 1910 | 1st Wilson First Wilson Ministry The First Wilson Ministry was the 10th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Ministerialist Premier Frank Wilson. It succeeded the Moore Ministry on 16 September 1910 after Sir Newton Moore resigned to accept an appointment as Agent-General for Western Australia in London... |
Yes | ||||
| 7th | Greenough Electoral district of Greenough Greenough was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 2008.Greenough was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district was based in the northern part of Western Australia's Wheatbelt region... |
8 July 1909 | John Nanson | Ministerial | 30 June 1909 | Moore | Yes | ||||
| 7th | Northam Electoral district of Northam Northam was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1974.The district was based on the town of Northam lying to the east of Perth. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district was abolished... |
3 June 1909 | James Mitchell James Mitchell (Australian politician) Sir James Mitchell GCMG was the 13th Premier of Western Australia, serving on two occasions, the Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia for 15 years and the 22nd Governor of Western Australia.... |
Ministerial | 14 May 1909 | Moore | Yes | ||||
| 6th | Fremantle Electoral district of Fremantle Fremantle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is located in the inner south-west of Perth, centring on the port of Fremantle.... |
25 May 1906 | James Price | Ministerial | 7 May 1906 | Moore | Yes | ||||
| 6th | Kalgoorlie Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district includes not only the town of Kalgoorlie, but significant parts of the outback in central and eastern Western Australia.... |
25 May 1906 | Norbert Keenan | Ministerial | 7 May 1906 | Moore | Yes | ||||
| 5th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1904–1905 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1904 elections and the 1905 elections, together known as the Fifth Parliament.-Notes:... |
Guildford Electoral district of Guildford Guildford was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1962.Known as Guildford-Midland from 1930 onwards, the district was located in the north-eastern suburbs of Perth.-History:... |
14 September 1905 | Cornthwaite Rason Cornthwaite Rason Sir Cornthwaite Hector William James Rason , better known as Hector Rason, was the seventh Premier of Western Australia.... |
Ministerial | 25 August 1905 | Rason Rason Ministry The Rason Ministry was the 8th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Ministerialist Premier Hector Rason. It succeeded the Daglish Ministry on 25 August 1905 after the previous Labor minority administration fell on a vote of no confidence... |
Yes | ||||
| 5th | Menzies Electoral district of Menzies Menzies was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1930.The district was located in the Goldfields region, and was based in the town of Menzies. When the district was abolished at the 1930 state election, sitting member Alexander... |
14 September 1905 | Henry Gregory Henry Gregory (politician) Henry Gregory was an Australian politician. Born in Kyneton, Victoria, where he was educated, he moved to the Western Australian goldfields in 1894. He became Mayor of Menzies Shire as well as a stockbroker, farmer and press proprietor... |
Ministerial | 25 August 1905 | Rason | Yes | ||||
| 5th | Sussex Electoral district of Sussex Sussex was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.The district was based in south-western Western Australia, including areas such as Busselton and Margaret River, and was named for the Sussex land district which formed its... |
14 September 1905 | Frank Wilson | Ministerial | 25 August 1905 | Rason | Yes | ||||
| 5th | Bunbury Electoral district of Bunbury The Electoral district of Bunbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district, taking in the city of Bunbury has existed continuously since 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
14 September 1905 | Newton Moore Newton Moore Major-General Sir Newton James Moore KCMG , was the eighth Premier of Western Australia and a member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1932.... |
Ministerial | 25 August 1905 | Rason | Yes | ||||
| 5th | Roebourne Electoral district of Roebourne The Electoral district of Roebourne was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. It was named for the town of Roebourne and was created in 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.... |
4 September 1905 | John Sydney Hicks | Ministerial | 25 August 1905 | Rason | Yes | ||||
| 5th | Brown Hill Electoral district of Brown Hill The Electoral district of Brown Hill was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. It was named for a local land feature, and covered part of the Goldfields city of Boulder, near Kalgoorlie. It was created at the 1904 redistribution and was merged in 1911 with the... |
22 June 1905 | Thomas Bath | 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... |
7 June 1905 | Daglish Daglish ministry The Daglish Ministry was the 7th Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Labor Premier Henry Daglish. It succeeded the James Ministry on 10 August 1904 after the 1904 election boosted Labor's seat count from 8 to 22 in the 50-seat Legislative Assembly... |
Yes | ||||
| 5th | Mount Leonora Electoral district of Mount Leonora Mount Leonora was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1930.The district was located in the Goldfields region, and was based in the town of Leonora. It was generally a Labor seat, although sitting member George Foley sided with... |
30 June 1905 | Patrick Lynch Patrick Lynch (Australian politician) Patrick Joseph Lynch was an Australian politician.Lynch was born in Skeark, County Meath, Ireland and educated at Cormeen National School and Bailieborough Model School, County Cavan. He migrated to Queensland in 1886 and cut railway sleepers near Charleville and then travelled to the Croydon... |
Labor | 7 June 1905 | Daglish | Yes | ||||
| 5th | Subiaco Electoral district of Subiaco The Electoral district of Subiaco was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for the inner western Perth suburb of Subiaco, which fell within its borders... |
19 August 1904 | Henry Daglish Henry Daglish Henry Daglish was the sixth Premier of Western Australia and the state's first Labor Premier.Henry Daglish was born in Ballarat West, Victoria on 18 November 1866. He was educated in Geelong, and attended Melbourne University... |
Labor | 10 August 1904 | Daglish | Yes | ||||
| 5th | Mount Margaret Electoral district of Mount Margaret Mount Margaret was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1930, located in what is now the Shire of Laverton in the northeastern Goldfields region.... |
19 August 1904 | George Taylor | Labor | 10 August 1904 | Daglish | Yes | ||||
| 5th | Kanowna Electoral district of Kanowna Kanowna was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1950.The district was located in the Goldfields region, and was based in the town of Kanowna. It was held by the Labor Party at all times... |
19 August 1904 | Robert Hastie Robert Hastie Robert Hastie was an Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Kanowna in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1901 to 1905. He was Minister for Justice and Mines from 1904 to 1905 and Minister for Justice and Labour in 1905.... |
Labor | 10 August 1904 | Daglish | Yes | ||||
| 5th | Murchison | 19 August 1904 | John Holman | Labor | 10 August 1904 | Daglish | Yes | ||||
| 5th | Kalgoorlie Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district includes not only the town of Kalgoorlie, but significant parts of the outback in central and eastern Western Australia.... |
19 August 1904 | William Johnson | Labor | 10 August 1904 | Daglish | Yes | ||||
| 4th Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1901–1904 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1901 election and the 1904 election, together known as the Fourth Parliament.... |
Boulder Electoral district of Boulder Boulder was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1977.The district was located in the Goldfields-Esperance region, and was based in the town of Boulder and its suburbs... |
25 February 1903 | 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.... |
Opposition | 17 February 1903 | James James ministry The James Ministry was the sixth Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Premier Walter James. It succeeded the Second Leake Ministry on 1 July 1902 following the death of the previous Premier, George Leake, on 24 June 1902... |
Yes | ||||
| 4th | East Perth Electoral district of East Perth East Perth was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1962.Based in inner urban Perth, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district's member from 1894 to 1904 was Walter James,... |
11 July 1902 | Walter James Walter James Sir Walter Hartwell James KCMG KC was the fifth Premier of Western Australia and an ardent supporter of the federation movement.... |
Opposition | 1 July 1902 | James | Yes | ||||
| 4th | Albany Electoral district of Albany The Electoral district of Albany is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Albany is named for the port and regional city of Western Australia which falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia, with its first member having been... |
11 July 1902 | James Gardiner James Gardiner (Australian politician) The Hon. James Gardiner was treasurer of Western Australia from July 1902 to April 1904, and June 1917 to April 1919.-Early life:... |
Opposition | 1 July 1902 | James | Yes | ||||
| 4th | West Perth Electoral district of West Perth The Electoral district of West Perth was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for its location immediately to the west of the central business district of Perth.... |
7 January 1902 | George Leake George Leake George Leake CMG QC was Premier of Western Australia from 27 May 1901 to 21 November 1901, and again from 23 December 1901 until his death on 24 June 1902.-Early life:... |
Opposition | 23 December 1901 | 2nd Leake Second Leake ministry The Second Leake Ministry was the fifth Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Premier George Leake, who had hitherto been the Leader of the Opposition. It succeeded the Morgans Ministry on 23 December 1901 after a series of ministerial by-elections to confirm that ministry... |
Yes | ||||
| 4th | Cue Electoral district of Cue Cue was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1930.The district was located in the Western Australian outback. It was held by the Labor Party for all but the first term of its existence.... |
7 January 1902 | Frederick Illingworth Frederick Illingworth Frederick Illingworth , Australian politician, was a Member of Parliament in two Australian states, and a government minister in Western Australia... |
Opposition | 23 December 1901 | 2nd Leake | Yes | ||||
| 4th | Pilbara | 7 January 1902 | Walter Kingsmill Walter Kingsmill Sir Walter Kingsmill was an Australian politician.Born in Glenelg, South Australia, he was educated at St Peter's College in Adelaide and at the University of Adelaide before becoming a geologist. Moving to Western Australia in 1888, he became a mine manager... |
Opposition | 23 December 1901 | 2nd Leake | Yes | ||||
| 4th | Guildford Electoral district of Guildford Guildford was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1962.Known as Guildford-Midland from 1930 onwards, the district was located in the north-eastern suburbs of Perth.-History:... |
7 January 1902 | Cornthwaite Rason Cornthwaite Rason Sir Cornthwaite Hector William James Rason , better known as Hector Rason, was the seventh Premier of Western Australia.... |
Opposition | 23 December 1901 | 2nd Leake | Yes | ||||
| 4th | North Coolgardie Electoral district of North Coolgardie North Coolgardie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1904.The district was located in the Western Australian outback. It existed for just two terms of parliament, and was represented in that time by Henry Gregory... |
7 January 1902 | Henry Gregory Henry Gregory Henry Gregory was a mathematical and optical instrument maker. He was in business from c. 1750–1792 from premises in Francis Court, Clerkenwell, London and an establishment known as "The Azimuth Compass" in Leadenhall Street, London... |
Opposition | 23 December 1901 | 2nd Leake | Yes | ||||
| 4th | Coolgardie Electoral district of Coolgardie Coolgardie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1930.The district was located in the Goldfields region, and was based in the town of Coolgardie. Its first member was Alf Morgans who served briefly as Premier of Western... |
6 December 1901 | Alf Morgans Alf Morgans Alfred Edward Morgans was Premier of Western Australia for just 32 days, from 21 November to 23 December 1901.-Early life and career:... |
Ministerial | 21 November 1901 | Morgans Morgans ministry The Morgans Ministry was the fourth ministry of the Government of Western Australia, led by Alf Morgans of the Ministerialist faction. It succeeded the First Leake Ministry on 21 November 1901, and was followed by the Second Leake Ministry on 23 December 1901.... |
Yes | ||||
| 4th | Coolgardie Electoral district of Coolgardie Coolgardie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1930.The district was located in the Goldfields region, and was based in the town of Coolgardie. Its first member was Alf Morgans who served briefly as Premier of Western... |
10 December 1901 | Frederick Moorhead | Ministerial | John Holman | 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... |
21 November 1901 | Morgans | No | ||
| 4th | Toodyay Electoral district of Toodyay Toodyay was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1977.The district was based on the town of Toodyay lying to the north-east of Perth. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.The district was... |
6 December 1901 | Timothy Quinlan Timothy Quinlan Timothy Francis Quinlan, CMG was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1890 to 1911, and Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1905 to 1911.... |
Ministerial | 21 November 1901 | Morgans | Yes | ||||
| 4th | Murchison | 10 December 1901 | John Nanson | Ministerial | 21 November 1901 | Morgans | Yes | ||||
| 4th | Perth Electoral district of Perth The Electoral district of Perth is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Perth is named for the capital city of Western Australia whose central business district falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia, with its first member... |
6 December 1901 | Frank Wilson | Ministerial | William Purkiss William Purkiss William Morton Purkiss was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1901 to 1904.Born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1844, Purkiss was the son of draper William Morton Purkiss and Ann Jean nee Walker. He was educated at Horton College in the town of Ross, then emigrated to New Zealand... |
Ministerial | 21 November 1901 | Morgans | No | ||
| 4th | West Perth Electoral district of West Perth The Electoral district of West Perth was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for its location immediately to the west of the central business district of Perth.... |
19 June 1901 | George Leake George Leake George Leake CMG QC was Premier of Western Australia from 27 May 1901 to 21 November 1901, and again from 23 December 1901 until his death on 24 June 1902.-Early life:... |
Opposition | 27 May 1901 | 1st Leake First Leake ministry The First Leake Ministry was the third Ministry of the Government of Western Australia and was led by Premier George Leake, who had hitherto been the Leader of the Opposition... |
Yes | ||||
| 4th | Cue Electoral district of Cue Cue was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1930.The district was located in the Western Australian outback. It was held by the Labor Party for all but the first term of its existence.... |
19 June 1901 | Frederick Illingworth Frederick Illingworth Frederick Illingworth , Australian politician, was a Member of Parliament in two Australian states, and a government minister in Western Australia... |
Opposition | 27 May 1901 | 1st Leake | Yes | ||||
| 4th | Pilbara | 19 June 1901 | Walter Kingsmill Walter Kingsmill Sir Walter Kingsmill was an Australian politician.Born in Glenelg, South Australia, he was educated at St Peter's College in Adelaide and at the University of Adelaide before becoming a geologist. Moving to Western Australia in 1888, he became a mine manager... |
Opposition | 27 May 1901 | 1st Leake | Yes | ||||
| 4th | East Fremantle Electoral district of East Fremantle East Fremantle was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1911.Based in urban East Fremantle, the district was first contested at the 1897 state election. Its first member was Ministerialist Joseph Holmes who was defeated by... |
19 June 1901 | Joseph Holmes | Opposition | 27 May 1901 | 1st Leake | Yes | ||||
| 4th | North Coolgardie Electoral district of North Coolgardie North Coolgardie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1904.The district was located in the Western Australian outback. It existed for just two terms of parliament, and was represented in that time by Henry Gregory... |
19 June 1901 | Henry Gregory Henry Gregory Henry Gregory was a mathematical and optical instrument maker. He was in business from c. 1750–1792 from premises in Francis Court, Clerkenwell, London and an establishment known as "The Azimuth Compass" in Leadenhall Street, London... |
Opposition | 27 May 1901 | 1st Leake | Yes | ||||
| 3rd Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1897–1901 The following is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1897 elections and the 1901 elections, together known as the Third Parliament.-Notes:... |
West Perth Electoral district of West Perth The Electoral district of West Perth was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for its location immediately to the west of the central business district of Perth.... |
22 September 1900 | Barrington Wood | Ministerial | 10 September 1900 | Forrest Forrest ministry The Forrest Ministry was the first government ministry in Western Australia, after the inauguration of responsible government. It was in government from 29 December 1890 to 14 February 1901, when it was succeeded by the Throssell Ministry following the 1901 elections.The members of the Forrest... |
Yes | ||||
| 3rd | Greenough Electoral district of Greenough Greenough was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 2008.Greenough was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district was based in the northern part of Western Australia's Wheatbelt region... |
Richard Pennefather | Ministerial | 27 October 1897 | Forrest | Yes | |||||
| 3rd | Moore Electoral district of Moore Moore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Moore has had three incarnations as an electorate. It its first incarnation, Moore was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.... |
Henry Lefroy Henry Lefroy Sir Henry Bruce Lefroy KCMG was the eleventh Premier of Western Australia.-Biography:Lefroy was born in Perth, Western Australia on 24 March 1854. His father was Anthony O'Grady Lefroy, Colonial Treasurer of Western Australia for over 30 years... |
Ministerial | 12 May 1897 | Forrest | Yes | |||||
| 2nd | Northam Electoral district of Northam Northam was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1974.The district was based on the town of Northam lying to the east of Perth. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district was abolished... |
27 January 1897 | George Throssell George Throssell George Lionel Throssell, CMG was the second Premier of Western Australia. He served for just three months, from 15 February 1901 until 27 May 1901 during a period of great instability in Western Australian politics.... |
Ministerial | 20 January 1897 | Forrest | Yes | ||||
| 2nd | Williams Electoral district of Williams (Western Australia) Williams was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.A rural district named for the town of Williams in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region, it was one of the original 30 districts contested at the 1890 state election... |
18 April 1896 | 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 | 1 April 1896 | Forrest | Yes | ||||
| 2nd | Bunbury Electoral district of Bunbury The Electoral district of Bunbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district, taking in the city of Bunbury has existed continuously since 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
17 January 1895 | Alexander Richardson | Ministerial | 4 December 1894 | Forrest | Yes | ||||
| 1st | Bunbury Electoral district of Bunbury The Electoral district of Bunbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district, taking in the city of Bunbury has existed continuously since 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
8 January 1891 | John Forrest John Forrest Sir John Forrest GCMG was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament.... |
Ministerial | 30 December 1890 | Forrest | Yes | ||||
| 1st | Ashburton Electoral district of Ashburton Ashburton was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1901 and again from 1989 to 1996.... |
8 January 1891 | Septimus Burt Septimus Burt The Hon Septimus Burt KC was a Western Australian lawyer, politician and grazier, the son of Sir Archibald Burt.He was born on 25 October 1847 at St Kitts in the West Indies, and educated at a private school at Melksham, Wiltshire, England... |
Ministerial | 30 December 1890 | Forrest | Yes | ||||
| 1st | Fremantle Electoral district of Fremantle Fremantle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is located in the inner south-west of Perth, centring on the port of Fremantle.... |
8 January 1891 | William Marmion William Marmion William Edward Marmion was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1870 to 1890, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1890 to 1896.... |
Ministerial | 30 December 1890 | Forrest | Yes | ||||
| 1st | Wellington Electoral district of Wellington (Western Australia) Wellington was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district had three incarnations and was based in the south-west of the state.-Members:... |
8 January 1891 | Harry Venn Harry Venn Harry Whittall Venn was an Australian politician. He was the member for Wellington in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1890 to 1901. He served as Commissioner of Railways and Minister of Works from 1890 to 1896 under Premier John Forrest.... |
Ministerial | 30 December 1890 | Forrest | Yes | ||||