Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1904–1905
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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.
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....
between the 1904 elections and the 1905 elections, together known as the Fifth Parliament.
Name | Party | District Electoral districts of Western Australia The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as electorates or seats.... |
Years in office |
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Hon 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... |
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... |
1904–1905; 1906–1927 |
Hon Thomas Bath | Labor | 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... |
1902–1914 |
Harry Bolton Harry Bolton Harry Edward Bolton was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1904 to 1917, as the member for North Fremantle until 1911 and for South Fremantle thereafter. He was initially a member of the Australian Labor Party before joining the National... |
Labor | 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... |
1904–1917 |
Harry Brown | Ministerial | 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... |
1904–1911 |
Richard Burges | Ministerial | 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... |
1903–1905 |
William Butcher William Butcher William James Burchell Butcher , Australian politician, was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for twelve years.... |
Independent | 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... |
1901–1911; 1915–1917 |
Henry Carson | Ministerial | 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... |
1904–1906; 1908–1911 |
Francis Connor | Independent | Kimberley Electoral district of Kimberley -External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:... |
1893–1905 |
Frank Cowcher | Ministerial | 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... |
1904–1911 |
Hon 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/Independent | 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... |
1901–1911 |
Arthur Diamond | Ministerial | 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... |
1901–1906 |
Dr Henry Ellis | Labor/Ind.Lab. | 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... |
1904–1905 |
John Foulkes | Ministerial | 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... |
1902–1911 |
Frederick Gill | Labor | Balkatta | 1904–1905; 1908–1914 |
William Gordon | Ministerial | 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... |
1901–1911 |
Hon 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 | 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... |
1897–1911 |
John Hardwick | Ministerial | 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,... |
1904–1911; 1914–1921 |
Charles Harper Charles Harper (newspaper owner) Charles Harper was a pastoralist, newspaper proprieter and politician in colonial Western Australia.-Biography:... |
Independent | 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... |
1890–1905 |
Hon 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 | 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... |
1901–1905 |
Thomas Hayward | Ministerial | 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:... |
1901–1911 |
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 | 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.... |
1904–1913; 1914–1917 |
Ernest Henshaw Ernest Henshaw Ernest Percival Henshaw was an Australian Labor Party politician who became a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.... |
Labor | Collie | 1904–1905 |
Hon John Sydney Hicks | Ministerial | 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.... |
1901–1908 |
Hon John Holman | Labor | Murchison | 1901–1921; 1923–1925 |
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 | 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... |
1901–1905; 1908–1910 |
Austin Horan | Labor | Yilgarn Electoral district of Yilgarn Yilgarn was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1894 to 1930.First created for the 1894 state election, the district was located in the Goldfields region. At the 1930 state election, the district was amalgamated with the neighbouring... |
1904–1911 |
James Isdell | Independent | Pilbara | 1903–1906 |
Mathieson Jacoby | Independent | 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.... |
1901–1905; 1908–1911 |
Hon 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 | 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,... |
1894–1904 |
Hon William Johnson | Labor | 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.... |
1901–1905; 1906–1917; 1924–1948 |
Charles Keyser Charles Keyser Charles Christopher Keyser was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1904 to 1905.Born at a timber station in the Vasse, Charles Keyser was the son of American timber contractor and master builder Charles Donat Keyser. Apprenticed in the printing trade, he followed a variety... |
Labor | 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... |
1904–1905 |
Charles Layman | Independent | 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... |
1904–1914 |
Hon 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 | 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... |
1904–1906 |
John McLarty | Ministerial | Murray | 1904–1909 |
Hon 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 | 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... |
1904–1911 |
Samuel Moore | Ministerial | 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... |
1904–1914 |
Charles Moran | Independent | 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.... |
1894–1901; 1902–1905 |
John Nanson | Ministerial | 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... |
1901–1905; 1908–1914 |
Ted Needham Ted Needham Edward "Ted" Needham was an English-born Australian politician. Born in Lancashire, he was educated at Catholic schools before becoming a coal miner and shipyard worker. He migrated to Australia in 1900, becoming a boilermaker in Fremantle, Western Australia... |
Labor | 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.... |
1904–1905; 1933–1953 |
Wallace Nelson Wallace Nelson Wallace Alexander Nelson was a Western Australian politician. He represented the electorate of Hannans from 1904 to 1905 in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly... |
Labor | 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... |
1904–1905 |
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.... |
Independent | 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... |
1890–1909 |
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 | 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... |
1890–1894; 1897–1911 |
Hon Cornthwaite Rason Cornthwaite Rason Sir Cornthwaite Hector William James Rason , better known as Hector Rason, was the seventh Premier of Western Australia.... |
Ministerial | 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:... |
1897–1906 |
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 | Ivanhoe Electoral district of Ivanhoe (Western Australia) The Electoral district of Ivanhoe was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. It was named for a local settlement, 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 neighbouring... |
1904–1917; 1919–1924; 1930–1933 |
Hon George Taylor | Labor | 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.... |
1901–1930 |
Albert Thomas | Independent | Dundas Electoral district of Dundas (Western Australia) Dundas was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1897 to 1911.First created for the 1897 state election, the district was located in the Goldfields region... |
1901–1905 |
Michael Troy | Labor | 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:... |
1904–1939 |
Alfred Watts Alfred Watts Alfred William Watts was an English cricketer.Watts represented Hampshire in two first-class matches in 1882, against Somerset and the Marylebone Cricket Club.Watts date of death is unknown.... |
Labor | 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... |
1904–1905 |
Albert Wilson | Labor | 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.... |
1904–1908 |
Francis Wilson | Labor | 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.... |
1904–1905 |
Hon Frank Wilson | Independent | 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... |
1897–1901; 1904–1917 |
Sources
- Western Australian Government Gazettes for 1904 and 1905; Indexed under "Electoral".