Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1917–1921
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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.
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 1917 election
Western Australian state election, 1917
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 29 September 1917 to elect 50 members to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The Nationalist-Country-National Labor coalition, led by Premier Sir Henry Lefroy, retained government against the Labor Party led by Opposition Leader...
and the 1921 election, together known as the 10th 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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| Edward Angelo | 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... /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.... |
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... |
1917–1933 |
| 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... |
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... |
1904–1905; 1906–1927 |
| Hon Frank Broun | Country | 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... |
1911–1914; 1917–1924 |
| Samuel Brown | Nationalist | 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... |
1917–1921 |
| Thomas Chesson | 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.... |
1913–1930 |
| 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 | 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... |
1905–1948 |
| Joseph Davies | 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... |
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:... |
1917–1924 |
| 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 | 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.... |
1907–1911; 1917–1921 |
| Thomas Duff | Nationalist | 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... |
1918–1921 |
| Michael Durack Michael Durack Michael Patrick Durack, was a pastoralist, and Western Australian pioneer. He was the son of Patrick Durack and Mary Costello, both Irish-Australians.... |
Nationalist/Country | Kimberley Electoral district of Kimberley -External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:... |
1917–1924 |
| 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 | 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... |
1911–1920 |
| 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:... |
Country | 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... |
1901–1904; 1914–1921 |
| William James George | Nationalist | Murray-Wellington | 1895–1902; 1909–1930 |
| Albert Green | 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.... |
1911–1913; 1914–1921 |
| Harry Griffiths | Country | 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... |
1914–1921; 1924–1935 |
| John Hardwick | Nationalist | 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 |
| Tom Harrison | Country | 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.... |
1914–1924 |
| Thomas Heron | 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... |
1920–1928 |
| Henry Hickmott Henry Hickmott Henry Edward Hickmott was an Australian farmer. He served as the Member of Western Australian Legislative Assembly for Pingelly from 1914 to 1924.-Life and times in South Australia and Victoria:... |
Country | 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... |
1914–1924 |
| John Holman | Labor | Murchison | 1901–1921; 1923–1925 |
| Charles Hudson | National 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... |
1905–1921 |
| Edward Johnston | Country | Williams-Narrogin | 1911–1928 |
| Walter Jones | 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.... |
1917–1921 |
| George Lambert | Labor | 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... |
1916–1930; 1933–1941 |
| Hon 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... |
Nationalist | 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.... |
1892–1901; 1911–1921 |
| 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 | Brownhill-Ivanhoe | 1916; 1917–1932 |
| Henry Kennedy Maley | Country | 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... |
1917–1924; 1929–1930 |
| Hon 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 | 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... |
1905–1933 |
| Griffin Cant Money | Nationalist | 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... |
1917–1924 |
| John Mullany John Mullany John Francis Mullany was an Australian politician. He was the member for Menzies in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1911 to 1924, representing the Australian Labor Party until 1917 and the National Labor Party thereafter.... |
National Labor | 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... |
1911–1924 |
| Selby Munsie | 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... |
1911–1938 |
| William Nairn William Nairn William Ralph Nairn was an Australian politician. He was the member for Swan in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1914 to 1921, representing the Liberal Party and then the Nationalist Party.... |
Nationalist | 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.... |
1914–1921 |
| 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 | 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.... |
1908–1923 |
| William Pickering William Pickering (Australian politician) William George Pickering was an Australian politician. He was the Country Party member for Sussex in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1917 to 1924.-References:... |
Country | 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... |
1917–1924 |
| Alfred Piesse | Country | 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... |
1911–1924 |
| 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 (Lib.) | 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... |
1917–1921 |
| Herbert Robinson | Nationalist | 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... |
1917–1919 |
| Robert Robinson | Nationalist | 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... |
1914–1921 |
| Samuel Rocke | Ind. Labor | 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... |
1917–1921 |
| Hon 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/Country | 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... |
1904–1917; 1919–1924; 1930–1933 |
| James MacCallum Smith James MacCallum Smith James MacCallum Smith was an Australian politician, newspaper proprietor and stock breeder. He lobbied unsuccessfully for many years for the secession of Western Australia from the Federation of Australia.... |
Nationalist | 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.... |
1914–1939 |
| John Stewart | Nationalist | 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... |
1917–1918 |
| Bartholomew Stubbs | Labor | 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... |
1911–1917 |
| Sydney Stubbs | Country | Wagin Electoral district of Wagin Wagin is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Wagin is named for the rural town of Wagin. The district covers a vast expanse of territory in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region.... |
1911–1947 |
| Hon George Taylor | National 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 |
| Frederick Teesdale | Nationalist | 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.... |
1917–1931 |
| Alec Thomson Alec Thomson Alexander Thomson , known as Alec Thomson, was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1914 until 1930 representing the seat of Katanning, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the South Province from 1931 until... |
Country | 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... |
1914–1930 |
| Hon 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 |
| 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... |
National Labor | Pilbara | 1906–1924 |
| John Veryard | Nationalist | 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... |
1905–1908; 1914–1921 |
| 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 | 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... |
1905–1932 |
| 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 | 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... |
1917–1947 |
| Francis Willmott | Country | 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... |
1914–1921 |
| Arthur Wilson | Labor | Collie | 1908–1947 |