Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1930–1933
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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 by the lack of a redistribution for the previous 18 years. The gold mining areas, populous at the time of the 1911 redistribution, had been reduced to pocket boroughs by the decline in gold mining
as an economic activity in the State; meanwhile, the agricultural and metropolitan areas had grown substantially. Ironically, the changes were enacted by a Labor
government even though most of the safe seats being abolished were Labor seats—and for the fourth time in a row (Constitution Act Amendment Act 1899, and Redistribution of Seats Acts of 1904, 1911 and 1929), the government enacting the redistribution lost the subsequent election.
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 1930 election and the 1933 election
Western Australian state election, 1933
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 8 April 1933 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The one-term Nationalist-Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir James Mitchell, was defeated by the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Philip Collier.The 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 by the lack of a redistribution for the previous 18 years. The gold mining areas, populous at the time of the 1911 redistribution, had been reduced to pocket boroughs by the decline in gold mining
Gold mining
Gold mining is the removal of gold from the ground. There are several techniques and processes by which gold may be extracted from the earth.-History:...
as an economic activity in the State; meanwhile, the agricultural and metropolitan areas had grown substantially. Ironically, the changes were enacted by 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...
government even though most of the safe seats being abolished were Labor seats—and for the fourth time in a row (Constitution Act Amendment Act 1899, and Redistribution of Seats Acts of 1904, 1911 and 1929), the government enacting the redistribution lost the subsequent election.
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... |
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 |
George Barnard | Nationalist | 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... |
1924–1933 |
Henry Brown | 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.... |
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... |
1924–1933 |
John Church | 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.... |
1932–1933 |
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 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... |
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 |
Edwin Corboy Edwin Corboy Edwin Wilkie "Ted" Corboy was an Australian politician. From 1918 until 2010 Corboy held the record as the youngest ever Australian Member of Parliament.-Early life:... |
Labor | Yilgarn-Coolgardie Electoral district of Yilgarn-Coolgardie Yilgarn-Coolgardie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1930 to 1950.Located in the Goldfields region, the district was an amalgamation of the former districts of Yilgarn and Coolgardie. Created for the 1930 state election, its... |
1921–1933 |
Aubrey Coverley | Labor | Kimberley Electoral district of Kimberley -External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:... |
1924–1953 |
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 | 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.... |
1923–1936 |
Hon Thomas Davy | 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.... |
1924–1933 |
Victor Doney | Country | Williams-Narrogin | 1928–1956 |
Hon Percy Ferguson | Country | Irwin-Moore | 1927–1939 |
Harry Griffiths | 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.... |
1914–1921; 1924–1935 |
James Hegney | Labor | Middle Swan Electoral district of Middle Swan Middle Swan was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1930 to 1962.The district was located in the eastern suburbs of Perth... |
1930–1947; 1950–1968 |
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 | 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.... |
1925–1939 |
William Johnson | Labor | Guildford-Midland | 1901–1905; 1906–1917; 1924–1948 |
Hon Norbert Keenan | Nationalist | 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:... |
1904–1911; 1930–1950 |
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 | 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,... |
1927–1936 |
Alfred Lamond | Labor | Pilbara | 1924–1933 |
Hon 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 | 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... |
1921–1942 |
Hon John Lindsay | Country | 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... |
1924–1933 |
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 |
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 | 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... |
1921–1935 |
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... |
Nationalist | Murray-Wellington | 1930–1962 |
Harry Mann | Nationalist | 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... |
1921–1933 |
James Mann | 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... |
1930–1962 |
William Marshall | Labor | Murchison | 1921–1952 |
Harry Millington | Labor | 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.... |
1924–1947 |
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 |
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 |
Charles North Charles North (politician) Charles Frederic NorthBurke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition give his full name as "Charles Frederick John North", but most contemporary sources use "Charles Frederic". was an Australian soldier, lawyer and politician... |
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... |
1924–1956 |
Emil Nulsen | 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... |
1932–1962 |
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 | 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... |
1924–1951 |
Hubert Parker Hubert Parker Hubert Stanley Wyborn Parker DSO VD was an Australian politician who represented the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of North-East Fremantle from 1930 until 1933, and one of the three Legislative Council seats for Metropolitan-Suburban Province from 1934 until 1954... |
Nationalist | 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... |
1930–1933 |
William Patrick (junior) | 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... |
1930–1943 |
Arnold Piesse | Independent/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... |
1909–1914; 1930–1935 |
Howard Raphael | Labor | Victoria Park Electoral district of Victoria Park The 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:... |
1930–1944 |
Walter Richardson Walter Richardson Walter C. Richardson 1885 1998) was an American supercentenarian. He was the last known surviving man who was born in 1885. He became the world's oldest verified man on 17 July 1998, upon the death of 113-year-old Johnson Parks at the age of 112 years, 252 days, until his own death on Christmas... |
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... |
1921–1933 |
Richard Sampson | Nationalist/Country | 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.... |
1921–1944 |
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 :... |
Nationalist | 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.... |
1904–1917; 1919–1924; 1930–1933 |
Joseph Sleeman | 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.... |
1924–1959 |
Frederick Smith | Labor | 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... |
1932–1950 |
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 Henry Smith | Nationalist | 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... |
1921–1936; 1939–1943 |
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 |
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 |
Lindsay Thorn | 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... |
1930–1959 |
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 |
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 |
Arthur Wansbrough | 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... |
1924–1936 |
Herbert Wells | 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... |
1930–1933 |
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 | 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 |
Arthur Wilson | Labor | Collie | 1908–1947 |
Frederick Withers | Labor | 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... |
1924–1947 |