Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1959–1962
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This is a list of members of the Western Australian 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....

between the 1959 election
Western Australian state election, 1959
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 21 March 1959 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The result was a hung parliament—the two-term Labor government, led by Premier Bert Hawke, was defeated with an average swing against it of about 7 per cent, but the...

 and the 1962 election
Western Australian state election, 1962
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 31 March 1962 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Liberal-Country coalition government, led by Premier Sir David Brand, won a second term in office against the Labor Party, led by Opposition Leader Bert Hawke.The election...

, together known as the 23rd 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
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...

 
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:...

 
1953–1961
Arthur Bickerton  Labor Pilbara  1958–1974
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...

 
Vasse
Electoral district of Vasse
-External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:...

 
1947–1971
John Brady  Labor Guildford-Midland  1948–1974
Hon 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 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...

 
1945–1975
Richard Burt  Liberal Murchison  1959–1971
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....

 
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...

 
1947–1967
Hon 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 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:...

 
1953–1982
James Craig  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...

 
1959–1971
Harold Crommelin  Liberal 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...

 
1956–1968
Henry Curran 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...

 
1960–1968
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 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:...

 
1961–1986
Tom Evans  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....

 
1956–1980
Harry Fletcher  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....

 
1959–1977
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 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,...

 
1943–1973
Bill Grayden
Bill Grayden
William Leonard "Bill" Grayden AM was an Australian politician. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he was educated at state schools and then at Perth Technical College, becoming a mechanical engineer. He served in the military from 1940-1946...

 
Liberal South Perth
Electoral district of South Perth
South Perth is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is located in the suburbs immediately south of the Perth CBD....

 
1947–1949; 1956–1993
Hugh Guthrie  Liberal 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...

 
1959–1971
Jack Hall  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...

 
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...

 
1956–1970
Hon 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 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...

 
1933–1968
Stanley Heal  Labor 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....

 
1953–1965
John Hearman  Liberal Blackwood
Electoral district of Blackwood
Blackwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1974.The district was located in the south-west of the state and first contested at the 1950 state election. The seat was abolished ahead of the 1974 state election.-Members for...

 
1950–1968
Bill Hegney  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....

 
1939–1968
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
Guy Henn  Liberal 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...

 
1959–1971
Ross Hutchinson
Ross Hutchinson
Ross Hutchinson was an Australian rules footballer, coach and politician. He played for and coached East Fremantle, West Perth and South Fremantle in the West Australian National Football League before spending 27 years as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.An alumnus of...

 
Liberal Cottesloe
Electoral district of Cottesloe
The Electoral district of Cottesloe is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Cottesloe is named for the western Perth suburb of Cottesloe which falls within its borders.-History:...

 
1950–1977
Colin Jamieson
Colin Jamieson
Colin John Jamieson, AO JP , was a politician in Western Australia. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1953 until 1986, as the Minister for Works and Water Supplies in the Tonkin Ministry and as Leader of the Opposition...

 
Labor Beeloo
Electoral district of Beeloo
Beeloo was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1956 to 1968. Beeloo was named for one of the three clans of Nyungar people who inhabited the Perth metropolitan area prior to European settlement...

 
1953–1986
Lionel Kelly  Labor Merredin-Yilgarn  1941–1968
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 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...

 
1951–1960
Edgar Lewis  Country 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....

 
1958–1974
James Mann  Liberal Avon Valley
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....

 
1930–1962
Iven Manning  Liberal Harvey
Electoral district of Harvey
Harvey was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1962.The district was based on the town of Harvey lying to the south of Perth. The seat's only member was Liberal MP Iven Manning, who went on to become the member for Wellington...

 
1950–1974
William Manning  Country Narrogin
Electoral district of Narrogin
Narrogin was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1989.The district was based around the town of Narrogin in the southern part of the state. The seat was won on every occasion by the National Party.-Members:...

 
1956–1974
Harry May  Labor Collie  1947–1968
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 Murray  1930–1962
Arthur Moir  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...

 
1951–1971
Crawford Nalder  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...

 
1947–1974
Les Nimmo  Liberal Wembley Beaches
Electoral district of Wembley Beaches
The Electoral district of Wembley Beaches was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for the inner western Perth suburb of Wembley, which fell within its borders....

 
1947–1956; 1959–1968
Daniel Norton  Labor 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...

 
1953–1974
Emil Nulsen  Labor Eyre
Electoral district of Eyre
Eyre is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district covers large tracts of the rural south-east of Western Australia...

 
1932–1962
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 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....

 
1959–1984
Des O'Neil  Liberal 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...

 
1959–1980
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:...

 
Ind. Lib./Labor Mount Lawley
Electoral district of Mount Lawley
Mount Lawley is an electorate in the state of Western Australia. Mount Lawley is named for the inner north-eastern Perth suburb of Mount Lawley which falls within its borders....

 
1951–1965
Ray Owen  Country Darling Range
Electoral district of Darling Range
Darling Range is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is based to the east and south-east of Perth.-Geography:Darling Range is situated in the outer east and south-east of Perth...

 
1944–1947; 1950–1962
Charles Perkins  Country Roe
Electoral district of Roe
Roe was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1983 and again from 1989 to 2008.The district was based in the rural south of Western Australia...

 
1942–1962
John Rhatigan  Labor Kimberley
Electoral district of Kimberley
-External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:...

 
1953–1968
George Roberts  Liberal 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...

 
1955–1962
Joseph Rowberry  Labor Warren  1958–1968
Bill Sewell  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...

 
1950–1974
Merv Toms  Labor 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....

 
1956–1971
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 Melville
Electoral district of Melville
Melville was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1996.The district was based in the southern suburbs of Perth, and in the main roughly corresponds today to the district of Willagee and parts of Alfred Cove.-History:First...

 
1933–1977
Arthur Watts  Country Stirling
Electoral district of Stirling
Stirling was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 2008.The district was located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.-Geography:...

 
1935–1962
Gerald Wild  Liberal Dale
Electoral district of Dale
Dale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1989.Dale was a predominately rural based to the east of Perth. It was a safe seat for the Liberal Party. The district was abolished ahead of the 1989 state election, whence its last...

1947–1965
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