Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1896–1898
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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council
from 27 July 1896 to 9 May 1898. The chamber had 21 seats made up of seven provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1896, which passed after the 1896 Council election, created a new seat of North-East Province, which had its inaugural election on 29 June 1897 with terms expiring in 1904, 1902 and 1900.
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...
from 27 July 1896 to 9 May 1898. The chamber had 21 seats made up of seven provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1896, which passed after the 1896 Council election, created a new seat of North-East Province, which had its inaugural election on 29 June 1897 with terms expiring in 1904, 1902 and 1900.
Name | Province | Term expires |
Years in office |
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William Alexander | Central | 1898 | 1895–1898 |
Henry Briggs | West | 1898 | 1896–1919 |
Richard Burges | East | 1898 | 1894–1903 |
Daniel Congdon | West | 1900 | 1887–1890; 1892–1900 |
Frederick Crowder Frederick Crowder Frederick Crowder may refer to:* Petre Crowder, Petre Crowder, British politician* Frederick Crowder , English cricketer* Frederick Crowder , Western Australian politician... |
South-East | 1900 | 1894–1900; 1901–1902 |
Charles Dempster Charles Dempster Charles Stewart 'Stewie' Dempster was a former New Zealand cricketer and coach... |
East | 1900 | 1873–1874; 1894–1907 |
John Winthrop Hackett | South-West | 1900 | 1890–1916 |
Richard Septimus Haynes | Central | 1902 | 1896–1902 |
Samuel Haynes | South-East | 1898 | 1894–1910 |
Andrew Henning | North-East | 1898 | 1897–1898 |
Alfred Kidson | West | 1902 | 1895–1902 |
Donald MacKay Donald Mackay Donald Bruce Mackay was an Australian anti-drugs campaigner who came to fame in 1977 through the circumstances of his murder.Mackay was born in Griffith and raised in Sydney... |
North | 1902 | 1896–1902 |
Edward McLarty | South-West | 1898 | 1894–1916 |
Alexander Matheson Alexander Matheson (Australian politician) Sir Alexander Perceval Matheson, 3rd Baronet was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was the son of Sir Alexander Matheson, 1st Baronet, a Scottish member of the House of Commons. Educated in England at Harrow School, he migrated to Australia in 1894, becoming a commercial agent and company... |
North-East | 1902 | 1897–1901 |
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:... |
Metropolitan Metropolitan Province The Metropolitan Province was a multi-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the metropolitan region of Perth. It was created by the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1893, and became effective on 22 May 1894 following the first council elections following... |
1898 | 1878–1888; 1889–1890; 1892–1897 |
Harold Parsons | North-East | 1900 | 1897–1900 |
Charles Piesse | South-East | 1902 | 1894–1914 |
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... |
Metropolitan Metropolitan Province The Metropolitan Province was a multi-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the metropolitan region of Perth. It was created by the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1893, and became effective on 22 May 1894 following the first council elections following... |
1898 | 1875–1878; 1880–1890; 1893–1894; 1897–1910 |
John Richardson | North | 1898 | 1894–1904 |
Henry Saunders Henry Saunders Henry John Saunders was an English-born Australian politician. Born in London, he was educated in Bristol at Clifton College before becoming a civil engineer. In 1884 he migrated to Australia. He was involved in local politics and sat on Perth City Council, serving as mayor in 1895; he was also a... |
Metropolitan Metropolitan Province The Metropolitan Province was a multi-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the metropolitan region of Perth. It was created by the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1893, and became effective on 22 May 1894 following the first council elections following... |
1902 | 1894–1902; 1918–1919 |
Sir George Shenton George Shenton Sir George Shenton was a prominent businessman in colonial Western Australia, the first Mayor of Perth, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for over thirty years.-Early and family life:... |
Metropolitan Metropolitan Province The Metropolitan Province was a multi-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the metropolitan region of Perth. It was created by the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1893, and became effective on 22 May 1894 following the first council elections following... |
1900 | 1870–1873; 1875–1906 |
William Spencer | South-West | 1902 | 1896–1901 |
Frank Stone | North | 1900 | 1894–1906 |
John Taylor | East | 1902 | 1896–1899 |
Edward Wittenoom Edward Wittenoom Sir Edward Charles Wittenoom KCMG was an Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for thirty four years.- Early life :... |
Central | 1900 | 1883–1884; 1885–1886; 1894–1898; 1902–1906; 1910–1934 |