Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1908–1910

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council
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 22 May 1908 to 21 May 1910. The chamber had 30 seats made up of ten provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election.

Name	Province	Term expires	Years in office
Henry Briggs	West	1910	1896–1919
Thomas Brimage	North-East	1912	1900–1912
Ephraim Clarke	South-West	1914	1901–1921
James Connolly	North-East	1914	1901–1914
Francis Connor	North	1912	1906–1916
Joseph Cullen Joseph Cullen Joseph Francis Cullen , Australian politician, was a Member of Parliament in New South Wales and Western Australia....	South-East	1912	1909–1917
John Drew	Central	1912	1900–1918; 1924–1947
John Glowrey	South	1912	1900–1904; 1906–1912
John Winthrop Hackett	South-West	1912	1890–1916
Vernon Hamersley Vernon Hamersley Vernon Hamersley served the longest term ever as a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council.-Life and career:...	East	1910	1904–1946
Samuel Haynes	South-East	1910	1894–1910
Arthur Jenkins	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...	1914	1898–1904; 1908–1917
Walter Kingsmill Walter Kingsmill Sir Walter Kingsmill was an Australian politician.Born in Glenelg, South Australia, he was educated at St Peter's College in Adelaide and at the University of Adelaide before becoming a geologist. Moving to Western Australia in 1888, he became a mine manager...	Metropolitan-Suburban Metropolitan-Suburban Province The Metropolitan-Suburban Province was a three-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 1899, and became effective on 29 August 1900 following a special election to...	1910	1903–1922
John Kirwan	South	1914	1908–1946
Joseph Langsford	Metropolitan-Suburban Metropolitan-Suburban Province The Metropolitan-Suburban Province was a three-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 1899, and became effective on 29 August 1900 following a special election to...	1912	1904–1911
Robert Laurie	West	1912	1901–1912
Robert McKenzie	North-East	1910	1904–1916
Edward McLarty	South-West	1910	1894–1916
Wesley Maley	South-East	1912	1900–1909
Matthew Moss	West	1914	1900–1901; 1902–1914
William Oats	South	1910	1904–1910
Con O'Brien Con O'Brien Cornelius O'Brien was a professional football player. He played in the National Football League in 1921 with the New York Brickley Giants and in first American Football League with the Boston Bulldogs in 1926....	Central	1914	1901–1904; 1908–1914
William Patrick	Central	1910	1904–1916
Richard Pennefather	North	1914	1907–1914
Charles Piesse	South-East	1914	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...	1910	1875–1878; 1880–1890; 1893–1894; 1897–1910
Robert Frederick Sholl	North	1910	1886–1890; 1904–1909
Charles Sommers	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...	1912	1900–1918
Sydney Stubbs	Metropolitan-Suburban Metropolitan-Suburban Province The Metropolitan-Suburban Province was a three-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 1899, and became effective on 29 August 1900 following a special election to...	1914	1908–1911
George Throssell George Throssell George Lionel Throssell, CMG was the second Premier of Western Australia. He served for just three months, from 15 February 1901 until 27 May 1901 during a period of great instability in Western Australian politics....	East	1912	1907–1910
Thomas Wilding	East	1914	1908–1914
Sir 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 :...	North	1910	1883–1884; 1885–1886; 1894–1898; 1902–1906; 1910–1934

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