Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1922–1924
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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council
from 22 May 1922 to 21 May 1924. 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. During the term, the Country Party
split into rival Ministerial (MCP) and Executive (ECP) factions–although in the Council, this was diluted somewhat by the refusal of some long-standing Country members to become involved in the dispute. The Executive faction, loyal to the Primary Producers' Association, prevailed and by 1925 the Ministerial faction had merged with the Nationalist Party.
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 1922 to 21 May 1924. 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. During the term, the Country Party
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....
split into rival Ministerial (MCP) and Executive (ECP) factions–although in the Council, this was diluted somewhat by the refusal of some long-standing Country members to become involved in the dispute. The Executive faction, loyal to the Primary Producers' Association, prevailed and by 1925 the Ministerial faction had merged with the Nationalist Party.
Name | Party | Province | Term expires |
Years in office |
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Richard Ardagh | 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... |
North-East | 1924 | 1912–1924 |
Frederick Baglin | 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... |
West | 1926 | 1920–1923 |
Charles Baxter | 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.... |
East | 1926 | 1914–1950 |
Harry Boan Harry Boan Henry Boan was an Australian businessman and politician, who was best known for establishing the Boans department store in Perth, Western Australia.... |
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... |
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... |
1924 | 1917–1918; 1922–1924 |
Alfred Burvill | Country | South-East | 1928 | 1922–1928 |
William Carroll William Carroll (Australian politician) William Carroll was an Australian politician. Born in Garvoc, Victoria, he was educated at Horsham before moving to Western Australia during the gold rush to become a miner, and subsequently became a farmer at Tammin... |
Country/ECP | East | 1924 | 1923–1924 |
Hal Colebatch Hal Colebatch Sir Harry Pateshall Colebatch CMG , better known as Sir Hal Colebatch, was a long-serving and occasionally controversial figure in Western Australian politics... |
Nationalist | East | 1924 | 1912–1923 |
James Cornell | National Labor | South | 1924 | 1912–1946 |
Jabez Dodd | National Labor | South | 1928 | 1910–1928 |
Joseph Duffell | Nationalist | 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... |
1926 | 1914–1926 |
John Ewing | Nationalist | South-West | 1924 | 1916–1933 |
Edmund Gray | Labor | West | 1926 | 1923–1952 |
James Greig | Country | South-East | 1926 | 1916–1925 |
Vernon Hamersley Vernon Hamersley Vernon Hamersley served the longest term ever as a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council.-Life and career:... |
Country | East | 1928 | 1904–1946 |
Edgar Harris | Nationalist | North-East | 1926 | 1920–1934 |
James Hickey | Labor | Central | 1928 | 1916–1928 |
Joseph Holmes | Independent | North | 1926 | 1914–1942 |
John Kirwan | Independent | South | 1926 | 1908–1946 |
Arthur Lovekin Arthur Lovekin Arthur Lovekin was a West Australian journalist, newspaper editor and owner and politician.-Early life:Lovekin was born , in Slough, Buckinghamshire... |
Nationalist | 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... |
1924 | 1919–1931 |
Robert Lynn | Nationalist | West | 1924 | 1912–1924 |
James Macfarlane | Nationalist | 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... |
1928 | 1922–1928; 1930–1942 |
George Miles | Independent | North | 1924 | 1916–1950 |
Joshua Mills | Ind. Nat./MCP | Central | 1924 | 1918–1924 |
Thomas Moore | Labor | Central | 1926 | 1920–1926; 1932–1946 |
John Nicholson | Nationalist | 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... |
1926 | 1918–1941 |
George Potter | Nationalist | West | 1928 | 1922–1928 |
Edwin Rose | Nationalist | South-West | 1928 | 1916–1934 |
Archibald Sanderson Archibald Sanderson Archibald Sanderson was an Australian politician.Born at Glenthompson in Victoria to pastoralist John Sanderson and Agnes Roberts, he attended Haileybury College and Christ Church, Oxford after the family's move to England before travelling to New Zealand to work as a parliamentary reporter for... |
Nationalist | 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... |
1924 | 1912–1922 |
Athelstan Saw | Nationalist | 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... |
1928 | 1915–1929 |
Harold Seddon | Nationalist | North-East | 1928 | 1922–1954 |
Hector Stewart | Country/ECP | South-East | 1924 | 1917–1931 |
Francis Willmott | Country | South-West | 1926 | 1921–1926 |
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 :... |
Nationalist | North | 1928 | 1883–1884; 1885–1886; 1894–1898; 1902–1906; 1910–1934 |