Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1926–1928
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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council
from 22 May 1926 to 21 May 1928. 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.
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 1926 to 21 May 1928. 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 | Party | Province | Term expires |
Years in office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1932 | 1914–1950 |
| John Reid Brown | 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... |
North-East | 1930 | 1924–1930 |
| Alfred Burvill | Country | South-East | 1928 | 1922–1928 |
| James Cornell | 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... |
South | 1930 | 1912–1946 |
| Jabez Dodd | Nationalist | South | 1928 | 1910–1928 |
| John Drew | Labor | Central | 1930 | 1900–1918; 1924–1947 |
| John Ewing | Nationalist | South-West | 1930 | 1916–1933 |
| William Glasheen | Country | South-East | 1932 | 1925–1932 |
| Edmund Gray | Labor | West | 1932 | 1923–1952 |
| 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 | 1932 | 1920–1934 |
| James Hickey | Labor | Central | 1928 | 1916–1928 |
| Joseph Holmes | Independent | North | 1932 | 1914–1942 |
| George Kempton | Country | Central | 1932 | 1926–1932 |
| John Kirwan | Independent | South | 1932 | 1908–1946 |
| William Kitson | Labor | West | 1930 | 1924–1947 |
| Sir William Lathlain | 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... |
1932 | 1926–1932 |
| 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... |
1930 | 1919–1931 |
| 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 |
| William Mann | Nationalist | South-West | 1932 | 1926–1951 |
| George Miles | Independent | North | 1930 | 1916–1950 |
| 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... |
1932 | 1918–1941 |
| George Potter | Nationalist | West | 1928 | 1922–1928 |
| George Rainsford George Rainsford George Henry Rainsford was an Australian politician. He was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council for South Province as a Nationalist in a by-election following Jabez Dodd's death in 1928, but he was never sworn in and he did not take his seat due to the approaching election, in... |
Nationalist | South | 1928 | 1928 |
| Edwin Rose | Nationalist | South-West | 1928 | 1916–1934 |
| 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 |
| Henry Stephenson | 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... |
1930 | 1924–1930 |
| Hector Stewart | Country | South-East | 1930 | 1917–1931 |
| 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 |
| Herbert Yelland Herbert Yelland Herbert John Yelland was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1924 to 1936.Herbert Yelland was born in Point Macleay, Wellington, South Australia on 27 February 1878. The son of a farmer, he was educated at Roseworthy Agricultural College, and in 1899 started working for the... |
Nationalist | East | 1930 | 1924–1936 |