This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 9 May 1898 to 14 May 1900. The chamber had 24 seats made up of eight 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 | 1904 | 1896–1919 |
| R. G. Burges | East | 1904 | 1894–1903 |
| Daniel Keen Congdon | West | 1900 | 1887–1890; 1892–1900 |
| Frederick Crowder | South-East | 1900 | 1894–1900; 1901–1902 |
| Charles Dempster | East | 1900 | 1873–1874; 1894–1907 |
| John Winthrop Hackett | South-West | 1900 | 1890–1916 |
| Richard Septimus Haynes | Central | 1902 | 1896–1902 |
| Samuel Johnson Haynes | South-East | 1904 | 1894–1910 |
| Arthur Jenkins | North-East | 1904 | 1898–1904; 1908–1917 |
| Alfred Kidson | West | 1902 | 1895–1902 |
| William Loton[1] | Central | 1900 | 1889–1890; 1898–1900; 1902–1908 |
| Henry Lukin[2] | East | 1902 | 1899–1901 |
| Donald McDonald MacKay | North | 1902 | 1896–1902 |
| Edward McLarty | South-West | 1904 | 1894–1916 |
| Alexander Matheson | North-East | 1902 | 1897–1901 |
| Harold Parsons | North-East | 1900 | 1897–1900 |
| Charles Piesse | South-East | 1902 | 1894–1914 |
| George Randell | Metropolitan | 1904 | 1875–1878; 1880–1890; 1893–1894; 1897–1910 |
| John Richardson | North | 1904 | 1894–1904 |
| Henry Saunders | Metropolitan | 1902 | 1894–1902; 1918–1919 |
| Sir George Shenton | Metropolitan | 1900 | 1870–1873; 1875–1906 |
| William Spencer | South-West | 1902 | 1896–1901 |
| Frank Stone | North | 1900 | 1894–1906 |
| John Taylor[2] | East | 1902 | 1896–1899 |
| Frederic Whitcombe | Central | 1904 | 1898–1900 |
Notes
edit- 1 On 28 April 1898, Central Province MLC Edward Wittenoom resigned. William Loton was elected on 13 June 1898 to fill the remaining two years of his term.
- 1 On 9 June 1899, East Province MLC John Taylor resigned. Henry Lukin was elected on 11 July 1899 to fill the remainder of his term.
Sources
edit- Black, David (1991). Legislative Council of Western Australia : membership register, electoral law and statistics, 1890-1989. Perth: Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0-7309-3641-4.
- Hughes, Colin A.; Aitkin, Don (1986). Voting for the Australian State Upper Houses, 1890-1984. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-909779-18-X.