Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1912–1914

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1912 to 21 May 1914. 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
Richard Ardagh Labor North-East 1918 1912–1924
Henry Briggs Liberal West 1916 1896–1919
Ephraim Clarke Liberal South-West 1914 1901–1921
Hal Colebatch Liberal East 1918 1912–1923; 1940–1948
James Connolly[2] Liberal North-East 1914 1901–1914
Francis Connor Independent North 1918 1906–1916
James Cornell Labor South 1918 1912–1946
Joseph Cullen Liberal South-East 1918 1909–1917
Frederick Davis Labor Metropolitan-Suburban 1914 1911–1914
Jabez Dodd Labor South 1916 1910–1928
John Drew Labor Central 1918 1900–1918; 1924–1947
Douglas Gawler Liberal Metropolitan-Suburban 1916 1910–1915
Sir John Winthrop Hackett Liberal South-West 1918 1890–1916
Vernon Hamersley Independent East 1916 1904–1946
Joseph Holmes[1] Liberal North 1914 1914–1942
Arthur Jenkins Liberal Metropolitan 1914 1898–1904; 1908–1917
Walter Kingsmill Liberal Metropolitan 1916 1903–1922
John Kirwan Independent South 1914 1908–1946
Robert Lynn Liberal West 1918 1912–1924
Cuthbert McKenzie Liberal South-East 1916 1910–1922
Robert McKenzie Liberal North-East 1916 1904–1916
Edward McLarty Liberal South-West 1916 1894–1916
Harry Millington[2] Labor North-East 1920 1914–1920
Matthew Moss Liberal West 1914 1900–1901; 1902–1914
Con O'Brien Labor Central 1914 1901–1904; 1908–1914
William Patrick Liberal Central 1916 1904–1916
Richard Pennefather[1] Independent North 1914 1907–1914
Charles Piesse Liberal South-East 1914 1894–1914
Archibald Sanderson Liberal Metropolitan-Suburban 1918 1912–1922
Charles Sommers Liberal Metropolitan 1918 1900–1918
Thomas Wilding Liberal East 1914 1908–1914
Sir Edward Wittenoom Liberal North 1916 1883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934

Notes

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1 On 22 January 1914, North Province MLC Richard Pennefather died. Joseph Holmes won the resulting by-election on 21 March 1914 against three other Liberal candidates.
2 On 21 February 1914, North-East Province MLC James Connolly resigned. Labor candidate Harry Millington won the resulting by-election on 21 March 1914, and his term was deemed to expire in May 1920.

Sources

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  • 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.
  • Black, David; Bolton, Geoffrey (2001). Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Volume One, 1870–1930 (Revised ed.). Parliament House: Parliament of Western Australia. ISBN 0730738140.