Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1946–1948

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1946 to 21 May 1948. 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	East	1952	1914–1950
George Bennetts	Labor	South	1952	1946–1965
Leonard Bolton[7]	Liberal	Metropolitan	1950	1932–1948
Robert Boylen[2]	Labor	South	1950	1947–1955
Sir Hal Colebatch	Liberal	Metropolitan	1948	1912–1923; 1940–1948
James Cornell[2]	Liberal	South	1950	1912–1946
Les Craig	Liberal	South-West	1950	1934–1956
Harold Daffen[6]	Liberal	Central	1950	1947–1950
Evan Davies[5]	Labor	West	1950	1947–1963
James Dimmitt	Liberal	Metropolitan-Suburban	1952	1938–1953
John Drew[6]	Labor	Central	1950	1900–1918; 1924–1947
Mervyn Forrest	Liberal	North	1952	1946–1952
Gilbert Fraser	Labor	West	1948	1928–1958
Frank Gibson	Liberal	Metropolitan-Suburban	1950	1942–1956
Edmund Gray	Labor	West	1952	1923–1952
Edmund Hall[3]	Country	Central	1948	1928–1947
William Hall	Labor	North-East	1952	1938–1963
Vernon Hamersley[1]	Country	East	1948	1904–1946
Eric Heenan	Labor	North-East	1950	1936–1968
James Hislop	Liberal	Metropolitan	1952	1941–1971
William Kitson[5]	Labor	West	1950	1924–1947
Sir Charles Latham[1]	Country	East	1948	1946–1960
Les Logan[3]	Country	Central	1948	1947–1974
Anthony Loton	Country	South-East	1952	1944–1965
William Mann	Liberal	South-West	1952	1926–1951
George Miles	Independent	North	1950	1916–1950
Hubert Parker[4]	Liberal	Metropolitan-Suburban	1948	1934–1954
Hugh Roche	Country	South-East	1948	1940–1960
Harold Seddon	Liberal	North-East	1948	1922–1954
Charles Simpson	Liberal	Central	1952	1946–1963
Alec Thomson	Country	South-East	1950	1931–1950
Hobart Tuckey	Liberal	South-West	1948	1934–1951
Keith Watson[7]	Liberal	Metropolitan	1950	1948–1968
Frank Welsh	Liberal	North	1948	1940–1954
Charles Williams	Labor	South	1948	1928–1948
Garnet Barrington Wood	Country	East	1950	1936–1952

Notes

¹ On 24 October 1946, East Province Country MLC member Vernon Hamersley died. Country candidate and former party leader Charles Latham won the resulting by-election on 14 December 1946. At 42 years, 2 months and 19 days, Vernon Hamersley served the longest term ever as member of the Council.

² On 25 November 1946, South Province Liberal MLC James Cornell died. Labor candidate Robert Boylen won the resulting by-election on 1 February 1947.

³ On 15 February 1947, Central Province Country MLC Edmund Hall resigned. Country Party candidate Les Logan won the resulting by-election on 12 April 1947.

⁴ On 19 April 1947, Metropolitan-Suburban Province Liberal MLC Hubert Parker was appointed Minister for Mines and Minister for Health in the new Ministry led by Ross McLarty. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was returned unopposed on 17 April 1947.

⁵ On 15 May 1947, West Province Labor MLC William Kitson resigned to accept an appointment as Agent-General for Western Australia in London. Labor candidate Evan Davies won the resulting by-election on 21 June 1947.

⁶ On 17 July 1947, Central Province Labor MLC John Drew died. Liberal candidate Harold Daffen won the resulting by-election on 30 August 1947.

⁷ On 31 March 1948, Metropolitan Province Liberal MLC Leonard Bolton died. Liberal candidate Keith Watson won the resulting by-election on 8 May 1948.

Sources

• 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 Two, 1930-1990 (Revised ed.). Parliament House: Parliament of Western Australia. ISBN 0731697839.