Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1890–1894
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from December 1890 until July 1894.
Prior to the passage of the Constitution Act 1889, Western Australia had a partly elected and partly nominated Legislative Council. The Act created a fully elective Western Australian Legislative Assembly as a separate house, and a 15-seat Council whose members were nominated by the Governor of Western Australia. It was anticipated by Part III of the Constitution that the Council would remain purely nominative until the colony had reached a population of 60,000—seen as a distant goal with an 1888 population of 43,814 and the levelling off of earlier growth. However, due to the gold rush which saw thousands of people migrate from other Australian colonies and from overseas, the population reached 64,923 by 31 December 1893. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1893 was passed to transform the Council into an elective house of 21 members on a restricted franchise, effective from the 1894 elections.
| Name | Date appointed | Date ceased |
|---|---|---|
| Josceline Amherst | 24 December 1890 | 16 July 1894 |
| Harry Anstey | 23 August 1893 | 16 July 1894 |
| Edmund Ralph Brockman | 24 December 1890 | 9 December 1891 (resigned) |
| Thomas Burges | 24 December 1890 | 7 August 1893 (died) |
| Robert Edwin Bush | 24 December 1890 | 17 July 1893 (resigned) |
| Hon Sir Thomas Cockburn-Campbell | 24 December 1890 | 27 September 1892 (died) |
| Daniel Keen Congdon | 8 March 1892 | 16 July 1894 |
| George Glyde | 8 March 1892 | 16 July 1894 |
| McKenzie Grant | 24 December 1890 | 17 July 1893 (resigned) |
| John Winthrop Hackett | 29 December 1890 | 16 July 1894 |
| Edward Hamersley | 24 December 1890 | 16 July 1894 |
| Richard Watson Hardey | 31 December 1890 | 16 July 1894 |
| John Hassell | 3 August 1893 | 16 July 1984 |
| Edward Hooley | 12 December 1891 | 16 July 1894 |
| George Walpole Leake | 24 December 1890 | 16 July 1894 |
| John Monger | 24 December 1890 | 23 February 1892 (died) |
| William Dalgety Moore | 24 December 1890 | 4 February 1892 (resigned) |
| James Morrison | 24 December 1890 | 16 July 1894 |
| Stephen Henry Parker | 11 October 1892 | 16 July 1894 |
| George Randell | 17 July 1893 | 16 July 1894 |
| Sir George Shenton | 24 December 1890 | 16 July 1894 |
| John Arthur Wright | 24 December 1890 | 16 July 1894 |
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.