Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1948–1950
Appearance
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1948 to 21 May 1950. 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 |
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Charles Baxter | Country | East | 1952 | 1914–1950 |
George Bennetts | Labor | South | 1952 | 1946–1965 |
Robert Boylen | Labor | South | 1950 | 1947–1955 |
Les Craig | Liberal | South-West | 1950 | 1934–1956 |
John Cunningham | Liberal | South | 1948 | 1948–1954; 1955–1962 |
Harold Daffen | Liberal | Central | 1950 | 1947–1950 |
Evan Davies | Labor | West | 1950 | 1947–1963 |
James Dimmitt | Liberal | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1952 | 1938–1953 |
Robert Forrest | Liberal | North | 1952 | 1946–1952 |
Gilbert Fraser | Labor | West | 1954 | 1928–1958 |
Sir Frank Gibson | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1950 | 1942–1956 |
Edmund Gray | Labor | West | 1952 | 1923–1952 |
William Hall | Labor | North-East | 1952 | 1938–1963 |
Harry Hearn | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1954 | 1948–1956 |
Eric Heenan | Labor | North-East | 1950 | 1936–1968 |
James Hislop | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1952 | 1941–1971 |
Sir Charles Latham | Country | East | 1954 | 1946–1960 |
Les Logan | Country | Central | 1954 | 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 | Liberal | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1954 | 1934–1954 |
Hugh Roche | Country | South-East | 1954 | 1940–1960 |
Harold Seddon | Liberal | North-East | 1954 | 1922–1954 |
Charles Simpson | Liberal | Central | 1952 | 1946–1963 |
Alec Thomson | Country | South-East | 1950 | 1931–1950 |
Hobart Tuckey | Liberal | South-West | 1954 | 1934–1951 |
Keith Watson | Liberal | Metropolitan | 1950 | 1948–1968 |
Frank Welsh | Liberal | North | 1954 | 1940–1954 |
Garnet Barrington Wood | Country | East | 1950 | 1936–1952 |
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.