Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1920–1922

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1920 to 21 May 1922. 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 National Labor North-East 1924 1912–1924
Frederick Baglin Labor West 1926 1920–1923
Charles Baxter Country East 1926 1914–1950
Ephraim Clarke[1] Nationalist South-West 1926 1901–1921
Hal Colebatch Nationalist East 1924 1912–1923
James Cornell National Labor South 1924 1912–1946
James Cunningham Labor North-East 1922 1916–1922
Jabez Dodd National Labor South 1922 1910–1928
Joseph Duffell Nationalist Metropolitan-Suburban 1926 1914–1926
John Ewing Nationalist South-West 1924 1916–1933
James Greig Country South-East 1926 1916–1925
Vernon Hamersley Country East 1922 1904–1946
Edgar Harris Nationalist North-East 1926 1920–1934
James Hickey Labor Central 1922 1916–1928
Joseph Holmes Independent North 1926 1914–1942
Walter Kingsmill Independent Metropolitan 1922 1903–1922
John Kirwan Independent South 1926 1908–1946
Arthur Lovekin Nationalist Metropolitan 1924 1919–1931
Robert Lynn Nationalist West 1924 1912–1924
Cuthbert McKenzie Country South-East 1922 1910–1922
George Miles Independent North 1924 1916–1950
Joshua Mills Ind. Nat. Central 1924 1918–1924
Thomas Moore Labor Central 1926 1920–1926; 1932–1946
John Nicholson Nationalist Metropolitan 1926 1918–1941
Alexander Panton Labor West 1922 1919–1922
Edwin Rose Nationalist South-West 1922 1916–1934
Archibald Sanderson Nationalist Metropolitan-Suburban 1924 1912–1922
Athelstan Saw Nationalist Metropolitan-Suburban 1922 1915–1929
Hector Stewart Nationalist South-East 1924 1917–1931
Francis Willmott[1] Country South-West 1926 1921–1926
Sir Edward Wittenoom Nationalist North 1922 1883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934

Notes edit

1 On 15 April 1921, South-West Province Nationalist MLC Ephraim Clarke died. Country candidate Francis Willmott won the resulting by-election on 21 May 1921.

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.
  • 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.