Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1922–1924

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1922 to 21 May 1924. 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. During the term, the Country Party split into rival Ministerial (MCP) and Executive (ECP) factions–although in the Council, this was diluted somewhat by the refusal of some long-standing Country members to become involved in the dispute. The Executive faction, loyal to the Primary Producers' Association, prevailed and by 1925 the Ministerial faction had merged with the Nationalist Party.

Name Party Province Term
expires
Years in office
Richard Ardagh National Labor North-East 1924 1912–1924
Frederick Baglin[4] Labor West 1926 1920–1923
Charles Baxter Country East 1926 1914–1950
Harry Boan[1] Nationalist Metropolitan-Suburban 1924 1917–1918; 1922–1924
Alfred Burvill Country South-East 1928 1922–1928
William Carroll[3] Country/ECP East 1924 1923–1924
Hal Colebatch[3] Nationalist East 1924 1912–1923
James Cornell National Labor South 1924 1912–1946
Jabez Dodd National Labor South 1928 1910–1928
Joseph Duffell Nationalist Metropolitan-Suburban 1926 1914–1926
John Ewing[2] Nationalist South-West 1924 1916–1933
Edmund Gray Labor West 1926 1923–1952
James Greig Country South-East 1926 1916–1925
Vernon Hamersley Country East 1928 1904–1946
Edgar Harris Nationalist North-East 1926 1920–1934
James Hickey Labor Central 1928 1916–1928
Joseph Holmes Independent North 1926 1914–1942
John Kirwan Independent South 1926 1908–1946
Arthur Lovekin Nationalist Metropolitan 1924 1919–1931
Robert Lynn Nationalist West 1924 1912–1924
James Macfarlane Nationalist Metropolitan 1928 1922–1928; 1930–1942
George Miles Independent North 1924 1916–1950
Joshua Mills Ind. Nat./MCP Central 1924 1918–1924
Thomas Moore Labor Central 1926 1920–1926; 1932–1946
John Nicholson Nationalist Metropolitan 1926 1918–1941
George Potter Nationalist West 1928 1922–1928
Edwin Rose Nationalist South-West 1928 1916–1934
Archibald Sanderson[1] Nationalist Metropolitan-Suburban 1924 1912–1922
Athelstan Saw Nationalist Metropolitan-Suburban 1928 1915–1929
Harold Seddon Nationalist North-East 1928 1922–1954
Hector Stewart Country/ECP South-East 1924 1917–1931
Francis Willmott Country South-West 1926 1921–1926
Sir Edward Wittenoom Nationalist North 1928 1883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934

Notes

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1 On 19 October 1922, Metropolitan-Suburban Province Nationalist MLC Archibald Sanderson resigned. Nationalist candidate Harry Boan won the resulting by-election on 25 November 1922.
2 On 18 June 1923, South-West Province Nationalist MLC John Ewing was appointed Minister for Education, North West and Justice in the Ministry led by James Mitchell. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was returned unopposed on 27 June 1923.
3 On 17 June 1923, East Province Nationalist MLC Hal Colebatch resigned. Country candidate William Carroll won the resulting by-election on 11 August 1923.
4 On 13 August 1923, West Province Labor MLC Frederick Baglin resigned. Labor candidate Edmund Gray won the resulting by-election on 8 September 1923.

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.