Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1932–1934

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1932 to 21 May 1934. 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
Frederick Allsop[1] Nationalist North-East 1936 1930–1932
Charles Baxter Country East 1938 1914–1950
Leonard Bolton Nationalist Metropolitan 1936 1932–1948
Alec Clydesdale Labor Metropolitan-Suburban 1938 1932–1938
James Cornell Nationalist South 1936 1912–1946
Les Craig[3] Nationalist South-West 1936 1934–1956
John Drew[2] Labor Central 1936 1900–1918; 1924–1947
Charles Elliott[4] Nationalist North-East 1938 1934–1938
John Ewing[3] Nationalist South-West 1936 1916–1933
James Franklin Nationalist Metropolitan 1934 1928–1940
Gilbert Fraser Labor West 1934 1928–1958
Edmund Gray Labor West 1938 1923–1952
Edmund Hall Country Central 1934 1928–1947
Vernon Hamersley Country East 1934 1904–1946
Edgar Harris[4] Nationalist North-East 1938 1920–1934
Joseph Holmes Independent North 1938 1914–1942
Sir John Kirwan Independent South 1938 1908–1946
William Kitson Labor West 1936 1924–1947
James Macfarlane Nationalist Metropolitan-Suburban 1936 1922–1928; 1930–1942
William Mann Nationalist South-West 1938 1926–1951
George Miles Nationalist North 1936 1916–1950
Richard Moore[1] Nationalist North-East 1936 1932–1936
Thomas Moore Labor Central 1938 1920–1926; 1932–1946
Sir Charles Nathan Nationalist Metropolitan-Suburban 1934 1930–1934
John Nicholson Nationalist Metropolitan 1938 1918–1941
Harold Piesse Ind. Country South-East 1938 1932–1946
Edwin Rose Nationalist South-West 1934 1916–1934
Harold Seddon Nationalist North-East 1934 1922–1954
Alec Thomson Country South-East 1936 1931–1950
Charles Williams Labor South 1934 1928–1948
Charles Wittenoom Country South-East 1934 1928–1940
Sir Edward Wittenoom Nationalist North 1934 1883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934
Herbert Yelland Country East 1936 1924–1936

Notes

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1 On 15 September 1932, North-East Province Nationalist MLC Frederick Allsop died. Nationalist candidate Richard Moore won the resulting by-election on 29 October 1932.
2 On 24 April 1933, Central Province Labor MLC John Drew was appointed Chief Secretary in the new Ministry led by Philip Collier. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was returned unopposed on 2 May 1933.
3 On 30 November 1933, South-West Province Nationalist MLC John Ewing died. Nationalist candidate Les Craig won the resulting by-election on 20 January 1934.
4 On 13 February 1934, North-East Province Nationalist MLC Edgar Harris died. Nationalist candidate Charles Elliott won the resulting by-election on 17 March 1934.

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