Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1954–1956

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1954 to 21 May 1956. 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
Don Barker Labor North 1958 1952–1956
Norm Baxter Country Central 1958 1950–1958; 1960–1983
George Bennetts Labor South-East 1958 1946–1965
Robert Boylen[1] Labor South-East 1956 1947–1955
Les Craig Liberal South-West 1956 1934–1956
John Cunningham[1] Liberal South-East 1956 1948–1954; 1955–1962
Evan Davies Labor West 1956 1947–1963
Leslie Diver Country Central 1956 1952–1974
Gilbert Fraser Labor West 1960 1928–1958
Jim Garrigan Labor South-East 1960 1954–1971
Sir Frank Gibson Liberal Suburban 1956 1942–1956
Arthur Griffith Liberal Suburban 1958 1953–1977
William Hall Labor North-East 1958 1938–1963
Harry Hearn[3] Liberal Metropolitan 1960 1948–1956
Eric Heenan Labor North-East 1956 1936–1968
Charles Henning[2] Liberal South-West 1960 1951–1955
James Hislop Liberal Metropolitan 1958 1941–1971
Ruby Hutchison Labor Suburban 1960 1954–1971
Ray Jones Country Midland 1956 1950–1967
Sir Charles Latham Country Central 1960 1946–1960
Frederick Lavery Labor West 1958 1952–1971
Les Logan Country Midland 1960 1947–1974
Anthony Loton Country South 1958 1944–1965
James Murray Liberal South-West 1958 1951–1965
Hugh Roche Country South 1960 1940–1960
Charles Simpson Liberal Midland 1958 1946–1963
Harry Strickland Labor North 1956 1950–1970
John Teahan Labor North-East 1960 1954–1965
Jack Thomson Country South 1956 1950–1974
Keith Watson Liberal Metropolitan 1956 1948–1968
Bill Willesee Labor North 1960 1954–1974
Francis Drake Willmott[2] Liberal South-West 1960 1955–1974

Notes

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1 On 25 June 1955, South-East Province Labor MLC Robert Boylen died. Liberal candidate John Cunningham, who had represented the area until his defeat the previous year by Labor's Jim Garrigan, won the resulting by-election on 10 September 1955.
2 On 22 June 1955, South-West Province Liberal MLC Charles Henning died. Liberal candidate Francis Drake Willmott won the resulting by-election on 10 September 1955.
3 On 20 March 1956, Metropolitan Province Liberal MLC Harry Hearn died. Liberal candidate Reg Mattiske won the resulting by-election on 9 June 1956.

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.