Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1968–1971

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1968 to 21 May 1971. The chamber had 30 seats made up of 15 provinces each electing two members, on a system of rotation whereby one-half of the members would retire at each triennial election.

Name Party Province Term expires Years in office
Charles Abbey Liberal West 1971 1958–1977
Norm Baxter Country Central 1971 1950–1958; 1960–1983
George Berry Liberal Lower North 1974 1968–1980
George Brand Liberal Lower North 1971 1965–1971
Roy Claughton Labor North Metropolitan 1974 1968–1980
Leslie Diver Country Central 1974 1952–1974
Jerry Dolan Labor South-East Metropolitan 1974 1963–1974
Vic Ferry Liberal South-West 1971 1965–1987
Jim Garrigan[2] Labor South-East 1971 1954–1971
Arthur Griffith Liberal North Metropolitan 1971 1953–1977
Clive Griffiths Liberal South-East Metropolitan 1971 1965–1997
Jack Heitman Country Upper West 1971 1963–1977
James Hislop Liberal Metropolitan 1971 1941–1971
Edward House[2] Country South 1971 1965–1971
John Hunt[1] Labor North 1974 1971–1974
Ruby Hutchison Labor North-East Metropolitan 1971 1954–1971
Frederick Lavery[2] Labor South Metropolitan 1971 1952–1971
Les Logan Country Upper West 1974 1947–1974
Graham MacKinnon Liberal Lower West 1974 1956–1986
Neil McNeill Liberal Lower West 1971 1965–1983
Ian Medcalf Liberal Metropolitan 1974 1968–1986
Thomas Perry Country Lower Central 1971 1965–1977
Harry Strickland[1] Labor North 1974 1950–1970
Claude Stubbs Labor South-East 1974 1962–1980
Ron Thompson Labor South Metropolitan 1974 1959–1980
Sydney Thompson Country Lower Central 1974 1960–1974
Jack Thomson Country South 1974 1950–1974
Fred White Country West 1974 1967–1973
Bill Willesee Labor North-East Metropolitan 1974 1954–1974
Francis Drake Willmott Liberal South-West 1974 1955–1974
Frank Wise Labor North 1971 1956–1971

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1 On 31 December 1970, North Province Labor MLC Harry Strickland resigned. Labor candidate John Hunt won the resulting by-election on 20 February 1971.
2 Three retiring MLCs died in the period leading to the 1971 election, and their positions were not filled. These were Labor members Frederick Lavery (12 January 1971) and Jim Garrigan (5 April 1971), and Country Party member Edward House (1 January 1971).

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.