This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1901 election and the 1904 election, together known as the Fourth Parliament.
The names of parliamentary groupings, which were not formalised parties, were established prior to the 1901 election, with Ministerialists being those sympathetic to former Premier John Forrest, and Oppositionists and Independents defined accordingly. With the exit of Forrest from state politics following his successful shift to the federal Division of Swan, the Ministerial group was defeated in the election and had no obvious choice of leader, but the Opposition, led by George Leake, did not have sufficient numbers to govern in its own right. The failure of the Morgans Ministry in December 1901 after less than a month in office and the unprecedented defeat of three of its Ministers in ministerial by-elections allowed an Opposition-led government with Labour support to govern until the 1904 election with a reasonable level of stability. Therefore, the "Opposition" were in government and the "Ministerial" group was in opposition for most of the period. Bolton and Mozley (1961) introduce the terminology "Forrest party" and "Leake party", but these were not used by either the press or the groupings themselves.
Name | Party | District | Years in office |
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William Atkins [10] | Independent | Murray | 1902β1904 |
Thomas Bath [11] | Labour | Hannans | 1902β1914 |
R. G. Burges [14] | Ministerial | York | 1903β1905 |
William Butcher | Independent | Gascoyne | 1901β1911; 1915β1917 |
Francis Connor | Independent | East Kimberley | 1893β1905 |
Henry Daglish | Labour | Subiaco | 1901β1911 |
Arthur Diamond | Independent | South Fremantle | 1901β1906 |
Denis Doherty [15] | Ministerial | North Fremantle | 1897β1903 |
John Ewing | Ministerial/Opposition [4] | South West Mining | 1901β1904; 1905β1908 |
John Ferguson [15] | Opposition | North Fremantle | 1903β1904 |
Alexander Forrest [2] | Ministerial | West Kimberley | 1890β1901 |
John Foulkes [7] | Ministerial | Claremont | 1902β1911 |
Hon James Gardiner [9] | Opposition | Albany | 1901β1904; 1914β1921 |
William James George [10] | Opposition | Murray | 1895β1902; 1909β1930 |
William Gordon | Ministerial | South Perth | 1901β1911 |
Hon Henry Gregory [1] [6] | Opposition | Menzies | 1897β1911 |
Charles Harper | Ministerial/Opposition [4] | Beverley | 1890β1905 |
Albert Hassell | Opposition | Plantagenet | 1890β1904 |
Robert Hastie | Labour | Kanowna | 1901β1905 |
Thomas Hayward | Ministerial | Bunbury | 1901β1911 |
John Sydney Hicks | Independent | Roebourne | 1901β1908 |
John Higham | Ministerial | Fremantle | 1896β1904 |
John Holman [5] | Labour | North Murchison | 1901β1921; 1923β1925 |
Hon Joseph Holmes [1] | Opposition | East Fremantle | 1897β1904; 1905β1906 |
Hon John Marquis Hopkins [12] | Opposition | Boulder | 1901β1905; 1908β1910 |
Robert Hutchinson | Opposition | Geraldton | 1900β1904 |
Hon Frederick Illingworth [1] [6] | Opposition | Cue | 1894β1904 |
James Isdell [13] | Independent | Pilbara | 1903β1906 |
Mathieson Jacoby | Opposition | Swan | 1901β1905; 1908β1911 |
Hon Walter James [9] | Opposition | East Perth | 1894β1904 |
William Johnson | Labour | Kalgoorlie | 1901β1905; 1906β1917; 1924β1948 |
Hon Walter Kingsmill [1] [6] [13] | Opposition | Pilbara | 1897β1903 |
Hon George Leake [1] [6] [8] | Opposition | West Perth | 1890; 1894β1900; 1901β1902 |
Hon James George Lee-Steere [16] | Ministerial | Nelson | 1890β1903 |
Francis McDonald | Opposition | Cockburn Sound | 1901β1904 |
George McWilliams [3] | Opposition | North Perth | 1901β1904 |
Frederick Monger [14] | Ministerial | York | 1892β1903; 1905β1914 |
Frederick Moorhead [5] | Ministerial | North Murchison | 1899β1901 |
Charles Moran [8] | Independent | West Perth | 1894β1901; 1902β1905 |
Alf Morgans [5] | Ministerial | Coolgardie | 1897β1904 |
John Nanson [5] | Ministerial | Murchison | 1901β1905; 1908β1914 |
William Oats | Independent | Yilgarn | 1897β1904 |
Michael O'Connor | Ministerial | Moore | 1901β1904 |
Samuel J. Phillips | Ministerial | Irwin | 1890β1904 |
Hon Frederick Henry Piesse | Ministerial | Williams | 1890β1909 |
Sydney Pigott [2] | Ministerial | West Kimberley | 1901β1904 |
William Purkiss [5] | Ministerial | Perth | 1901β1904 |
Timothy Quinlan [5] | Ministerial | Toodyay | 1890β1894; 1897β1911 |
Hon Cornthwaite Rason [6] | Ministerial/Opposition [4] | Guildford | 1897β1906 |
Fergie Reid | Labour | Mount Burges | 1901β1904 |
John Reside [11] | Labor | Hannans | 1901β1902 |
William Sayer [7] | Ministerial | Claremont | 1901β1902 |
Henry Teesdale Smith | Ministerial | Wellington | 1901β1904 |
Richard Speight [3] | Opposition | North Perth | 1901 |
Patrick Stone | Independent | Greenough | 1901β1904; 1905β1908 |
George Taylor | Labour | Mount Margaret | 1901β1930 |
Albert Thomas | Independent | Dundas | 1901β1905 |
Hon George Throssell | Ministerial | Northam | 1890β1904 |
Frank Wallace [17] | Ind / Opposition | Mt Magnet | 1897β1904 |
John Walter [16] | Ministerial | Nelson | 1903β1904 |
Frank Wilson [5] | Opposition | Perth | 1897β1901; 1904β1917 |
Henry Yelverton | Ministerial | Sussex | 1901β1904 |
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1901 election and the 1904 election, together known as the Fourth Parliament.
The names of parliamentary groupings, which were not formalised parties, were established prior to the 1901 election, with Ministerialists being those sympathetic to former Premier John Forrest, and Oppositionists and Independents defined accordingly. With the exit of Forrest from state politics following his successful shift to the federal Division of Swan, the Ministerial group was defeated in the election and had no obvious choice of leader, but the Opposition, led by George Leake, did not have sufficient numbers to govern in its own right. The failure of the Morgans Ministry in December 1901 after less than a month in office and the unprecedented defeat of three of its Ministers in ministerial by-elections allowed an Opposition-led government with Labour support to govern until the 1904 election with a reasonable level of stability. Therefore, the "Opposition" were in government and the "Ministerial" group was in opposition for most of the period. Bolton and Mozley (1961) introduce the terminology "Forrest party" and "Leake party", but these were not used by either the press or the groupings themselves.
Name | Party | District | Years in office |
---|---|---|---|
William Atkins [10] | Independent | Murray | 1902β1904 |
Thomas Bath [11] | Labour | Hannans | 1902β1914 |
R. G. Burges [14] | Ministerial | York | 1903β1905 |
William Butcher | Independent | Gascoyne | 1901β1911; 1915β1917 |
Francis Connor | Independent | East Kimberley | 1893β1905 |
Henry Daglish | Labour | Subiaco | 1901β1911 |
Arthur Diamond | Independent | South Fremantle | 1901β1906 |
Denis Doherty [15] | Ministerial | North Fremantle | 1897β1903 |
John Ewing | Ministerial/Opposition [4] | South West Mining | 1901β1904; 1905β1908 |
John Ferguson [15] | Opposition | North Fremantle | 1903β1904 |
Alexander Forrest [2] | Ministerial | West Kimberley | 1890β1901 |
John Foulkes [7] | Ministerial | Claremont | 1902β1911 |
Hon James Gardiner [9] | Opposition | Albany | 1901β1904; 1914β1921 |
William James George [10] | Opposition | Murray | 1895β1902; 1909β1930 |
William Gordon | Ministerial | South Perth | 1901β1911 |
Hon Henry Gregory [1] [6] | Opposition | Menzies | 1897β1911 |
Charles Harper | Ministerial/Opposition [4] | Beverley | 1890β1905 |
Albert Hassell | Opposition | Plantagenet | 1890β1904 |
Robert Hastie | Labour | Kanowna | 1901β1905 |
Thomas Hayward | Ministerial | Bunbury | 1901β1911 |
John Sydney Hicks | Independent | Roebourne | 1901β1908 |
John Higham | Ministerial | Fremantle | 1896β1904 |
John Holman [5] | Labour | North Murchison | 1901β1921; 1923β1925 |
Hon Joseph Holmes [1] | Opposition | East Fremantle | 1897β1904; 1905β1906 |
Hon John Marquis Hopkins [12] | Opposition | Boulder | 1901β1905; 1908β1910 |
Robert Hutchinson | Opposition | Geraldton | 1900β1904 |
Hon Frederick Illingworth [1] [6] | Opposition | Cue | 1894β1904 |
James Isdell [13] | Independent | Pilbara | 1903β1906 |
Mathieson Jacoby | Opposition | Swan | 1901β1905; 1908β1911 |
Hon Walter James [9] | Opposition | East Perth | 1894β1904 |
William Johnson | Labour | Kalgoorlie | 1901β1905; 1906β1917; 1924β1948 |
Hon Walter Kingsmill [1] [6] [13] | Opposition | Pilbara | 1897β1903 |
Hon George Leake [1] [6] [8] | Opposition | West Perth | 1890; 1894β1900; 1901β1902 |
Hon James George Lee-Steere [16] | Ministerial | Nelson | 1890β1903 |
Francis McDonald | Opposition | Cockburn Sound | 1901β1904 |
George McWilliams [3] | Opposition | North Perth | 1901β1904 |
Frederick Monger [14] | Ministerial | York | 1892β1903; 1905β1914 |
Frederick Moorhead [5] | Ministerial | North Murchison | 1899β1901 |
Charles Moran [8] | Independent | West Perth | 1894β1901; 1902β1905 |
Alf Morgans [5] | Ministerial | Coolgardie | 1897β1904 |
John Nanson [5] | Ministerial | Murchison | 1901β1905; 1908β1914 |
William Oats | Independent | Yilgarn | 1897β1904 |
Michael O'Connor | Ministerial | Moore | 1901β1904 |
Samuel J. Phillips | Ministerial | Irwin | 1890β1904 |
Hon Frederick Henry Piesse | Ministerial | Williams | 1890β1909 |
Sydney Pigott [2] | Ministerial | West Kimberley | 1901β1904 |
William Purkiss [5] | Ministerial | Perth | 1901β1904 |
Timothy Quinlan [5] | Ministerial | Toodyay | 1890β1894; 1897β1911 |
Hon Cornthwaite Rason [6] | Ministerial/Opposition [4] | Guildford | 1897β1906 |
Fergie Reid | Labour | Mount Burges | 1901β1904 |
John Reside [11] | Labor | Hannans | 1901β1902 |
William Sayer [7] | Ministerial | Claremont | 1901β1902 |
Henry Teesdale Smith | Ministerial | Wellington | 1901β1904 |
Richard Speight [3] | Opposition | North Perth | 1901 |
Patrick Stone | Independent | Greenough | 1901β1904; 1905β1908 |
George Taylor | Labour | Mount Margaret | 1901β1930 |
Albert Thomas | Independent | Dundas | 1901β1905 |
Hon George Throssell | Ministerial | Northam | 1890β1904 |
Frank Wallace [17] | Ind / Opposition | Mt Magnet | 1897β1904 |
John Walter [16] | Ministerial | Nelson | 1903β1904 |
Frank Wilson [5] | Opposition | Perth | 1897β1901; 1904β1917 |
Henry Yelverton | Ministerial | Sussex | 1901β1904 |