This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from October 1870 to June 1872. The chamber had 18 members, as specified by the Legislative Council Act 1870 (33 Vict, No. 13). Section 1 of this Act specified that a minimum of one-third of the Council would be appointed by the Crown. Three of these were official nominees who were part of the Continuous Ministryβnamely the Colonial Secretary, Attorney-General and the Surveyor-Generalβwhile the remaining three were "non-official nominees".
Of the 12 elected representatives, two members each represented Perth and Fremantle, while the remainder represented the rural districts. Franchise was limited to free men who owned Β£100 of freehold property or paid Β£10 per annum rent. An amendment proclaimed on 17 August 1871 allowed former prisoners who had been granted a conditional pardon and who met the above conditions to vote.
Name | District/Office | Years in office |
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Sir Frederick Barlee | Colonial Secretary | 1855β1875 |
Maitland Brown | Nominee | 1870β1872; 1874β1876 |
John Bussell | Vasse | 1870β1872 |
Julien Carr | Perth | 1868β1873 |
James Drummond | Toodyay | 1870β1873 |
Malcolm Fraser | Surveyor-General | 1870β1886; 1887β1890 |
Thomas Gull | Swan | 1870β1872 |
Albert Hassell [1] | Albany | 1871β1874 |
Luke Leake | Perth | 1870β1886 |
James George Lee-Steere | Wellington | 1868β1880; 1885β1890 |
Major Logue | Geraldton | 1870β1874 |
John McKail [1] | Albany | 1870β1871 |
William Marmion | Nominee | 1870β1890 |
John Monger | York | 1870β1875 |
William Dalgety Moore | Fremantle | 1870β1872 |
Edward Newman | Fremantle | 1870β1872 |
Samuel Phillips | Nominee | 1857β1872 |
George Shenton | Greenough | 1870β1873, 1875β1906 |
Robert Walcott | Attorney-General | 1870β1872 |
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from October 1870 to June 1872. The chamber had 18 members, as specified by the Legislative Council Act 1870 (33 Vict, No. 13). Section 1 of this Act specified that a minimum of one-third of the Council would be appointed by the Crown. Three of these were official nominees who were part of the Continuous Ministryβnamely the Colonial Secretary, Attorney-General and the Surveyor-Generalβwhile the remaining three were "non-official nominees".
Of the 12 elected representatives, two members each represented Perth and Fremantle, while the remainder represented the rural districts. Franchise was limited to free men who owned Β£100 of freehold property or paid Β£10 per annum rent. An amendment proclaimed on 17 August 1871 allowed former prisoners who had been granted a conditional pardon and who met the above conditions to vote.
Name | District/Office | Years in office |
---|---|---|
Sir Frederick Barlee | Colonial Secretary | 1855β1875 |
Maitland Brown | Nominee | 1870β1872; 1874β1876 |
John Bussell | Vasse | 1870β1872 |
Julien Carr | Perth | 1868β1873 |
James Drummond | Toodyay | 1870β1873 |
Malcolm Fraser | Surveyor-General | 1870β1886; 1887β1890 |
Thomas Gull | Swan | 1870β1872 |
Albert Hassell [1] | Albany | 1871β1874 |
Luke Leake | Perth | 1870β1886 |
James George Lee-Steere | Wellington | 1868β1880; 1885β1890 |
Major Logue | Geraldton | 1870β1874 |
John McKail [1] | Albany | 1870β1871 |
William Marmion | Nominee | 1870β1890 |
John Monger | York | 1870β1875 |
William Dalgety Moore | Fremantle | 1870β1872 |
Edward Newman | Fremantle | 1870β1872 |
Samuel Phillips | Nominee | 1857β1872 |
George Shenton | Greenough | 1870β1873, 1875β1906 |
Robert Walcott | Attorney-General | 1870β1872 |