This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 27 July 1896 to 9 May 1898. The chamber had 21 seats made up of seven provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1896, which passed after the 1896 Council election, created a new seat of North-East Province, which had its inaugural election on 29 June 1897 with terms expiring in 1904, 1902 and 1900.
Name | Province | Term expires |
Years in office |
---|---|---|---|
William Alexander | Central | 1898 | 1895β1898 |
Henry Briggs | West | 1898 | 1896β1919 |
R. G. Burges | East | 1898 | 1894β1903 |
Daniel Keen Congdon | West | 1900 | 1887β1890; 1892β1900 |
Frederick Crowder | South-East | 1900 | 1894β1900; 1901β1902 |
Charles Dempster | East | 1900 | 1873β1874; 1894β1907 |
John Winthrop Hackett | South-West | 1900 | 1890β1916 |
Richard Septimus Haynes | Central | 1902 | 1896β1902 |
Samuel Johnson Haynes | South-East | 1898 | 1894β1910 |
Andrew Henning | North-East | 1898 | 1897β1898 |
Alfred Kidson | West | 1902 | 1895β1902 |
Donald McDonald MacKay | North | 1902 | 1896β1902 |
Edward McLarty | South-West | 1898 | 1894β1916 |
Alexander Matheson | North-East | 1902 | 1897β1901 |
Stephen Henry Parker [1] | Metropolitan | 1898 | 1878β1888; 1889β1890; 1892β1897 |
Harold Parsons | North-East | 1900 | 1897β1900 |
Charles Piesse | South-East | 1902 | 1894β1914 |
George Randell [1] | Metropolitan | 1898 | 1875β1878; 1880β1890; 1893β1894; 1897β1910 |
John Richardson | North | 1898 | 1894β1904 |
Henry Saunders | Metropolitan | 1902 | 1894β1902; 1918β1919 |
Sir George Shenton | Metropolitan | 1900 | 1870β1873; 1875β1906 |
William Spencer | South-West | 1902 | 1896β1901 |
Frank Stone | North | 1900 | 1894β1906 |
John Howard Taylor | East | 1902 | 1896β1899 |
Edward Wittenoom | Central | 1900 | 1883β1884; 1885β1886; 1894β1898; 1902β1906; 1910β1934 |
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 27 July 1896 to 9 May 1898. The chamber had 21 seats made up of seven provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1896, which passed after the 1896 Council election, created a new seat of North-East Province, which had its inaugural election on 29 June 1897 with terms expiring in 1904, 1902 and 1900.
Name | Province | Term expires |
Years in office |
---|---|---|---|
William Alexander | Central | 1898 | 1895β1898 |
Henry Briggs | West | 1898 | 1896β1919 |
R. G. Burges | East | 1898 | 1894β1903 |
Daniel Keen Congdon | West | 1900 | 1887β1890; 1892β1900 |
Frederick Crowder | South-East | 1900 | 1894β1900; 1901β1902 |
Charles Dempster | East | 1900 | 1873β1874; 1894β1907 |
John Winthrop Hackett | South-West | 1900 | 1890β1916 |
Richard Septimus Haynes | Central | 1902 | 1896β1902 |
Samuel Johnson Haynes | South-East | 1898 | 1894β1910 |
Andrew Henning | North-East | 1898 | 1897β1898 |
Alfred Kidson | West | 1902 | 1895β1902 |
Donald McDonald MacKay | North | 1902 | 1896β1902 |
Edward McLarty | South-West | 1898 | 1894β1916 |
Alexander Matheson | North-East | 1902 | 1897β1901 |
Stephen Henry Parker [1] | Metropolitan | 1898 | 1878β1888; 1889β1890; 1892β1897 |
Harold Parsons | North-East | 1900 | 1897β1900 |
Charles Piesse | South-East | 1902 | 1894β1914 |
George Randell [1] | Metropolitan | 1898 | 1875β1878; 1880β1890; 1893β1894; 1897β1910 |
John Richardson | North | 1898 | 1894β1904 |
Henry Saunders | Metropolitan | 1902 | 1894β1902; 1918β1919 |
Sir George Shenton | Metropolitan | 1900 | 1870β1873; 1875β1906 |
William Spencer | South-West | 1902 | 1896β1901 |
Frank Stone | North | 1900 | 1894β1906 |
John Howard Taylor | East | 1902 | 1896β1899 |
Edward Wittenoom | Central | 1900 | 1883β1884; 1885β1886; 1894β1898; 1902β1906; 1910β1934 |