This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1916 to 21 May 1918. 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.
In March 1917, the Labor Party split over the matter of military conscription, with a number of Labor members of Parliament either resigning from the Party or being expelled. By May 1917, they had formed a new National Labor Party with a base in the Goldfields region, historically the heart of the Labor vote in Western Australia. In June 1917, they formed a coalition with the new Nationalist Party (which replaced the former Liberal Party) and the Country Party to form a governing coalition in the Legislative Assembly. With these arrangements, another Ministry was formed under new Premier Henry Lefroy.
Name | Party | Province | Term expires |
Years in office |
---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph Allen | Lib. / Nat. | West | 1920 | 1914β1920 |
Richard Ardagh | Labor / Nat. Lab. | North-East | 1918 | 1912β1924 |
Charles Baxter | Country | East | 1920 | 1914β1950 |
Harry Boan [6] | Lib. / Nat. | Metropolitan | 1920 | 1917β1918; 1922β1924 |
Henry Briggs | Lib. / Nat. | West | 1922 | 1896β1919 |
Henry Carson | Country | Central | 1920 | 1914β1920 |
Ephraim Clarke | Lib. / Nat. | South-West | 1920 | 1901β1921 |
Hal Colebatch [3] | Lib. / Nat. | East | 1918 | 1912β1923 |
Francis Connor [5] | Independent | North | 1918 | 1906β1916 |
James Cornell | Labor / Nat. Lab. | South | 1918 | 1912β1946 |
Joseph Cullen [7] | Lib. | South-East | 1918 | 1909β1917 |
James Cunningham [2] | Labor | North-East | 1922 | 1916β1922 |
Jabez Dodd | Labor / Nat. Lab. | South | 1922 | 1910β1928 |
John Drew | Labor | Central | 1918 | 1900β1918; 1924β1947 |
Joseph Duffell | Lib. / Nat. | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1920 | 1914β1926 |
John Ewing [1] | Lib. / Nat. | South-West | 1918 | 1916β1933 |
James Greig | Country | South-East | 1920 | 1916β1925 |
James Griffiths [2] | Labor | North-East | 1922 | 1916 |
Vernon Hamersley [4] | Lib. / Nat. | East | 1922 | 1904β1946 |
James Hickey | Labor | Central | 1922 | 1916β1928 |
Joseph Holmes | Lib. / Ind. | North | 1920 | 1914β1942 |
Arthur Jenkins [6] | Lib. | Metropolitan | 1920 | 1898β1904; 1908β1917 |
Walter Kingsmill | Lib. / Nat. | Metropolitan | 1922 | 1903β1922 |
John Kirwan | Independent | South | 1920 | 1908β1946 |
Robert Lynn | Lib. / Nat. | West | 1918 | 1912β1924 |
Cuthbert McKenzie | Country | South-East | 1922 | 1910β1922 |
George Miles [5] | Independent | North | 1918 | 1916β1950 |
Harry Millington | Labor | North-East | 1920 | 1914β1920 |
John Nicholson [6] | Nationalist | Metropolitan | 1920 | 1918β1941 |
Edwin Rose | Lib. / Nat. | South-West | 1922 | 1916β1934 |
Archibald Sanderson | Lib. / Nat. | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1918 | 1912β1922 |
Athelstan Saw | Lib. / Nat. | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1922 | 1915β1929 |
Charles Sommers | Lib. / Nat. | Metropolitan | 1918 | 1900β1918 |
Hector Stewart [7] | Lib. / Nat. | South-East | 1918 | 1917β1931 |
Sir Edward Wittenoom | Lib. / Nat. | North | 1922 | 1883β1884; 1885β1886; 1894β1898; 1902β1906; 1910β1934 |
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1916 to 21 May 1918. 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.
In March 1917, the Labor Party split over the matter of military conscription, with a number of Labor members of Parliament either resigning from the Party or being expelled. By May 1917, they had formed a new National Labor Party with a base in the Goldfields region, historically the heart of the Labor vote in Western Australia. In June 1917, they formed a coalition with the new Nationalist Party (which replaced the former Liberal Party) and the Country Party to form a governing coalition in the Legislative Assembly. With these arrangements, another Ministry was formed under new Premier Henry Lefroy.
Name | Party | Province | Term expires |
Years in office |
---|---|---|---|---|
Joseph Allen | Lib. / Nat. | West | 1920 | 1914β1920 |
Richard Ardagh | Labor / Nat. Lab. | North-East | 1918 | 1912β1924 |
Charles Baxter | Country | East | 1920 | 1914β1950 |
Harry Boan [6] | Lib. / Nat. | Metropolitan | 1920 | 1917β1918; 1922β1924 |
Henry Briggs | Lib. / Nat. | West | 1922 | 1896β1919 |
Henry Carson | Country | Central | 1920 | 1914β1920 |
Ephraim Clarke | Lib. / Nat. | South-West | 1920 | 1901β1921 |
Hal Colebatch [3] | Lib. / Nat. | East | 1918 | 1912β1923 |
Francis Connor [5] | Independent | North | 1918 | 1906β1916 |
James Cornell | Labor / Nat. Lab. | South | 1918 | 1912β1946 |
Joseph Cullen [7] | Lib. | South-East | 1918 | 1909β1917 |
James Cunningham [2] | Labor | North-East | 1922 | 1916β1922 |
Jabez Dodd | Labor / Nat. Lab. | South | 1922 | 1910β1928 |
John Drew | Labor | Central | 1918 | 1900β1918; 1924β1947 |
Joseph Duffell | Lib. / Nat. | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1920 | 1914β1926 |
John Ewing [1] | Lib. / Nat. | South-West | 1918 | 1916β1933 |
James Greig | Country | South-East | 1920 | 1916β1925 |
James Griffiths [2] | Labor | North-East | 1922 | 1916 |
Vernon Hamersley [4] | Lib. / Nat. | East | 1922 | 1904β1946 |
James Hickey | Labor | Central | 1922 | 1916β1928 |
Joseph Holmes | Lib. / Ind. | North | 1920 | 1914β1942 |
Arthur Jenkins [6] | Lib. | Metropolitan | 1920 | 1898β1904; 1908β1917 |
Walter Kingsmill | Lib. / Nat. | Metropolitan | 1922 | 1903β1922 |
John Kirwan | Independent | South | 1920 | 1908β1946 |
Robert Lynn | Lib. / Nat. | West | 1918 | 1912β1924 |
Cuthbert McKenzie | Country | South-East | 1922 | 1910β1922 |
George Miles [5] | Independent | North | 1918 | 1916β1950 |
Harry Millington | Labor | North-East | 1920 | 1914β1920 |
John Nicholson [6] | Nationalist | Metropolitan | 1920 | 1918β1941 |
Edwin Rose | Lib. / Nat. | South-West | 1922 | 1916β1934 |
Archibald Sanderson | Lib. / Nat. | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1918 | 1912β1922 |
Athelstan Saw | Lib. / Nat. | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1922 | 1915β1929 |
Charles Sommers | Lib. / Nat. | Metropolitan | 1918 | 1900β1918 |
Hector Stewart [7] | Lib. / Nat. | South-East | 1918 | 1917β1931 |
Sir Edward Wittenoom | Lib. / Nat. | North | 1922 | 1883β1884; 1885β1886; 1894β1898; 1902β1906; 1910β1934 |