This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1940 to 21 May 1944. 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.
On 16 January 1942, the Governor assented to the Legislative Council (Postponement of Election) Act 1941 (No. 50 of 1941), which extended the terms of all Councillors whose terms expired on 21 May 1942. This was done, in the words of the Act's preamble, due to the "pressing national emergency arising out of the war with Japan in which the Commonwealth of Australia is presently engaged". Later amendments fixed the date as 21 May 1944, and extended all other Councillors' terms by two years.
Name | Party | Province | Term expires |
Years in office |
---|---|---|---|---|
Charles Baxter | Country | East | 1946 | 1914β1950 |
Leonard Bolton | Nationalist | Metropolitan | 1944 | 1932β1948 |
Sir Hal Colebatch | Nationalist | Metropolitan | 1948 | 1912β1923; 1940β1948 |
James Cornell | Nationalist | South | 1944 | 1912β1946 |
Cyril Cornish [2] | Independent | North | 1946 | 1942β1946 |
Les Craig | Nationalist | South-West | 1944 | 1934β1956 |
James Dimmitt | Nationalist | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1946 | 1938β1953 |
John Drew | Labor | Central | 1944 | 1900β1918; 1924β1947 |
Gilbert Fraser | Labor | West | 1948 | 1928β1958 |
Frank Gibson [3] | Nationalist | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1944 | 1942β1956 |
Edmund Gray | Labor | West | 1946 | 1923β1952 |
Edmund Hall | Country | Central | 1948 | 1928β1947 |
William Hall | Labor | North-East | 1946 | 1938β1963 |
Vernon Hamersley | Country | East | 1948 | 1904β1946 |
Eric Heenan | Labor | North-East | 1944 | 1936β1968 |
James Hislop [1] | Nationalist | Metropolitan | 1946 | 1941β1971 |
Joseph Holmes [2] | Independent | North | 1946 | 1914β1942 |
Sir John Kirwan | Independent | South | 1946 | 1908β1946 |
William Kitson | Labor | West | 1944 | 1924β1947 |
James Macfarlane [3] | Nationalist | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1944 | 1922β1928; 1930β1942 |
William Mann | Nationalist | South-West | 1946 | 1926β1951 |
George Miles | Ind. Nat. | North | 1944 | 1916β1950 |
Thomas Moore | Labor | Central | 1946 | 1920β1926; 1932β1946 |
John Nicholson [1] | Nationalist | Metropolitan | 1946 | 1918β1941 |
Hubert Parker | Nationalist | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1948 | 1934β1954 |
Harold Piesse | Country | South-East | 1946 | 1932β1946 |
Hugh Roche | Country | South-East | 1948 | 1940β1960 |
Harold Seddon | Nationalist | North-East | 1948 | 1922β1954 |
Alec Thomson | Country | South-East | 1944 | 1931β1950 |
Hobart Tuckey | Nationalist | South-West | 1948 | 1934β1951 |
Frank Welsh | Nationalist | North | 1948 | 1940β1954 |
Charles Williams | Labor | South | 1948 | 1928β1948 |
Garnet Barrington Wood | Country | East | 1944 | 1936β1952 |
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1940 to 21 May 1944. 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.
On 16 January 1942, the Governor assented to the Legislative Council (Postponement of Election) Act 1941 (No. 50 of 1941), which extended the terms of all Councillors whose terms expired on 21 May 1942. This was done, in the words of the Act's preamble, due to the "pressing national emergency arising out of the war with Japan in which the Commonwealth of Australia is presently engaged". Later amendments fixed the date as 21 May 1944, and extended all other Councillors' terms by two years.
Name | Party | Province | Term expires |
Years in office |
---|---|---|---|---|
Charles Baxter | Country | East | 1946 | 1914β1950 |
Leonard Bolton | Nationalist | Metropolitan | 1944 | 1932β1948 |
Sir Hal Colebatch | Nationalist | Metropolitan | 1948 | 1912β1923; 1940β1948 |
James Cornell | Nationalist | South | 1944 | 1912β1946 |
Cyril Cornish [2] | Independent | North | 1946 | 1942β1946 |
Les Craig | Nationalist | South-West | 1944 | 1934β1956 |
James Dimmitt | Nationalist | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1946 | 1938β1953 |
John Drew | Labor | Central | 1944 | 1900β1918; 1924β1947 |
Gilbert Fraser | Labor | West | 1948 | 1928β1958 |
Frank Gibson [3] | Nationalist | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1944 | 1942β1956 |
Edmund Gray | Labor | West | 1946 | 1923β1952 |
Edmund Hall | Country | Central | 1948 | 1928β1947 |
William Hall | Labor | North-East | 1946 | 1938β1963 |
Vernon Hamersley | Country | East | 1948 | 1904β1946 |
Eric Heenan | Labor | North-East | 1944 | 1936β1968 |
James Hislop [1] | Nationalist | Metropolitan | 1946 | 1941β1971 |
Joseph Holmes [2] | Independent | North | 1946 | 1914β1942 |
Sir John Kirwan | Independent | South | 1946 | 1908β1946 |
William Kitson | Labor | West | 1944 | 1924β1947 |
James Macfarlane [3] | Nationalist | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1944 | 1922β1928; 1930β1942 |
William Mann | Nationalist | South-West | 1946 | 1926β1951 |
George Miles | Ind. Nat. | North | 1944 | 1916β1950 |
Thomas Moore | Labor | Central | 1946 | 1920β1926; 1932β1946 |
John Nicholson [1] | Nationalist | Metropolitan | 1946 | 1918β1941 |
Hubert Parker | Nationalist | Metropolitan-Suburban | 1948 | 1934β1954 |
Harold Piesse | Country | South-East | 1946 | 1932β1946 |
Hugh Roche | Country | South-East | 1948 | 1940β1960 |
Harold Seddon | Nationalist | North-East | 1948 | 1922β1954 |
Alec Thomson | Country | South-East | 1944 | 1931β1950 |
Hobart Tuckey | Nationalist | South-West | 1948 | 1934β1951 |
Frank Welsh | Nationalist | North | 1948 | 1940β1954 |
Charles Williams | Labor | South | 1948 | 1928β1948 |
Garnet Barrington Wood | Country | East | 1944 | 1936β1952 |