Nelson was an electoral district

Electoral districts of Western Australia

The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as electorates or seats....

 of the Legislative Assembly

Western Australian Legislative Assembly

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 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of Western Australia

Western Australia

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 from 1890 to 1950.

The district was based in the south-western part of Western Australia, including towns such as Manjimup

Manjimup, Western Australia

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 and Pemberton

Pemberton, Western Australia

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, and was named for the Nelson

Nelson Land District

Nelson Land District is a land district of Western Australia, located within the South West Division on the state's south coast...

 land district which formed its original boundaries. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.

Nelson was abolished at the 1950 state election. Its last member, William Bovell of the Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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, transferred to the new seat of Warren.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	James George Lee-Steere James George Lee-Steere Sir James George Lee Steere KCMG was a Western Australian politician and a prominent member of the six hungry families....	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1890–1897
		Ministerial	1897–1903
	John Walter	Ministerial	1903–1904
	Charles Layman	Independent	1904–1905
		Ministerial	1905–1911
		Liberal (WA)	1911–1914
	Francis Willmott	Country National Party of Western Australia The National Party of Western Australia is a political party in Western Australia. It is affiliated with the National Party of Australia but maintains a separate structure and identity....	1914–1921
	John Henry Smith	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1921
		Country	1921–1923
		Country (MCP)	1923–1924
		Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime...	1924–1936
	Clarence Doust	Independent	1936–1939
	John Henry Smith	Nationalist	1939–1943
	Ernest Hoar Ernest Hoar Ernest Knight Hoar was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1943 to 1957, representing Nelson until 1950 and Warren-Blackwood thereafter. He served as Minister for Lands and Agriculture from 1953 to 1957....	Labor	1943–1950