Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1956–1959
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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
between the 1956 election and the 1959 election
, together known as the 22nd Parliament.
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth....
between the 1956 election and the 1959 election
Western Australian state election, 1959
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 21 March 1959 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The result was a hung parliament—the two-term Labor government, led by Premier Bert Hawke, was defeated with an average swing against it of about 7 per cent, but the...
, together known as the 22nd Parliament.
| Name | Party | 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.... |
Years in office |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Ackland John Ackland (politician) John Hugh Ackland was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1947 until 1958 representing the seats of Irwin-Moore and Moore.-Biography:... |
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.... |
Moore Electoral district of Moore Moore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Moore has had three incarnations as an electorate. It its first incarnation, Moore was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.... |
1947–1958 |
| Hugh Andrew | Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
Victoria Park Electoral district of Victoria Park The Electoral district of Victoria Park is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Victoria Park is named for the inner southeastern Perth suburb of Victoria Park which falls within its borders.-History:... |
1953–1961 |
| Arthur Bickerton | Labor | Pilbara | 1958–1974 |
| William Bovell | Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
Vasse Electoral district of Vasse -External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:... |
1947–1971 |
| John Brady | Labor | Guildford-Midland | 1948–1974 |
| David Brand David Brand Sir David Brand KCMG was the 19th and longest serving Premier of Western Australia and a Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1945 to 1975.-Early life:... |
Liberal | Greenough Electoral district of Greenough Greenough was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 2008.Greenough was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district was based in the northern part of Western Australia's Wheatbelt region... |
1945–1975 |
| George Cornell | Country | Mount Marshall Electoral district of Mount Marshall Mount Marshall was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1930 to 1989.-History:The seat was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1929 and was first contested in the 1930 state election... |
1947–1967 |
| Charles Court Charles Court Sir Charles Walter Michael Court, was a Western Australian politician, 21st Premier of Western Australia and member for the seat of Nedlands for the Liberal Party for nearly 30 years.-Early life:... |
Liberal | Nedlands Electoral district of Nedlands The Electoral district of Nedlands is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Nedlands is named for the inner western Perth suburb of Nedlands which falls within its borders.-History:... |
1953–1982 |
| Harold Crommelin | Liberal | Claremont Electoral district of Claremont Claremont was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1968.Located in the affluent western suburbs of Perth, it was a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessor parties... |
1956–1968 |
| Tom Evans | Labor | Kalgoorlie Electoral district of Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district includes not only the town of Kalgoorlie, but significant parts of the outback in central and eastern Western Australia.... |
1956–1980 |
| Bill Gaffy | Labor | Canning Electoral district of Canning The Electoral district of Canning was an electorate in the state of Western Australia. The electorate, which was named for the Canning River which ran through the electorate, was first contested at the 1897 elections and was abolished in the 1988 redistribution... |
1956–1959 |
| Herb Graham Herb Graham -Biography:Graham was born in Narrogin, Western Australia on 6 April 1911 to parents from South Australia. Graham attended school in Narrogin and Northam.... |
Labor | East Perth Electoral district of East Perth East Perth was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1962.Based in inner urban Perth, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district's member from 1894 to 1904 was Walter James,... |
1943–1973 |
| Bill Grayden Bill Grayden William Leonard "Bill" Grayden AM was an Australian politician. Born in Perth, Western Australia, he was educated at state schools and then at Perth Technical College, becoming a mechanical engineer. He served in the military from 1940-1946... |
Ind. Lib. | South Perth Electoral district of South Perth South Perth is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is located in the suburbs immediately south of the Perth CBD.... |
1947–1949; 1956–1993 |
| Jack Hall | Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
Albany Electoral district of Albany The Electoral district of Albany is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Albany is named for the port and regional city of Western Australia which falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia, with its first member having been... |
1956–1970 |
| Hon Albert Hawke Albert Hawke Albert Redvers George Hawke was the 18th Premier of Western Australia.Hawke was born to James Renfrey Hawke and Eliza Ann Blinman Pascoe, both of Cornish descent, in Kapunda, South Australia... |
Labor | Northam Electoral district of Northam Northam was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1974.The district was based on the town of Northam lying to the east of Perth. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election. The district was abolished... |
1933–1968 |
| Stanley Heal | Labor | West Perth Electoral district of West Perth The Electoral district of West Perth was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for its location immediately to the west of the central business district of Perth.... |
1953–1965 |
| John Hearman | Liberal | Blackwood Electoral district of Blackwood Blackwood was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1974.The district was located in the south-west of the state and first contested at the 1950 state election. The seat was abolished ahead of the 1974 state election.-Members for... |
1950–1968 |
| Bill Hegney | Labor | Mount Hawthorn Electoral district of Mount Hawthorn The Electoral district of Mount Hawthorn was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for the inner northern Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn, which fell within its borders.... |
1939–1968 |
| James Hegney | Labor | Middle Swan Electoral district of Middle Swan Middle Swan was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1930 to 1962.The district was located in the eastern suburbs of Perth... |
1930–1947; 1950–1968 |
| 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 | Warren | 1943–1957 |
| Ross Hutchinson Ross Hutchinson Ross Hutchinson was an Australian rules footballer, coach and politician. He played for and coached East Fremantle, West Perth and South Fremantle in the West Australian National Football League before spending 27 years as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.An alumnus of... |
Liberal | Cottesloe Electoral district of Cottesloe The Electoral district of Cottesloe is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Cottesloe is named for the western Perth suburb of Cottesloe which falls within its borders.-History:... |
1950–1977 |
| Colin Jamieson Colin Jamieson Colin John Jamieson, AO JP , was a politician in Western Australia. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1953 until 1986, as the Minister for Works and Water Supplies in the Tonkin Ministry and as Leader of the Opposition... |
Labor | Beeloo Electoral district of Beeloo Beeloo was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1956 to 1968. Beeloo was named for one of the three clans of Nyungar people who inhabited the Perth metropolitan area prior to European settlement... |
1953–1986 |
| Ted Johnson Ted Johnson (politician) Stephen Edward Ingram "Ted" Johnson was an Australian politician.Born in Derbyshire to Stephen Henry Johnson, a schoolteacher, and Barbara Foster-Barham, Johnson and his family migrated to Fremantle in 1912. Johnson worked in various temporary jobs before becoming a bank officer... |
Labor | Leederville Electoral district of Leederville The Electoral district of Leederville was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for the inner northern Perth suburb of Leederville, which fell within its borders... |
1952–1959 |
| Lionel Kelly | Labor | Merredin-Yilgarn | 1941–1968 |
| Stan Lapham | Labor | North Perth Electoral district of North Perth The Electoral district of North Perth was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for its location immediately to the north of the central business district of Perth.... |
1953–1959; 1968–1974 |
| Phillip Lawrence Phillip Lawrence Phillip Richard Lawrence was an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1951 to 1960, representing the district of South Fremantle.... |
Labor | South Fremantle Electoral district of South Fremantle South Fremantle was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1962.Based in urban South Fremantle, the district was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
1951–1960 |
| Edgar Lewis | Country | Moore Electoral district of Moore Moore is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Moore has had three incarnations as an electorate. It its first incarnation, Moore was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.... |
1958–1974 |
| James Mann | Liberal | Avon Valley Electoral district of Avon Avon was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1911 to 2008. The name of the district was changed to Avon Valley in 1950, but reverted back to its original name in 1962.... |
1930–1962 |
| Iven Manning | Liberal | Harvey Electoral district of Harvey Harvey was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1962.The district was based on the town of Harvey lying to the south of Perth. The seat's only member was Liberal MP Iven Manning, who went on to become the member for Wellington... |
1950–1974 |
| William Manning | Country | Narrogin Electoral district of Narrogin Narrogin was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1989.The district was based around the town of Narrogin in the southern part of the state. The seat was won on every occasion by the National Party.-Members:... |
1956–1974 |
| Frederick Marshall Frederick Marshall Frederick Marshall was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1956 until 1959 representing the seats of Wembley Beaches.-Biography:... |
Labor | Wembley Beaches Electoral district of Wembley Beaches The Electoral district of Wembley Beaches was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for the inner western Perth suburb of Wembley, which fell within its borders.... |
1956–1959 |
| Harry May | Labor | Collie | 1947–1968 |
| Sir Ross McLarty Ross McLarty Sir Duncan Ross McLarty KBE MM was the 17th Premier of Western Australia.-Early life:McLarty was born in Pinjarra, Western Australia, the youngest of seven children of Edward McLarty, a farmer and grazier and member of the Western Australian Legislative Council, and his wife Mary Jane, née Campbell... |
Liberal | Murray | 1930–1962 |
| Arthur Moir | Labor | Boulder Electoral district of Boulder Boulder was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1901 to 1977.The district was located in the Goldfields-Esperance region, and was based in the town of Boulder and its suburbs... |
1951–1971 |
| Crawford Nalder | Country | Katanning Electoral district of Katanning Katanning was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1904 to 1989.The district was based around the town of Katanning in the southern part of the state... |
1947–1974 |
| Daniel Norton | Labor | Gascoyne Electoral district of Gascoyne Gascoyne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1989.The district was located in the Western Australian outback, in the north-west of the state... |
1953–1974 |
| Emil Nulsen | Labor | Eyre Electoral district of Eyre Eyre is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district covers large tracts of the rural south-east of Western Australia... |
1932–1962 |
| Everard O'Brien | Labor | Murchison | 1952–1959 |
| Edward Oldfield Edward Oldfield Edward Peate Oldfield was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1951 until 1965 representing the seats of Maylands and Mount Lawley at different times.-Biography:... |
Ind. Lib. | Mount Lawley Electoral district of Mount Lawley Mount Lawley is an electorate in the state of Western Australia. Mount Lawley is named for the inner north-eastern Perth suburb of Mount Lawley which falls within its borders.... |
1951–1965 |
| Ray Owen | Country | Darling Range Electoral district of Darling Range Darling Range is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is based to the east and south-east of Perth.-Geography:Darling Range is situated in the outer east and south-east of Perth... |
1944–1947; 1950–1962 |
| Charles Perkins | Country | Roe Electoral district of Roe Roe was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1983 and again from 1989 to 2008.The district was based in the rural south of Western Australia... |
1942–1962 |
| Percival Potter | Labor | Subiaco Electoral district of Subiaco The Electoral district of Subiaco was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for the inner western Perth suburb of Subiaco, which fell within its borders... |
1956–1959 |
| John Rhatigan | Labor | Kimberley Electoral district of Kimberley -External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:... |
1953–1968 |
| George Roberts | Liberal | Bunbury Electoral district of Bunbury The Electoral district of Bunbury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district, taking in the city of Bunbury has existed continuously since 1890, being one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
1955–1962 |
| Alec Rodoreda | Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
Pilbara | 1933–1958 |
| Joseph Rowberry | Labor | Warren | 1958–1968 |
| Bill Sewell | Labor | Geraldton Electoral district of Geraldton Geraldton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Geraldton was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election... |
1950–1974 |
| Joseph Sleeman | Labor | Fremantle Electoral district of Fremantle Fremantle is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is located in the inner south-west of Perth, centring on the port of Fremantle.... |
1924–1959 |
| Lindsay Thorn | Country | Toodyay Electoral district of Toodyay Toodyay was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1977.The district was based on the town of Toodyay lying to the north-east of Perth. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 state election.The district was... |
1930–1959 |
| Merv Toms | Labor | Maylands Electoral district of Maylands Maylands is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Maylands is named for the inner northeastern Perth suburb of Maylands which falls within its borders.... |
1956–1971 |
| John Tonkin John Tonkin John Trezise Tonkin AC , popularly known as "Honest John", was the 20th Premier of Western Australia , taking power after the almost 12 year term of Liberal Sir David Brand.... |
Labor | Melville Electoral district of Melville Melville was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1996.The district was based in the southern suburbs of Perth, and in the main roughly corresponds today to the district of Willagee and parts of Alfred Cove.-History:First... |
1933–1977 |
| Arthur Watts | Country | Stirling Electoral district of Stirling Stirling was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 2008.The district was located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.-Geography:... |
1935–1962 |
| Gerald Wild | Liberal | Dale Electoral district of Dale Dale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 1989.Dale was a predominately rural based to the east of Perth. It was a safe seat for the Liberal Party. The district was abolished ahead of the 1989 state election, whence its last... |
1947–1965 |