Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1980–1983
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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
from 1980
to 1983
:
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....
from 1980
Western Australian state election, 1980
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 23 February 1980 to elect all 55 members to the Legislative Assembly and 16 members to the 32-seat Legislative Council...
to 1983
Western Australian state election, 1983
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 19 February 1983 to elect all 57 members to the Legislative Assembly and 18 members to the 34-seat Legislative Council....
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| 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 |
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| Mike Barnett | 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... |
Rockingham Electoral district of Rockingham Rockingham is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is located in the outer south-western suburbs of Perth.Rockingham has been held at all times by the Labor Party.-Geography:... |
1974–1996 |
| Tom Bateman | 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... |
1968–1989 |
| Ron Bertram | 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.... |
1968–1989 |
| Barry Blaikie | 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:... |
1971–1996 |
| Ernie Bridge Ernie Bridge Ernest Frances "Ernie" Bridge is an Australian politician and country music singer. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 2001, representing the electorate of Kimberley, first as an Australian Labor Party representative and then as an independent MP... |
Labor | Kimberley Electoral district of Kimberley -External links:* ABC Election Profiles: * WAEC District Maps:... |
1980–2001 |
| Mal Bryce Mal Bryce Malcolm John "Mal" Bryce AO was the Labor member for Ascot in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1988. He was Deputy Premier to Brian Burke from 1983 to 1988.-References:... |
Labor | Ascot Electoral district of Ascot Ascot was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1968 to 1989.The district was based in the eastern suburbs of Perth. First contested at the 1968 state election, its first member was Merv Toms, hitherto the member for Bayswater, who... |
1971–1988 |
| Brian Burke Brian Burke Brian Thomas Burke was Labor premier of Western Australia from 25 February 1983 until his resignation on 25 February 1988... |
Labor | Balcatta Electoral district of Balcatta The Electoral district of Balcatta is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is based in Perth's northern suburbs. Politically, it has been considered a safe Labor seat throughout its history, although is presently marginal... |
1973–1988 |
| Terry Burke Terry Burke Terence Joseph "Terry" Burke is a former member for the seat of Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly . He held the seat between 1968 and 1987.... |
Labor | Perth Electoral district of Perth The Electoral district of Perth is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Perth is named for the capital city of Western Australia whose central business district falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia, with its first member... |
1968–1987 |
| Jeff Carr | 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... |
1974–1991 |
| Jim Clarko Jim Clarko Jim Clarko is a former Australian Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Karrinyup between 1974 and 1989, when the seat was abolished, and for Marmion from 1989 to the seat's abolition in 1996. From May 1982, he was Australia's Minister for Education.-References:... |
Liberal | Karrinyup Electoral district of Karrinyup Karrinyup was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1962 to 1989.The district was based in the beachside northern suburbs of Perth... |
1974–1996 |
| Sir 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 |
| Richard Court Richard Court Richard Fairfax Court AC , was a Western Australian politician, representing the seat of Nedlands in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the Liberal Party of Australia from 1982 to 2001. He served as Premier of Western Australia from 1993 to 2001.Court was born into an old political... |
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:... |
1982–2001 |
| Hendy Cowan Hendy Cowan Hendy John Cowan is a former Australian politician who served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly as the Member for Merredin-Yilgarn from 30 March 1974 and the Member for Merredin from 19 February 1977... |
National 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.... |
Merredin Electoral district of Merredin Merredin was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1950 to 2008.Originally known as Merredin-Yilgarn, the name was shortened in 1977... |
1974–2001 |
| Peter Coyne | Liberal | Murchison-Eyre Electoral district of Murchison-Eyre Murchison-Eyre was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1989 and again from 2005 to 2008.... |
1971–1986 |
| June Craig | Liberal | Wellington Electoral district of Wellington (Western Australia) Wellington was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district had three incarnations and was based in the south-west of the state.-Members:... |
1974–1983 |
| Albert Crane | National 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.... |
1974–1989 |
| Dr Tom Dadour | Liberal | 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... |
1971–1986 |
| David Evans | Labor | Warren | 1968–1989 |
| Ron Davies Ron Davies (Western Australian politician) Ronald "Ron" Davies was an Australian politician, who was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Victoria Park from 1961 to 1986.... |
Labor | 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:... |
1961–1986 |
| Edward 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.... |
1980–1981 |
| 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... |
Liberal | 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 |
| Geoff Grewar | Liberal | 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... |
1974–1983 |
| Julian Grill Julian Grill Julian Fletcher Grill is a former member of the Australian Labor Party and Member of the Parliament of Western Australia as the Member for Eyre.... |
Labor | Yilgarn-Dundas Electoral district of Yilgarn-Dundas Esperance-Dundas was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1977 to 1983.The district was located in the Goldfields-Esperance region, and was based in Boulder and took in some Kalgoorlie suburbs, while extending west to Coolgardie and... |
1977–2001 |
| John Harman | 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.... |
1968–1986 |
| Bill Hassell | 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:... |
1977–1990 |
| Tom Herzfeld | Liberal | Mundaring Electoral district of Mundaring Mundaring was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1974 to 1989.The district was located east of Perth.-History:... |
1977–1983 |
| Gordon Hill | Labor | Swan Electoral district of Swan Swan was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950 and again from 1962 to 1983.... |
1982–1994 |
| Barry Hodge | 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... |
1977–1989 |
| 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 | Welshpool Electoral district of Welshpool Welshpool was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1974 to 1989.The district was based in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth. First contested at the 1974 state election, its first member was Colin Jamieson, hitherto the member for Belmont... |
1953–1986 |
| Peter Jones | National 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:... |
1974–1986 |
| Tom Jones Tom Jones (Australian politician) Thomas Henry Jones OAM is a retired Australian politician and trade union leader. He served the Australian Labor Party as member for Collie from 1968 until his retirement in 1989.-Early life:... |
Labor | Collie | 1968–1989 |
| Ian Laurance | Liberal | 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... |
1974–1987 |
| Ken McIver | Labor | Avon 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.... |
1968–1986 |
| Barry MacKinnon | Liberal | Murdoch Electoral district of Murdoch Murdoch was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia. It existed from 1977 to 1989 and again from 1996 to 2008.... |
1977–1993 |
| Ray McPharlin Ray McPharlin Walter Raymond "Ray" McPharlin was the Country Party member for Mount Marshall in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1967 to 1983.... |
National/NCP | 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... |
1967–1983 |
| Hon Andrew Mensaros Andrew Mensaros Andrew Mensaros, , was a politician in Western Australia. Born in Hungary, and educated at the University of Budapest. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, he served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the division of Floreat from 1968 until his death in 1991... |
Liberal | Floreat Electoral district of Floreat Floreat was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1968 to 1996.The district was based in the inner northwestern suburbs of Perth and was created in the 1966 redistribution... |
1968–1991 |
| Mick Nanovich | Liberal | Whitford Electoral district of Whitford Whitford was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1977 to 1996.-History:The district was based in the northern suburbs of Perth and was created first contested at the 1977 state election... |
1974–1983 |
| Hon Ray O'Connor Ray O'Connor Raymond James "Ray" O'Connor was the 22nd Premier of Western Australia.-Pre-political life:He was born in Perth and attended schools in towns of Narrogin and York, and St Patrick's Boys' School in Perth... |
Liberal | 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.... |
1959–1984 |
| Dick Old | National 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... |
1974–1986 |
| David Parker David Parker (Australian politician) David Charles Parker was an Australian politician from Western Australia, serving as a minister in the Burke Ministry , then as Deputy Premier in the Dowding Ministry... |
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.... |
1980–1990 |
| Bob Pearce Bob Pearce Robert John Pearce was an Australian politician, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1977 until 1993 representing the seats of Gosnells and Armadale.-Biography:... |
Labor | Gosnells Electoral district of Gosnells Gosnells is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is based in the south-eastern suburbs of Perth. It includes almost all of the suburb of Gosnells, large parts of the suburbs of Huntingdale and Thornlie and a small part of the... |
1977–1993 |
| Hon Cyril Rushton | 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... |
1965–1988 |
| Richard Shalders | Liberal | Murray | 1974–1983 |
| John Sibson | 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... |
1973–1983 |
| Jack Skidmore | Labor | Swan Electoral district of Swan Swan was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950 and again from 1962 to 1983.... |
1974–1982 |
| Brian Sodeman | Liberal | Pilbara | 1974–1983 |
| George Spriggs | Liberal | 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... |
1977–1987 |
| Matt Stephens Matt Stephens (politician) Matthew Ernest "Matt" Stephens is a former Western Australian politician. He represented Stirling in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the Country Party from 1971 to 1989. He was Minister for Conservation and Environment and Minister for Fisheries and Forestries from 1974 to... |
National | 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:... |
1971–1989 |
| Alexander Taylor | Labor | Cockburn Electoral district of Cockburn Cockburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is based in Perth's south-western suburbs. Politically, it is a safe Labor seat.-Geography:... |
1968–1984 |
| Ian Taylor Ian Taylor (Australian politician) Ian Taylor is a former Australian politician and Western Australian Deputy Premier and Opposition Leader.Taylor was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in 1981 as the Labor member for Kalgoorlie. In 1986 he was appointed Minister for Health and also held the Aged Care, Lands and... |
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.... |
1981–1996 |
| Ian Thompson Ian Thompson (politician) Ian David Thompson was an Australian politician who served as Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.... |
Liberal | Kalamunda Electoral district of Kalamunda Kalamunda is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Politically, the district is a marginal one... |
1971–1993 |
| Arthur Tonkin | Labor | Morley Electoral district of Morley Morley is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.Morley existed as an electoral district from 1974 to 1996, and was restored as an electorate name in 2008... |
1971–1987 |
| Antony Trethowan | Liberal | East Melville Electoral district of East Melville East Melville was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1962 to 1989.The district was based in the inner southern suburbs of Perth. It was a safe Liberal Party seat.-History:... |
1980–1986 |
| Reg Tubby | 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... |
1975–1989 |
| Leon Watt | Liberal | 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... |
1974–1993 |
| Rex Williams | Liberal | Clontarf Electoral district of Clontarf Clontarf was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1968 to 1989. It was located in the southern suburbs of Perth on the Canning River, including such suburbs as Wilson, Bentley, Karawara, Rossmoyne and Shelley... |
1977–1989 |
| Keith Wilson | Labor | Dianella Electoral district of Dianella Dianella was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1977 to 1983 and again from 1989 to 1996.The district was based in the northern suburbs of Perth.-History:... |
1977–1993 |
| Ray Young Ray Young (politician) Raymond Laurence Young was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1983.... |
Liberal | Scarborough Electoral district of Scarborough Scarborough is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia.The district is a coastal electorate based in the northern suburbs of Perth and is named for the suburb of Scarborough... |
1971–1983 |