This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council

Western Australian Legislative Council

The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the Legislative Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state...

from 16 July 1894 to 27 July 1896. The chamber had 21 seats made up of seven provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election. As this was the first election of the Legislative Council under responsible government

Responsible government

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 in Western Australia

Western Australia

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, following the passage of the Constitution Act Amendment Act 1893, all seats were vacant at the time of the election, and therefore the candidate with most votes in each province was elected for six years, the second-most for four years and the third-most for two years.

Name	Province	Term expires	Years in office
William Alexander	Central	1898	1895–1898
Henry Briggs	West	1898	1896–1919
Richard Burges	East	1898	1894–1903
Daniel Congdon	West	1900	1887–1890; 1892–1900
Frederick Crowder Frederick Crowder Frederick Crowder may refer to:* Petre Crowder, Petre Crowder, British politician* Frederick Crowder , English cricketer* Frederick Crowder , Western Australian politician...	South-East	1900	1894–1900; 1901–1902
Edward Davies	West	1898	1894–1896
Charles Dempster Charles Dempster Charles Stewart 'Stewie' Dempster was a former New Zealand cricketer and coach...	East	1900	1873–1874; 1894–1907
John Foulkes	South-West	1896	1894–1896
John Winthrop Hackett	South-West	1900	1890–1916
Richard Hardey	East	1896	1876–1880; 1890–1896
Samuel Haynes	South-East	1898	1894–1910
Ernest Henty Ernest Henty Ernest George Henty was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1894 to 1895.Born in Albury, New South Wales on 17 September 1862, Ernest Henty was the son of squatter Richard Henty, who was the first white child to be born in the colony of Victoria. The famous Henty brothers,...	Central	1898	1894–1895
Hugh McKernan	Central	1896	1894–1896
Alfred Kidson	West	1896	1895–1902
Edward McLarty	South-West	1898	1894–1916
Thomas Marshall	West	1896	1894–1895
Stephen Henry Parker Stephen Henry Parker Sir Stephen Henry Parker KCMG was a lawyer and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia from 1906 to 1914.-Early life:...	Metropolitan Metropolitan Province The Metropolitan Province was a multi-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the metropolitan region of Perth. It was created by the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1893, and became effective on 22 May 1894 following the first council elections following...	1898	1878–1888; 1889–1890; 1892–1897
Charles Piesse	South-East	1896	1894–1914
John Richardson	North	1898	1894–1904
Edward Robinson Edward Robinson (Australian politician) Edward Robinson was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1894 to 1896.Born in Brompton, East Suffolk, England, Robinson was the son of veterinarian William Robinson, and Margaret née Mary. At the age of four he emigrated to Western Australia with his family, arriving on...	North	1896	1894–1896
Henry Saunders Henry Saunders Henry John Saunders was an English-born Australian politician. Born in London, he was educated in Bristol at Clifton College before becoming a civil engineer. In 1884 he migrated to Australia. He was involved in local politics and sat on Perth City Council, serving as mayor in 1895; he was also a...	Metropolitan Metropolitan Province The Metropolitan Province was a multi-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the metropolitan region of Perth. It was created by the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1893, and became effective on 22 May 1894 following the first council elections following...	1896	1894–1902; 1918–1919
Sir George Shenton George Shenton Sir George Shenton was a prominent businessman in colonial Western Australia, the first Mayor of Perth, and a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for over thirty years.-Early and family life:...	Metropolitan Metropolitan Province The Metropolitan Province was a multi-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the metropolitan region of Perth. It was created by the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1893, and became effective on 22 May 1894 following the first council elections following...	1900	1870–1873; 1875–1906
Frank Stone	North	1900	1894–1906
Edward Wittenoom Edward Wittenoom Sir Edward Charles Wittenoom KCMG was an Australian politician, member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for thirty four years.- Early life :...	Central	1900	1883–1884; 1885–1886; 1894–1898; 1902–1906; 1910–1934