Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1898–1900

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 9 May 1898 to 14 May 1900. The chamber had 24 seats made up of eight provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election.

Name	Province	Term expires	Years in office
Henry Briggs	West	1904	1896–1919
Richard Burges	East	1904	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
Charles Dempster Charles Dempster Charles Stewart 'Stewie' Dempster was a former New Zealand cricketer and coach...	East	1900	1873–1874; 1894–1907
John Winthrop Hackett	South-West	1900	1890–1916
Richard Septimus Haynes	Central	1902	1896–1902
Samuel Haynes	South-East	1904	1894–1910
Arthur Jenkins	North-East	1904	1898–1904; 1908–1917
Alfred Kidson	West	1902	1895–1902
William Loton William Loton Sir William Thorley Loton , was an Australian politician.-Early life:Born at Dilhorne in Staffordshire, England on 11 June 1839, William Loton was the son of publican and farmer Joseph Loton. He was educated by private tutor, but abandoned his schooling at the age of 14 to join the London firm of...	Central	1900	1889–1890; 1898–1900; 1902–1908
Henry Lukin	East	1902	1899–1901
Donald MacKay Donald Mackay Donald Bruce Mackay was an Australian anti-drugs campaigner who came to fame in 1977 through the circumstances of his murder.Mackay was born in Griffith and raised in Sydney...	North	1902	1896–1902
Edward McLarty	South-West	1904	1894–1916
Alexander Matheson Alexander Matheson (Australian politician) Sir Alexander Perceval Matheson, 3rd Baronet was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was the son of Sir Alexander Matheson, 1st Baronet, a Scottish member of the House of Commons. Educated in England at Harrow School, he migrated to Australia in 1894, becoming a commercial agent and company...	North-East	1902	1897–1901
Harold Parsons	North-East	1900	1897–1900
Charles Piesse	South-East	1902	1894–1914
George Randell George Randell George Randell was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1873–1875 and 1880–1890, then when representative self-government was achieved in 1890, won the seat of Moore in the new Legislative Assembly...	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...	1904	1875–1878; 1880–1890; 1893–1894; 1897–1910
John Richardson	North	1904	1894–1904
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...	1902	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
William Spencer	South-West	1902	1896–1901
Frank Stone	North	1900	1894–1906
John Taylor	East	1902	1896–1899
Frederic Whitcombe Frederic Whitcombe Frederic Whitcombe was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1898 to 1900....	Central	1904	1898–1900

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.