Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1904–1906

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 30 May 1904 to 21 May 1906. The chamber had thirty seats made up of ten 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
George Bellingham	South	1908	1900–1908
Henry Briggs	West	1910	1896–1919
Thomas Brimage	South	1906	1900–1912
Ephraim Clarke	South-West	1908	1901–1921
James Connolly	North-East	1908	1901–1914
Charles Dempster Charles Dempster Charles Stewart 'Stewie' Dempster was a former New Zealand cricketer and coach...	East	1906	1873–1874; 1894–1907
John Drew	Central	1906	1900–1918; 1924–1947
John Winthrop Hackett	South-West	1906	1890–1916
Vernon Hamersley Vernon Hamersley Vernon Hamersley served the longest term ever as a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council.-Life and career:...	East	1910	1904–1946
Samuel Haynes	South-East	1910	1894–1910
Edward Keane	East	1910	1886–1890; 1904
Walter Kingsmill Walter Kingsmill Sir Walter Kingsmill was an Australian politician.Born in Glenelg, South Australia, he was educated at St Peter's College in Adelaide and at the University of Adelaide before becoming a geologist. Moving to Western Australia in 1888, he became a mine manager...	Metropolitan-Suburban Metropolitan-Suburban Province The Metropolitan-Suburban Province was a three-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 1899, and became effective on 29 August 1900 following a special election to...	1910	1903–1922
Zebina Lane	Metropolitan-Suburban Metropolitan-Suburban Province The Metropolitan-Suburban Province was a three-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 1899, and became effective on 29 August 1900 following a special election to...	1908	1903–1908
Joseph Langsford	Metropolitan-Suburban Metropolitan-Suburban Province The Metropolitan-Suburban Province was a three-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 1899, and became effective on 29 August 1900 following a special election to...	1906	1904–1911
Robert Laurie	West	1906	1901–1912
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...	East	1908	1889–1890; 1898–1900; 1902–1908
Robert McKenzie	North-East	1910	1904–1916
Edward McLarty	South-West	1910	1894–1916
Wesley Maley	South-East	1906	1900–1909
Matthew Moss	West	1908	1900–1901; 1902–1914
William Oats	South	1910	1904–1910
William Patrick	Central	1910	1904–1916
Charles Piesse	South-East	1908	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...	1910	1875–1878; 1880–1890; 1893–1894; 1897–1910
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...	1906	1870–1873; 1875–1906
Robert Frederick Sholl	North	1910	1886–1890; 1904–1909
Charles Sommers	North-East	1906	1900–1918
Joseph Thomson	Central	1908	1902–1908
Frank Stone	North	1906	1894–1906
Sir 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 :...	North	1908	1883–1884; 1885–1886; 1894–1898; 1902–1906; 1910–1934
James Wright	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...	1908	1902–1908

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