Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1910–1912
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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 22 May 1910 to 21 May 1912. The chamber had 30 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. Prior to the 1910 election, the Council had thought of itself as entirely independent from party politics, but with the election of 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...

 members to the Council and Labor's vigorous (and ultimately successful) campaign at the 1911 election
Western Australian state election, 1911
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 3 October 1911 to elect 50 members to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. The Labor party, led by Opposition Leader John Scaddan, defeated the conservative Ministerialist government led by Premier Frank Wilson...

 for the Legislative Assembly
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....

, many of its members joined the newly formed Liberal Party which had emerged from the various National Political Leagues and Liberal Leagues.
Name Party Province Term
expires
Years in office
Henry Briggs  Liberal  West  1916 1896–1919
Thomas Brimage  Independent North-East  1912 1900–1912
Ephraim Clarke  Liberal South-West  1914 1901–1921
James Connolly  Liberal North-East  1914 1901–1914
Francis Connor  Independent North  1912 1906–1916
Joseph Cullen
Joseph Cullen
Joseph Francis Cullen , Australian politician, was a Member of Parliament in New South Wales and Western Australia....

 
Liberal South-East  1912 1909–1917
Frederick Davis 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...

 
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...

 
1914 1911–1914
Jabez Dodd  Labor South  1916 1910–1928
James Doland
James Doland
James Alfred Doland was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for four months in 1911–12.The son of farmer Thomas Doland and Elizabeth née McGuffin, Doland was born in Albury, New South Wales on 26 April 1880. In 1889 he emigrated to Western Australia, working as a tailor at...

Labor 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...

 
1912 1911–1912
John Drew Labor Central  1912 1900–1918; 1924–1947
Douglas Gawler Liberal 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...

 
1916 1910–1915
John Glowrey  Independent South  1912 1900–1904; 1906–1912
Sir John Winthrop Hackett  Liberal South-West  1912 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:...

 
Independent East  1916 1904–1946
Arthur Jenkins  Liberal 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...

 
1914 1898–1904; 1908–1917
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...

Liberal 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...

 
1916 1903–1922
John Kirwan  Independent South  1914 1908–1946
Joseph Langsford Liberal 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...

 
1912 1904–1911
Robert Laurie  Liberal West  1912 1901–1912
Cuthbert McKenzie  Liberal South-East  1916 1910–1922
Robert McKenzie  Liberal North-East  1916 1904–1916
Edward McLarty  Liberal South-West  1916 1894–1916
Warren Marwick Liberal East  1912 1910–1912
Matthew Moss  Liberal West  1914 1900–1901; 1902–1914
Con O'Brien
Con O'Brien
Cornelius O'Brien was a professional football player. He played in the National Football League in 1921 with the New York Brickley Giants and in first American Football League with the Boston Bulldogs in 1926....

 
Labor Central  1914 1901–1904; 1908–1914
William Patrick  Liberal Central  1916 1904–1916
Richard Pennefather  Independent North  1914 1907–1914
Charles Piesse  Liberal South-East  1914 1894–1914
Charles Sommers  Liberal 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...

 
1912 1900–1918
Sydney Stubbs Liberal 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...

 
1914 1908–1911
George Throssell
George Throssell
George Lionel Throssell, CMG was the second Premier of Western Australia. He served for just three months, from 15 February 1901 until 27 May 1901 during a period of great instability in Western Australian politics....

East  1912 1907–1910
Thomas Wilding  Liberal East  1914 1908–1914
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 :...

 
Liberal North 1916 1883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934
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