Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 2005-2009

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...

between 22 May 2005 and 21 May 2009:

Name	Party	Province	Years in office
Shelley Archer Shelley Archer Shelley Frances Archer is an Australian politician. She was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from May 2005, representing the Mining and Pastoral electoral region...	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... /Independent	Mining and Pastoral Electoral region of Mining and Pastoral The electoral region of Mining and Pastoral is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the northern and eastern regions of the State. It was created by the Acts Amendment Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with five members who had been...	2005–2009
Ken Baston Ken Baston Kenneth Charles Baston is the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the Mining and Pastoral Region. Elected to Parliament in the 2005 state election he is a member of the Liberal Party....	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...	Mining and Pastoral	2005–present
Matt Benson-Lidholm Matt Benson-Lidholm Matthew Francis Benson-Lidholm born in Albany, Western Australia is an Australian politician. He is currently the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the Agricultural Region and Deputy President of the Legislative Council...	Labor	South West Electoral region of South West The electoral region of South West is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the South West, Peel and part of the Great Southern regions of the state...	2005–present
Carolyn Burton Carolyn Burton Carolyn Anne Burton is an Australian politician. Born in Perth, Western Australia, she was a finance officer before entering politics. On 12 September 2008, she was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in a countback after the resignation of Graham Giffard; like Giffard, she is a...	Labor	North Metropolitan Electoral region of North Metropolitan The electoral region of North Metropolitan is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the north-western and western suburbs of Perth. It was created by the Acts Amendment Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with seven members who had been...	2008–2009
George Cash George Cash Samuel Ernest Cash, AM is a former Australian politician, who represented the Liberal Party....	Liberal	North Metropolitan	1989–2009
Vince Catania Vince Catania Vincent Alexander Catania is an Australian politician. He sat in the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2005 to 2008 and has been a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since 2008...	Labor	Mining and Pastoral	2005–2009
Kim Chance Kim Chance Kim Chance is a former Australian Labor Party MP in the Parliament of Western Australia, and was Minister for Agriculture and Food, Forestry, the Mid West and Wheatbelt and Great Southern until the September 2008 WA election...	Labor	Agricultural Electoral region of Agricultural The electoral region of Agricultural is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the South West, Peel and part of the Great Southern regions of the state...	1992–2009
Peter Collier Peter Collier Peter Charles Collier is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 2005, representing the North Metropolitan region...	Liberal	North Metropolitan	2005–present
Murray Criddle Murray Criddle Murray John Criddle is an Australian politician. He was a Nationals member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1993 to 2008, representing the region of Agricultural.Criddle was born in Geraldton, Western Australia....	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....	Agricultural	1993–2008
Ed Dermer Ed Dermer Edmund Rupert Joseph "Ed" Dermer born 30 October 1957 in Subiaco, Western Australia is an Australian politician. He is currently the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the North Metropolitan Region...	Labor	North Metropolitan	1996–present
Bruce Donaldson Bruce Donaldson Bruce Kirwan Donaldson born 22 July 1938 in Armadale, Western Australia was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the Agricultural Region...	Liberal	Agricultural	1993–2009
Kate Doust Kate Doust Catherine Esther Doust is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 2001, representing the region of South Metropolitan.Doust was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia...	Labor	South Metropolitan Electoral region of South Metropolitan The electoral region of South Metropolitan is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the southern suburbs of Perth. It was created by the Acts Amendment Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with five members who had been elected at the...	2001–present
Wendy Duncan Wendy Duncan Wendy Maxine Duncan is an Australian politician from Western Australia. She has been a Nationals member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 2008, representing the region of Agricultural....	National	Agricultural	2008–present
Shelley Eaton Shelley Eaton Shelley Elizabeth Eaton is an Australian politician. She was born in Subiaco, Western Australia. On 17 September 2008, she was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council as a Labor member in a countback resulting from Vince Catania's resignation; she represents Mining and Pastoral...	Labor	Mining and Pastoral	2008–2009
Sue Ellery Sue Ellery Sue Ellery is a current Australian Labor Party MP serving the role of Minister for Child Protection; Communities; Women's Interests; Seniors and Volunteering in the state of Western Australia. She is the current Member for the South Metropolitan....	Labor	South Metropolitan	2001–present
Brian Ellis Brian Ellis (politician) Brian Charles Ellis is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 2007, representing the region of Agricultural....	Liberal	Agricultural	2007–present
Donna Faragher Donna Faragher Donna Evelyn Mary Faragher is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 2005, representing the region of East Metropolitan....	Liberal	East Metropolitan Electoral region of East Metropolitan The electoral region of East Metropolitan is a multi-member electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the eastern and south-eastern suburbs of Perth. It was created by the Acts Amendment Act 1987, and became effective on 22 May 1989 with five members who had been...	2005–present
Adele Farina Adele Farina Adele Farina is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 2001, representing South West Region...	Labor	South West	2001–present
Anthony Fels Anthony Fels Anthony James Fels was an Australian politician. He was the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the Agricultural Region...	Liberal/Independent	Agricultural	2005–2009
Jon Ford	Labor	Mining and Pastoral	2001–present
Graham Giffard Graham Giffard Graham Thomas Giffard is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 2000 to 2008, representing the North Metropolitan Region....	Labor	North Metropolitan	2000–2008
Nick Griffiths Nick Griffiths Nicholas David Griffiths is an Australian politician.He currently is the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the East Metropolitan Region.Griffiths was born in Barry, Wales...	Labor	East Metropolitan	1993–2009
Nigel Hallett Nigel Hallett Nigel Charles Hallett born in Bridgetown, Western Australia is the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the South West Region...	Liberal	South West	2005–present
Ray Halligan Ray Halligan Ray Halligan was a Western Australian politician, who served in the Western Australian legislative Council from 1997 to 2009....	Liberal	North Metropolitan	1997–2009
Barry House Barry House Barry John House is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 1987, representing the region of South West.House was born in Busselton, Western Australia...	Liberal	South West	1987–present
Paul Llewellyn Paul Llewellyn Paul Llewellyn is an Australian politician. Llewellyn graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Murdoch University in 1977, and a Masters in Natural Resource Management from the UWA school of Agricultural and Resource Economics in 1984. He has worked as an environmental planning and...	Greens Greens Western Australia The Greens Western Australia is the state branch of the Australian Greens in Western Australia. The Greens WA was formed following the merger of the WA Greens and the Green Earth Alliance...	South West	2005–2009
Robyn McSweeney Robyn McSweeney Robyn Mary McSweeney is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 2001, representing the region of South West....	Liberal	South West	2001–present
Sheila Mills Sheila Mills Sheila Mills was a Labor member of the Parliament of Western Australia.Mills was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for South Metropolitan. She was elected to the Thirty-seventh Parliament on 26 February 2005 for a term beginning 22 May 2005...	Labor	South Metropolitan	2005–2009
Norman Moore	Liberal	Mining and Pastoral	1977–present
Helen Morton Helen Morton Helen Margaret Morton is an Australian politician. She has been a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 2005, representing the region of East Metropolitan....	Liberal	East Metropolitan	2005–present
Simon O'Brien Simon O'Brien (politician) The Hon. Simon O'Brien MLC is an Australian politician and Minister in the Western Australian Government.O'Brien was born in Subiaco, Western Australia and elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1996 for the term commencing 22 May 1997 on a Liberal Party ticket representing the...	Liberal	South Metropolitan	1997–present
Batong Pham Batong Pham Batong Vu Pham is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from November 2007 to May 2009...	Labor	East Metropolitan	2007–2009
Louise Pratt Louise Pratt Louise Clare Pratt is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of Western Australia. She had been assured of election at the 2007 federal election after winning the first position on the Labor ticket, defeating incumbent...	Labor	East Metropolitan	2001–2007
Ljiljanna Ravlich Ljiljanna Ravlich Ljiljanna Ravlich is a Western Australian politician. She is currently an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council, and was most notable for being the Minister for Education during the debate over the introduction of outcomes-based education...	Labor	East Metropolitan	1997–present
Margaret Rowe Margaret Rowe Margaret-Anne Bernadette Rowe is a former Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing Agricultural Region from 2005 until her resignation in 2007....	Liberal	Agricultural	2005–2007
Barbara Scott Barbara Scott Barbara Mary Scott born 21 July 1939 in Subiaco, Western Australia is an Australian politician.She currently is the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the South Metropolitan Region...	Liberal	South Metropolitan	1993–2009
Sally Talbot Sally Talbot Sally Elizabeth Talbot is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Council since 2005, representing the region of South West....	Labor	South West	2005–present
Ken Travers Ken Travers Kenneth "Ken" Dunstan Elder Travers born 1 February 1961 in Sussex, England is an Australian politician. He is currently the member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the North Metropolitan Region...	Labor	North Metropolitan	1997–present
Giz Watson Giz Watson -Biography:Watson was born in 1957 in Eastleigh, a town in Hampshire, England, and emigrated to Western Australia in September 1967, travelling extensively through the state. She studied environmental science at Murdoch University and, after leaving university to do voluntary work for a couple of...	Greens	North Metropolitan	1997–present

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