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Australian electorate
West Province
Western AustraliaLegislative Council
StateWestern Australia
Created1894
Abolished1989

West Province was an electoral province of the Legislative Council of Western Australia between 1894 and 1989. It elected three members from 1894 to 1965 and two members from 1965 to 1989.

Members

Three members (1894–1965)
Member 1 Party Term Member 2 Party Term Member 3 Party Term
  Daniel Congdon None 1894–1900   Edward Davies None 1894–1896   Harry Marshall None 1894–1895
      Alfred Kidson None 1895–1902
    Sir Henry Briggs None 1896–1911  
  Matthew Moss None 1900–1901    
  Robert Laurie None 1901–1912    
      Matthew Moss None 1902–1911
  Liberal 1911–1912   Liberal 1911–1917   Liberal 1911–1914
  Robert Lynn Liberal 1912–1917    
      Joseph Allen Liberal 1914–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1924   Nationalist 1917–1919   Nationalist 1917–1920
    Alexander Panton Labor 1919–1922  
      Frederick Baglin Labor 1920–1923
    George Potter Nationalist 1922–1928  
      Edmund Gray Labor 1923–1952
  William Kitson Labor 1924–1947    
    Gilbert Fraser Labor 1928–1958  
  Evan Davies Labor 1947–1963    
      Frederick Lavery Labor 1952–1965
    Ronald Thompson Labor 1959–1965  
  Jerry Dolan Labor 1963–1965    

Two members (1965–1989)
Member 1 Party Term Member 2 Party Term
  Charles Abbey Liberal 1965–1977   Ray Jones Country 1965–1967
    Fred White Country 1967–1973
    Gordon Masters Liberal 1974–1989
  Neil Oliver Liberal 1977–1989  

Notes

  1. "WESTERN AUSTRALIA". Northern Times. Vol. XIV, no. 724. Western Australia. 12 July 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 2 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

References

Electoral provinces of Western Australia, 1894–1965
Electoral provinces of Western Australia, 1965–1989
Metropolitan
Rural

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