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Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1896–1898

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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 27 July 1896 to 9 May 1898. The chamber had 21 seats made up of seven provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1896, which passed after the 1896 Council election, created a new seat of North-East Province, which had its inaugural election on 29 June 1897 with terms expiring in 1904, 1902 and 1900.

Name Province Term
expires
Years in office
William Alexander Central 1898 1895–1898
Henry Briggs West 1898 1896–1919
R. G. Burges East 1898 1894–1903
Daniel Keen Congdon West 1900 1887–1890; 1892–1900
Frederick Crowder South-East 1900 1894–1900; 1901–1902
Charles Dempster East 1900 1873–1874; 1894–1907
John Winthrop Hackett South-West 1900 1890–1916
Richard Septimus Haynes Central 1902 1896–1902
Samuel Johnson Haynes South-East 1898 1894–1910
Andrew Henning North-East 1898 1897–1898
Alfred Kidson West 1902 1895–1902
Donald McDonald MacKay North 1902 1896–1902
Edward McLarty South-West 1898 1894–1916
Alexander Matheson North-East 1902 1897–1901
Stephen Henry Parker[1] Metropolitan 1898 1878–1888; 1889–1890;
1892–1897
Harold Parsons North-East 1900 1897–1900
Charles Piesse South-East 1902 1894–1914
George Randell[1] Metropolitan 1898 1875–1878; 1880–1890;
1893–1894; 1897–1910
John Richardson North 1898 1894–1904
Henry Saunders Metropolitan 1902 1894–1902; 1918–1919
Sir George Shenton Metropolitan 1900 1870–1873; 1875–1906
William Spencer South-West 1902 1896–1901
Frank Stone North 1900 1894–1906
John Howard Taylor East 1902 1896–1899
Edward Wittenoom Central 1900 1883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934

Notes

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1 On 28 April 1897, Stephen Henry Parker (Metropolitan Province) resigned, and a by-election was held on 28 May 1897, at which George Randell was elected to fill the remainder of the term.

Sources

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  • Black, David (1991). Legislative Council of Western Australia : membership register, electoral law and statistics, 1890-1989. Perth: Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0-7309-3641-4.
  • Hughes, Colin A.; Aitkin, Don (1986). Voting for the Australian State Upper Houses, 1890-1984. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-909779-18-X.