Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1930–1933 explained

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1930 election and the 1933 election, together known as the 14th Parliament. It took place under radically altered boundaries as enacted within the Redistribution of Seats Act 1929, whose effect had been exaggerated by the lack of a redistribution for the previous 18 years. The gold mining areas, populous at the time of the 1911 redistribution, had been reduced to pocket boroughs by the decline in gold mining as an economic activity in the State; meanwhile, the agricultural and metropolitan areas had grown substantially. Ironically, the changes were enacted by a Labor government even though most of the safe seats being abolished were Labor seats—and for the fourth time in a row (Constitution Act Amendment Act 1899, and Redistribution of Seats Acts of 1904, 1911 and 1929), the government enacting the redistribution lost the subsequent election.

NamePartyDistrictYears in office
1917–1933
Nationalist 1924–1933
1924–1933
Nationalist 1932–1933
1905–1948
Labor 1921–1933
Labor 1924–1953
Labor 1923–1936
Nationalist 1924–1933
Country 1928–1956
Country 1927–1939
Country 1914–1921; 1924–1935
Labor 1930–1947; 1950–1968
Labor 1925–1939
Labor 1901–1905; 1906–1917;
1924–1948
Nationalist 1904–1911; 1930–1950
Labor 1927–1936
Labor 1924–1933
Country 1921–1942
Country 1924–1933
Labor 1916; 1917–1932
Labor 1921–1935
Nationalist 1930–1962
Nationalist 1921–1933
Country 1930–1962
Labor 1921–1952
Labor 1924–1947
Nationalist 1905–1933
Labor 1911–1938
Nationalist 1924–1956
Labor 1932–1962
Labor 1924–1951
Nationalist 1930–1933
Country 1930–1943
Independent/Country 1909–1914; 1930–1935
Labor 1930–1944
Nationalist 1921–1933
Nationalist/Country 1921–1944
Nationalist 1904–1917; 1919–1924;
1930–1933
Labor 1924–1959
Labor 1932–1950
Nationalist 1914–1939
Nationalist 1921–1936; 1939–1943
Country 1911–1947
Nationalist 1917–1931
Country 1930–1959
Labor 1904–1939
Labor 1905–1932
Labor 1924–1936
Nationalist 1930–1933
Labor 1917–1947
Labor 1908–1947
Labor 1924–1947

Notes

Following the 1930 state election a new Ministry consisting of seven members, including one Member of the Legislative Council, was appointed on 24 April 1930. These members were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections on 1 May 1930, at which all were returned unopposed.

On 14 December 1931, the Nationalist member for Roebourne, Frederick Teesdale, died. Nationalist candidate John Church won the resulting by-election held on 6 February 1932.

On 10 May 1932, the Labor member for Kanowna, Thomas Walker. Labor candidate Emil Nulsen won the resulting by-election held on 25 June 1932.

On 22 June 1932, the Labor member for Brownhill-Ivanhoe, John Lutey, died. Labor candidate Frederick Smith was elected unopposed on 14 July 1932.

On 18 February 1933, Nationalist member and Minister Thomas Davy died suddenly while playing bridge with his wife and two friends at the Savoy Hotel. A by-election was not held due to the proximity of the 1933 state election.

Sources

. Colin Hughes. Graham, B. D.. Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. 1976. Australian National University. Canberra. 0-7081-1334-6.