Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1896–1898 explained

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.

NameProvinceTerm
expires
Years in office
1898 1895–1898
1898 1896–1919
1898 1894–1903
1900 1887–1890; 1892–1900
1900 1894–1900; 1901–1902
1900 1873–1874; 1894–1907
1900 1890–1916
1902 1896–1902
1898 1894–1910
1898 1897–1898
1902 1895–1902
1902 1896–1902
1898 1894–1916
1902 1897–1901
1898 1878–1888; 1889–1890;
1892–1897
1900 1897–1900
1902 1894–1914
1898 1875–1878; 1880–1890;
1893–1894; 1897–1910
1898 1894–1904
1902 1894–1902; 1918–1919
1900 1870–1873; 1875–1906
1902 1896–1901
1900 1894–1906
1902 1896–1899
1900 1883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934

Notes

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

. Colin Hughes. Aitkin, Don. Voting for the Australian State Upper Houses, 1890-1984. 1986. Australian National University. Canberra. 0-909779-18-X.