Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1910–1912 explained

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1910 to 21 May 1912. The chamber had 30 seats made up of ten provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election. Prior to the 1910 election, the Council had thought of itself as entirely independent from party politics, but with the election of Labor members to the Council and Labor's vigorous (and ultimately successful) campaign at the 1911 election for the Legislative Assembly, many of its members joined the newly formed Liberal Party which had emerged from the various National Political Leagues and Liberal Leagues.

NamePartyProvinceTerm
expires
Years in office
1916 1896–1919
Independent 1912 1900–1912
Liberal 1914 1901–1921
Liberal 1914 1901–1914
Independent 1912 1906–1916
Liberal 1912 1909–1917
1914 1911–1914
Labor 1916 1910–1928
Labor 1912 1911–1912
Labor 1912 1900–1918; 1924–1947
Liberal 1916 1910–1915
Independent 1912 1900–1904; 1906–1912
Liberal 1912 1890–1916
Independent 1916 1904–1946
Liberal 1914 1898–1904; 1908–1917
Liberal 1916 1903–1922
Independent 1914 1908–1946
Liberal 1912 1904–1911
Liberal 1912 1901–1912
Liberal 1916 1910–1922
Liberal 1916 1904–1916
Liberal 1916 1894–1916
Liberal 1912 1910–1912
Liberal 1914 1900–1901; 1902–1914
Labor 1914 1901–1904; 1908–1914
Liberal 1916 1904–1916
Independent 1914 1907–1914
Liberal 1914 1894–1914
Liberal 1912 1900–1918
Liberal 1914 1908–1911
1912 1907–1910
Liberal 1914 1908–1914
Liberal 1916 1883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934

Notes

On 1 March 1910, Metropolitan-Suburban Province MLC Walter Kingsmill resigned to contest a Senate seat in the federal election, and Douglas Gawler won the regular election for the seat on 23 March. Walter Kingsmill was subsequently elected at the regular Council election to a Metropolitan Province seat.

On 2 September 1910, East Province MLC George Throssell died. Warren Marwick won the resulting by-election on 26 September 1910.

On 22 September 1911, Metropolitan-Suburban Province MLC Sydney Stubbs resigned to contest the Assembly seat of Wagin, which he went on to represent until 1947, and Joseph Langsford resigned to contest the Assembly seat of Claremont. Labor candidates Frederick Davis and James Doland respectively won the resulting by-elections on 2 November 1911.

On 7 October 1911, Central Province MLC John Drew was appointed Colonial Secretary in the new Ministry led by John Scaddan. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was returned unopposed on 17 October 1910.

Sources

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