Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1912–1914 explained

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1912 to 21 May 1914. 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.

Party	Term expires	Years in office
	1918	1912–1924
	1916	1896–1919
Liberal	1914	1901–1921
Liberal	1918	1912–1923; 1940–1948
Liberal	1914	1901–1914
Independent	1918	1906–1916
Labor	1918	1912–1946
Liberal	1918	1909–1917
Labor	1914	1911–1914
Labor	1916	1910–1928
Labor	1918	1900–1918; 1924–1947
Liberal	1916	1910–1915
Liberal	1918	1890–1916
Independent	1916	1904–1946
Liberal	1914	1914–1942
Liberal	1914	1898–1904; 1908–1917
Liberal	1916	1903–1922
Independent	1914	1908–1946
Liberal	1918	1912–1924
Liberal	1916	1910–1922
Liberal	1916	1904–1916
Liberal	1916	1894–1916
Labor	1920	1914–1920
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	1918	1912–1922
Liberal	1918	1900–1918
Liberal	1914	1908–1914
Liberal	1916	1883–1884; 1885–1886; 1894–1898; 1902–1906; 1910–1934

Notes

On 22 January 1914, North Province MLC Richard Pennefather died. Joseph Holmes won the resulting by-election on 21 March 1914 against three other Liberal candidates.

On 21 February 1914, North-East Province MLC James Connolly resigned. Labor candidate Harry Millington won the resulting by-election on 21 March 1914, and his term was deemed to expire in May 1920.

Sources

Book: Black, David. Legislative Council of Western Australia : membership register, electoral law and statistics, 1890-1989. 1991. Parliamentary History Project. Perth. 0-7309-3641-4.
Book: Hughes, Colin A.. Colin Hughes

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