Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1922–1924 explained

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1922 to 21 May 1924. 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. During the term, the Country Party split into rival Ministerial (MCP) and Executive (ECP) factions–although in the Council, this was diluted somewhat by the refusal of some long-standing Country members to become involved in the dispute. The Executive faction, loyal to the Primary Producers' Association, prevailed and by 1925 the Ministerial faction had merged with the Nationalist Party.

NamePartyProvinceTerm
expires
Years in office
1924 1912–1924
1926 1920–1923
1926 1914–1950
1924 1917–1918; 1922–1924
Country 1928 1922–1928
Country/ECP 1924 1923–1924
Nationalist 1924 1912–1923
National Labor 1924 1912–1946
National Labor 1928 1910–1928
Nationalist 1926 1914–1926
Nationalist 1924 1916–1933
Labor 1926 1923–1952
Country 1926 1916–1925
Country 1928 1904–1946
Nationalist 1926 1920–1934
Labor 1928 1916–1928
Independent 1926 1914–1942
Independent 1926 1908–1946
Nationalist 1924 1919–1931
Nationalist 1924 1912–1924
Nationalist 1928 1922–1928; 1930–1942
Independent 1924 1916–1950
Ind. Nat./MCP 1924 1918–1924
Labor 1926 1920–1926; 1932–1946
Nationalist 1926 1918–1941
Nationalist 1928 1922–1928
Nationalist 1928 1916–1934
Nationalist 1924 1912–1922
Nationalist 1928 1915–1929
Nationalist 1928 1922–1954
Country/ECP 1924 1917–1931
Country 1926 1921–1926
Nationalist 1928 1883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934

Notes

On 19 October 1922, Metropolitan-Suburban Province Nationalist MLC Archibald Sanderson resigned. Nationalist candidate Harry Boan won the resulting by-election on 25 November 1922.

On 18 June 1923, South-West Province Nationalist MLC John Ewing was appointed Minister for Education, North West and Justice in the Ministry led by James Mitchell. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was returned unopposed on 27 June 1923.

On 17 June 1923, East Province Nationalist MLC Hal Colebatch resigned. Country candidate William Carroll won the resulting by-election on 11 August 1923.

On 13 August 1923, West Province Labor MLC Frederick Baglin resigned. Labor candidate Edmund Gray won the resulting by-election on 8 September 1923.

Sources

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