Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1936–1938 explained

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1936 to 21 May 1938. 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.

Terms expiring in 1942 and thereafter were extended due to World War II by the Legislative Council (Postponement of Election) Act 1941 (No. 50 of 1941), which was given assent on 16 January 1942.

Name	Party	Province	Term expires	Years in office
			1940	1934–1940
			1938	1914–1950
	Nationalist		1942*	1932–1948
			1938	1932–1938
	Nationalist		1942*	1912–1946
	Nationalist		1942*	1934–1956
	Labor		1942*	1900–1918; 1924–1947
	Nationalist		1938	1934–1938
	Nationalist		1940	1928–1940
	Labor		1940	1928–1958
	Labor		1938	1923–1952
	Country		1940	1928–1947
	Country		1940	1904–1946
	Labor		1942*	1936–1968
	Independent		1938	1914–1942
	Independent		1938	1908–1946
	Labor		1942*	1924–1947
	Nationalist		1942*	1922–1928; 1930–1942
	Nationalist		1938	1926–1951
	Ind. Nat.		1942*	1916–1950
	Labor		1938	1920–1926; 1932–1946
	Nationalist		1938	1918–1941
	Nationalist		1940	1934–1954
	Ind. Country		1938	1932–1946
	Nationalist		1940	1922–1954
	Country		1942*	1931–1950
	Nationalist		1940	1934–1951
	Labor		1940	1928–1948
	Country		1940	1928–1940
	Country		1942*	1936–1952

Notes

On 27 August 1936, West Province Labor MLC William Kitson was appointed Chief Secretary in the new Ministry led by John Willcock. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was returned unopposed on 4 September 1936.

On 23 March 1938, North-East Province Nationalist MLC Charles Elliott died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 7 May 1938 Council elections.

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.
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