Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1938–1940 explained

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1938 to 21 May 1940. 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
			1944*	1914–1950
	Nationalist		1942*	1932–1948
	Nationalist		1942*	1912–1946
	Nationalist		1942*	1934–1956
	Nationalist		1944*	1938–1953
			1942*	1900–1918; 1924–1947
	Nationalist		1940	1928–1940
	Labor		1940	1928–1958
	Labor		1944*	1923–1952
	Country		1940	1928–1947
	Labor		1944*	1938–1963
	Country		1940	1904–1946
	Labor		1942*	1936–1968
	Independent		1944*	1914–1942
	Independent		1944*	1908–1946
	Labor		1942*	1924–1947
	Nationalist		1942*	1922–1928; 1930–1942
	Nationalist		1944*	1926–1951
	Ind. Nat.		1942*	1916–1950
	Labor		1944*	1920–1926; 1932–1946
	Nationalist		1944*	1918–1941
	Nationalist		1940	1934–1954
	Country		1944*	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

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