Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1944–1946 explained

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1944 to 21 May 1946. 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.

Name	Party	Province	Term expires	Years in office
			1946	1914–1950
			1950	1932–1948
	Nationalist		1948	1912–1923; 1940–1948
	Nationalist		1950	1912–1946
	Independent		1946	1942–1946
	Nationalist		1950	1934–1956
	Nationalist		1946	1938–1953
			1950	1900–1918; 1924–1947
	Labor		1948	1928–1958
	Nationalist		1950	1942–1956
	Labor		1946	1923–1952
	Country		1948	1928–1947
	Labor		1946	1938–1963
	Country		1948	1904–1946
	Labor		1950	1936–1968
	Nationalist		1946	1941–1971
	Independent		1946	1908–1946
	Labor		1950	1924–1947
	Country		1946	1944–1965
	Nationalist		1946	1926–1951
	Independent		1950	1916–1950
	Labor		1946	1920–1926; 1932–1946
	Nationalist		1948	1934–1954
	Country		1946	1932–1946
	Country		1948	1940–1960
	Nationalist		1948	1922–1954
	Country		1950	1931–1950
	Nationalist		1948	1934–1951
	Nationalist		1948	1940–1954
	Labor		1948	1928–1948
	Country		1950	1936–1952

Notes

On 16 September 1944, South-East Province Country MLC Harold Piesse died. Anthony Loton, one of the three Country Party candidates, won the resulting by-election on 18 November 1944.

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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