Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1956–1958 explained

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1956 to 21 May 1958. 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
			1958	1952–1956
			1958	1950–1958; 1960–1983
	Labor		1958	1946–1965
			1962	1948–1954; 1955–1962
	Labor		1962	1947–1963
	Country		1962	1952–1974
	Labor		1960	1928–1958
	Labor		1960	1954–1971
	Liberal		1958	1953–1977
	Labor		1958	1938–1963
	Labor		1962	1936–1968
	Liberal		1958	1941–1971
	Labor		1960	1954–1971
	Labor		1962	1956–1962
	Country		1962	1950–1967
	Country		1960	1946–1960
	Labor		1958	1952–1971
	Country		1960	1947–1974
	Country		1958	1944–1965
	Liberal		1962	1956–1986
	Liberal		1960	1956–1965
	Liberal		1958	1951–1965
	Country		1960	1940–1960
	Liberal		1958	1946–1963
	Labor		1962	1950–1970
	Labor		1960	1954–1965
	Country		1962	1950–1974
	Liberal		1962	1948–1968
	Labor		1960	1954–1974
	Liberal		1960	1955–1974
			1958	1956–1971

Notes

On 20 March 1956, Metropolitan Province Liberal MLC Harry Hearn had died. Liberal candidate Reg Mattiske won the resulting by-election on 9 June 1956.

On 18 July 1956, North Province Labor MLC Don Barker died. Labor candidate and former Premier Frank Wise won the resulting by-election on 22 September 1956.

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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