Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1958–1960 explained

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1958 to 21 May 1960. 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.

The Constitution Acts Amendment Act (No.2) 1963 (No.72 of 1963) affected all terms concluding after 1962, as well as the provinces which members represented.

Name	Party	Province	Term expires	Years in office
			1964*	1958–1977
			1964*	1946–1965
	Liberal		1962	1948–1954; 1955–1962
	Labor		1962	1947–1963
			1962	1952–1974
	Labor		1960	1928–1958
	Labor		1960	1954–1971
	Liberal		1964*	1953–1977
	Labor		1964*	1938–1963
	Labor		1962	1936–1968
	Liberal		1964*	1941–1971
	Labor		1960	1954–1971
	Labor		1962	1956–1962
	Country		1962	1950–1967
	Country		1960	1946–1960
	Labor		1964*	1952–1971
	Country		1960	1947–1974
	Country		1964*	1944–1965
	Liberal		1962	1956–1986
	Liberal		1960	1956–1965
	Liberal		1964*	1951–1965
	Country		1960	1940–1960
	Country		1964*	1946–1963
	Labor		1962	1950–1970
	Labor		1960	1954–1965
	Labor		1960	1959–1980
	Country		1962	1950–1974
	Liberal		1962	1948–1968
	Labor		1960	1954–1974
	Liberal		1960	1955–1974
			1964*	1956–1971

Notes

On 1 November 1958, West Province Labor MLC Gilbert Fraser died. Labor candidate Ron Thompson won the resulting by-election on 7 February 1959.

Sources

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