Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1983–1986 explained

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1983 to 21 May 1986. The chamber had 34 seats made up of 17 provinces each electing two members, on a system of rotation whereby one-half of the members would retire at each triennial election.

Name	Party	Province	Term expires	Years in office
			1989	1983–1984
	Liberal		1989	1983–1989
			1986	1980–1993
	Labor		1986	1980–1992
	National/NP		1989	1984–1998
	Labor		1989	1971–1989
	Labor		1986	1980–1986
	Labor		1989	1983–1997
	Labor		1986	1971–1986
	Liberal		1989	1965–1987
	National/NCP		1986	1974–1989
	Liberal		1989	1965–1997
	Labor		1989	1983–1993
	Labor		1986	1977–1989
	Labor		1986	1982–1993
	Liberal		1986	1974–1986
	Liberal		1986	1974–1989
			1986	1980–1997
	Liberal		1986	1974–1993
	Labor		1989	1977–1993
	Liberal		1986	1956–1986
	National/NP		1989	1977–1989
	Liberal		1986	1974–1989
	Liberal		1986	1968–1986
	Liberal		1989	1977–2013
	Labor		1989	1983–2001
	Liberal		1989	1977–1989
	Liberal		1986	1980–1993
	Labor		1989	1983–1996
	Liberal		1986	1974–1986
	Labor		1989	1982–2004
	Liberal		1989	1983–2005
	Liberal		1986	1980–1986
	Liberal		1989	1971–1989
	Liberal		1989	1971–1993

Notes

On 4 August 1984, Central Province Liberal MLC Gordon Atkinson died. National candidate Eric Charlton won the resulting by-election on 17 November 1984.

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.