South-East Province Explained

The South-East Province was an electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, introduced after the introduction of responsible government in the 1890s. It initially comprised Williams, Plantagenet, and Albany Electoral Districts.^[1]

Members

Three members (1894–1965)
Member 1		Party	Term	Member 2		Party	Term	Member 3		Party	Term
		Frederick Crowder	None	1894–1900			Samuel Haynes	None	1894–1910			Charles Piesse	None	1894–1914
		Wesley Maley	None	1900–1909
		Joseph Cullen	None	1909–1910
			Liberal	1910–1917			Cuthbert McKenzie	Liberal	1910–1914				Liberal	1910–1914
								Country	1914–1922			George Sewell	Country	1914–1916
												James Greig	Country	1916–1925
		Hector Stewart	Country	1917–1931
							Alfred Burvill	Country	1922–1928
												William Glasheen	Country	1925–1932
							Charles Wittenoom	Country	1928–1940
		Alec Thomson	Country	1931–1950
												Harold Piesse	Ind. Country	1932–1938
													Country	1938–1944
							Hugh Roche	Country	1940–1950
												Anthony Loton	Country	1944–1950
Major reconstitution in 1950 – existing South-East Province members effectively swapped with existing South Province members.
		Robert Boylen	Labor	1950–1955			John Cunningham	Liberal	1950–1954			George Bennetts	Labor	1950–1965
							Jim Garrigan	None	1954–1965
		John Cunningham	Liberal	1955–1962
		Claude Stubbs	None	1962–1965

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Two members (1965–1989)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
		Jim Garrigan	Labor	1965–1971			Claude Stubbs	Labor	1965–1980
		Ron Leeson	Labor	1971–1983
							Jim Brown	Labor	1980–1989
		Mark Nevill	Labor	1983–1989

Notes and References

1. Web site: Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1896 . AustLII . 30 April 2016.