South Province (Western Australia) Explained

South Province was an electoral province of the Legislative Council of Western Australia between 1900 and 1989. It elected three members between 1900 and 1965 and two members between 1965 and 1989.

Members

Three members (1900–1965)
Member 1		Party	Term	Member 2		Party	Term	Member 3		Party	Term
		Thomas Brimage	None	1900–1906			John Glowrey	None	1900–1904			George Bellingham	None	1900–1908
							William Oats	None	1904–1910
		John Glowrey	None	1906–1910
												Sir John Kirwan	None	1908–1910
			Independent	1910–1912			Jabez Dodd	Labor	1910–1917				Independent	1910–1946
		James Cornell	Labor	1912–1917
			Nat. Labor	1917–1924				Nat. Labor	1917–1924
			Nationalist	1924–1945				Nationalist	1924–1928
							George Rainsford	Nationalist	1928
							Charles Williams	Labor	1928–1948
			Liberal	1945–1946
												George Bennetts	Labor	1946–1950
		Robert Boylen	Labor	1947–1950
							John Cunningham	Liberal	1948–1950
Major reconstitution in 1950 – existing South Province members effectively swapped with existing South-East Province members.
		Jack Thomson	Country	1950–1965			Hugh Roche	Country	1950–1960			Anthony Loton	Country	1950–1965
							Sydney Thompson	Country	1960–1965

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Two members (1965–1989)
Member 1		Party	Term	Member 2		Party	Term
		Edward House	Country	1965–1971			Jack Thomson	Country	1965–1974
		David Wordsworth	Liberal	1971–1989
							Thomas Knight	Liberal	1974–1986
							John Caldwell	National	1986–1989

References

• David Black (2014), The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook (Twenty-Third Edition), pp. 221–222, 226