West Province (Western Australia) Explained

West Province
State:	wa
Upper:	yes
Created:	1894
Abolished:	1989

West Province was an electoral province of the Legislative Council of Western Australia between 1894 and 1989. It elected three members from 1894 to 1965 and two members from 1965 to 1989.

Members

Three members (1894–1965)
Member 1		Party	Term	Member 2		Party	Term	Member 3		Party	Term
		Daniel Congdon	None	1894–1900			Edward Davies	None	1894–1896			Harry Marshall	None	1894–1895
												Alfred Kidson	None	1895–1902
							Sir Henry Briggs	None	1896–1911
		Matthew Moss	None	1900–1901
		Robert Laurie	None	1901–1912
												Matthew Moss	None	1902–1911
			Liberal	1911–1912				Liberal	1911–1917				Liberal	1911–1914
		Robert Lynn	Liberal	1912–1917
												Joseph Allen	Liberal	1914–1917
			Nationalist	1917–1924				Nationalist	1917–1919				Nationalist	1917–1920
							Alexander Panton^[1]	Labor	1919–1922
												Frederick Baglin	Labor	1920–1923
							George Potter	Nationalist	1922–1928
												Edmund Gray	Labor	1923–1952
		William Kitson	Labor	1924–1947
							Gilbert Fraser	Labor	1928–1958
		Evan Davies	Labor	1947–1963
												Frederick Lavery	Labor	1952–1965
							Ronald Thompson	Labor	1959–1965
		Jerry Dolan	Labor	1963–1965

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Two members (1965–1989)
Member 1		Party	Term	Member 2		Party	Term
		Charles Abbey	Liberal	1965–1977			Ray Jones	Country	1965–1967
							Fred White	Country	1967–1973
							Gordon Masters	Liberal	1974–1989
		Neil Oliver	Liberal	1977–1989

References

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

Notes and References

1. News: WESTERN AUSTRALIA . . XIV . 724 . Western Australia . 12 July 1919 . 2 January 2017 . 2 . National Library of Australia.