Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1905–1908
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1905 elections and the 1908 elections, together known as the Sixth Parliament.
Name | Party | District | Years in office |
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William Angwin[6] | Labor | East Fremantle | 1904–1905; 1906–1927 |
Edward Barnett | Ministerial | Albany | 1905–1909 |
Thomas Bath | Labor | Brown Hill | 1902–1914 |
Harry Bolton | Labor | North Fremantle | 1904–1917 |
James Brebber | Ministerial | North Perth | 1905–1908 |
Harry Brown | Ministerial | Perth | 1904–1911 |
Thomas Brown[7] | Labor | Geraldton | 1906–1908 |
William Butcher | Ministerial | Gascoyne | 1901–1911; 1915–1917 |
Henry Carson[7] | Ministerial | Geraldton | 1904–1906; 1908–1911 |
Philip Collier | Labor | Boulder | 1905–1948 |
Frank Cowcher | Ministerial | Williams | 1904–1911 |
Henry Daglish | Ministerial[10] | Subiaco | 1901–1911 |
Arthur Davies[3] | Ministerial | South Fremantle | 1906–1911 |
Arthur Diamond[3] | Ministerial | South Fremantle | 1901–1906 |
Thomas Draper[9] | Ministerial | West Perth | 1907–1911; 1917–1921 |
William Eddy[2] | Ministerial | Coolgardie | 1905–1908 |
John Ewing | Ministerial | Collie | 1901–1904; 1905–1908 |
John Foulkes | Ministerial | Claremont | 1902–1911 |
William Gordon | Ministerial | Canning | 1901–1911 |
Hon Henry Gregory | Ministerial | Menzies | 1897–1911 |
Arthur Gull | Ministerial | Swan | 1905–1908 |
John Hardwick | Ministerial | East Perth | 1904–1911; 1914–1921 |
Thomas Hayward | Ministerial | Wellington | 1901–1911 |
Edward Heitmann | Labor | Cue | 1904–1913; 1914–1917 |
John Sydney Hicks | Ministerial | Roebourne | 1901–1908 |
John Holman | Labor | Murchison | 1901–1921; 1923–1925 |
Joseph Holmes[6] | Ministerial | East Fremantle | 1897–1904; 1905–1906 |
Austin Horan | Labor | Yilgarn | 1904–1911 |
Charles Hudson | Labor | Dundas | 1905–1921 |
Frederick Illingworth[9] | Ministerial | West Perth | 1894–1904; 1905–1907 |
James Isdell[5] | Ministerial | Pilbara | 1903–1906 |
William Johnson[4] | Labor | Guildford | 1901–1905; 1906–1917; 1924–1948 |
Hon Norbert Keenan[1] | Ind / Min | Kalgoorlie | 1905–1911; 1930–1950 |
Charles Layman | Ministerial | Nelson | 1904–1914 |
Patrick Lynch[8] | Labor | Mount Leonora | 1904–1906 |
Arthur Male | Ministerial | Kimberley | 1905–1917 |
John McLarty | Ministerial | Murray | 1904–1909 |
Hon James Mitchell | Ministerial | Northam | 1905–1933 |
Frederick Monger | Ministerial | York | 1892–1903; 1905–1914 |
Hon Newton Moore | Ministerial | Bunbury | 1904–1911 |
Ministerial | Irwin | 1904–1914 | |
Hon Frederick Henry Piesse | Ministerial | Katanning | 1890–1909 |
Hon James Price[1] | Ministerial | Fremantle | 1905–1910 |
Hon Timothy Quinlan | Ministerial | Toodyay | 1890–1894; 1897–1911 |
Hon Sir Cornthwaite Rason[4] | Ministerial | Guildford | 1897–1906 |
John Scaddan | Labor | Ivanhoe | 1904–1917; 1919–1924; 1930–1933 |
Edmund Smith | Ministerial | Beverley | 1905–1908 |
Patrick Stone | Ministerial | Greenough | 1901–1904; 1905–1908 |
Julian Stuart[8] | Labor | Mount Leonora | 1906–1908 |
George Taylor | Labor | Mount Margaret | 1901–1930 |
Michael Troy | Labor | Mount Magnet | 1904–1939 |
Henry Underwood[5] | Labor | Pilbara | 1906–1924 |
John Veryard | Ministerial | Balcatta | 1905–1908; 1914–1921 |
Thomas Walker | Labor | Kanowna | 1905–1932 |
Francis Ware | Labor | Hannans | 1905–1911 |
Albert Wilson | Labor / Ind | Forrest | 1904–1908 |
Hon Frank Wilson | Ministerial | Sussex | 1897–1901; 1904–1917 |
Notes[]
- 1 James Price (Fremantle) and Norbert Keenan (Kalgoorlie) were appointed by the Premier, Newton Moore, as Minister for Works and Attorney-General respectively on 7 May 1906. Both were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections on 25 May 1906, at which both were returned.
- 2 Following the 1905 state election, Ministerial member William Eddy, who had won the seat of Coolgardie by 23 votes against Labor's Charles McDowall in a three-candidate contest, faced a by-election after a petition was lodged against his return. He resigned on 27 April 1906, and was returned at the by-election on 9 July 1906 with a majority of 100 against McDowall.
- 3 The member for South Fremantle, Arthur Diamond, died on 22 June 1906. Arthur Davies won the resulting by-election on 16 July 1906.
- 4 Sir Cornthwaite Rason, the Ministerialist member for Guildford and former Premier, resigned on 27 June 1906 to take up the position of Agent-General for Western Australia in London. At the resulting by-election on 16 July 1906, Labor candidate William Johnson won the seat.
- 5 On 27 June 1906, the member for Pilbara, James Isdell, resigned his seat. At the resulting by-election on 23 July 1906, Labor candidate Henry Underwood won the seat.
- 6 Following the 1905 state election, Ministerial member Joseph Holmes, who had won the seat of East Fremantle by 20 votes (1.0%) against Labor's William Angwin, faced a by-election after a petition was upheld against his return on 24 October 1906. He was defeated by Angwin at the by-election on 13 November 1906, who won 71.37% of the vote.
- 7 Following the 1905 state election, Ministerial member Henry Carson, who had won the seat of Geraldton by 26 votes (Black (1997) notes some sources say 12 votes) against Labor's , faced a by-election after a petition was upheld against his return on 26 October 1906. He was defeated by Brown at the by-election on 21 November 1906 by 19 votes.
- 8 On 2 November 1906, the Labor member for Mount Leonora, Patrick Lynch, resigned his seat. At the resulting by-election on 13 November 1906, Labor member Julian Stuart was returned unopposed.
- 9 On 13 August 1907, the member for West Perth, Frederick Illingworth, resigned his seat. At the resulting by-election on 2 September 1907, National Political League candidate Thomas Draper won the seat, and joined the Ministerial group in the Legislative Assembly.
- 10 Henry Daglish, the former Labor Premier and member for Subiaco, resigned from the Labor Party before the 1905 election, and was elected under an "Independent Labor" designation.
Sources[]
- Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth: Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0-7309-8409-5.
- Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-1334-6.
- Western Australian Government Gazettes for 1905, 1906 and 1907; Indexed under "Electoral".
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