Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1896–1898

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 27 July 1896 to 9 May 1898. The chamber had 21 seats made up of seven provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1896, which passed after the 1896 Council election, created a new seat of North-East Province, which had its inaugural election on 29 June 1897 with terms expiring in 1904, 1902 and 1900.

Name	Province	Term expires	Years in office
William Alexander	Central	1898	1895–1898
Henry Briggs	West	1898	1896–1919
R. G. Burges	East	1898	1894–1903
Daniel Keen Congdon	West	1900	1887–1890; 1892–1900
Frederick Crowder	South-East	1900	1894–1900; 1901–1902
Charles Dempster	East	1900	1873–1874; 1894–1907
John Winthrop Hackett	South-West	1900	1890–1916
Richard Septimus Haynes	Central	1902	1896–1902
Samuel Johnson Haynes	South-East	1898	1894–1910
Andrew Henning	North-East	1898	1897–1898
Alfred Kidson	West	1902	1895–1902
Donald McDonald MacKay	North	1902	1896–1902
Edward McLarty	South-West	1898	1894–1916
Alexander Matheson	North-East	1902	1897–1901
Stephen Henry Parker^[1]	Metropolitan	1898	1878–1888; 1889–1890; 1892–1897
	North-East	1900	1897–1900
Charles Piesse	South-East	1902	1894–1914
George Randell^[1]	Metropolitan	1898	1875–1878; 1880–1890; 1893–1894; 1897–1910
	North	1898	1894–1904
Henry Saunders	Metropolitan	1902	1894–1902; 1918–1919
Sir George Shenton	Metropolitan	1900	1870–1873; 1875–1906
William Spencer	South-West	1902	1896–1901
Frank Stone	North	1900	1894–1906
John Howard Taylor	East	1902	1896–1899
Edward Wittenoom	Central	1900	1883–1884; 1885–1886; 1894–1898; 1902–1906; 1910–1934

Notes[]

¹ On 28 April 1897, Stephen Henry Parker (Metropolitan Province) resigned, and a by-election was held on 28 May 1897, at which George Randell was elected to fill the remainder of the term.

Sources[]

Black, David (1991). Legislative Council of Western Australia : membership register, electoral law and statistics, 1890-1989. Perth: Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0-7309-3641-4.
Hughes, Colin A.; Aitkin, Don (1986). Voting for the Australian State Upper Houses, 1890-1984. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-909779-18-X.

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Legislative Assembly	1890–1894 1894–1897 1897–1901 1901–1904 1904–1905 1905–1908 1908–1911 1911–1914 1914–1917 1917–1921 1921–1924 1924–1927 1927–1930 1930–1933 1933–1936 1936–1939 1939–1943 1943–1947 1947–1950 1950–1953 1953–1956 1956–1959 1959–1962 1962–1965 1965–1968 1968–1971 1971–1974 1974–1977 1977–1980 1980–1983 1983–1986 1986–1989 1989–1993 1993–1996 1996–2001 2001–2005 2005–2008 2008–2013 2013–2017 2017–2021 2021–2025
Legislative Council	1832–1870 1870–1872 1872–1874 1890–1894 1894–1896 1896–1898 1898–1900 1900–1902 1902–1904 1904–1906 1906–1908 1908–1910 1910–1912 1912–1914 1914–1916 1916–1918 1918–1920 1920–1922 1922–1924 1924–1926 1926–1928 1928–1930 1930–1932 1932–1934 1934–1936 1936–1938 1938–1940 1940–1944 1944–1946 1946–1948 1948–1950 1950–1952 1952–1954 1954–1956 1956–1958 1958–1960 1960–1962 1962–1965 1965–1968 1968–1971 1971–1974 1974–1977 1977–1980 1980–1983 1983–1986 1986–1989 1989–1993 1993–1997 1997–2001 2001–2005 2005–2009 2009–2013 2013–2017 2017–2021 2021–2025