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1960 Western Australian Legislative Council Election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Western Australia on 30 April 1960 to elect 10 of the 30 members of the state's Legislative Council. Results Legislative Council Retiring Members Country * Charles Latham (Central) * Hugh Roche (South) Candidates Election results Central Metropolitan Midland North North-East * Preferences were not distributed. South South-East * Preferences were not distributed. South-West Suburban West See also * Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1960–1962 This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1960 to 21 May 1962. The chamber had 30 seats made up of ten provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would ... References {{Western Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States And Territories Of Australia
The states and territories are federated administrative divisions in Australia, ruled by regional governments that constitute the second level of governance between the federal government and local governments. States are self-governing polities with incomplete sovereignty (having ceded some sovereign rights to federation) and have their own constitutions, legislatures, departments, and certain civil authorities (e.g. judiciary and law enforcement) that administer and deliver most public policies and programs. Territories can be autonomous and administer local policies and programs much like the states in practice, but are still constitutionally and financially subordinate to the federal government and thus have no true sovereignty. The Federation of Australia constitutionally consists of six federated states (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia) and ten federal territories,Section 2B, Acts Interpretation Act 1901 out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Willesee
William Francis Willesee (26 December 1911 – 18 August 2000) was an Australian politician who served as a Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch), Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council, Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1954 to 1974. He was a minister in the government of John Tonkin. Early life Willesee was born in Adelaide, South Australia, to Ethel May (née Flinders) and William Robert Willesee. His father ran for parliament unsuccessfully on three occasions in the 1920s, while his younger brother, Don Willesee, was a senator. Moving to Western Australia as a small child, Willesee attended various schools in the country, and later studied accounting at Perth Technical College. He was employed as a clerk by the Shire of Carnarvon, Carnarvon Municipality from 1936 to 1942, and then joined the Volunteer Defence Corps (Australia), Volunteer Defence Corps, working as a pay clerk. After the war's end, Willesee worked for periods i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Western Australian Legislative Council, 1960–1962
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1960 to 21 May 1962. The chamber had 30 seats made up of ten provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election. The ''Constitution Acts Amendment Act (No.2) 1963'' (No.72 of 1963) affected all terms concluding after 1962, as well as the provinces which members represented. Sources * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1960-1962 Members of Western Australian parliaments by term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Thompson (Australian Politician)
Ronald Thompson (15 November 1917 – 16 May 2006) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1959 to 1980. He served as a minister in the government of John Tonkin. Thompson was born in Fremantle to Margaret Alice (née Mewburn) and Samuel Thompson. He left school at the age of 14, and subsequently worked as a wool classer at the Fremantle Woolstores. He was later employed as a shopkeeper and waterside worker, and held various positions in the local branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation (WWF). Thompson entered parliament at a 1959 Legislative Council by-election for West Province, caused by the death of Gilbert Fraser. He transferred to the new South Metropolitan Province at the 1965 state election. After Labor's victory at the 1971 election, Thompson was appointed government whip and deputy leader of the government in the Legislative Council. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Province (Western Australia)
West Province was an electoral province of the Legislative Council of Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ... between 1894 and 1989. It elected three members from 1894 to 1965 and two members from 1965 to 1989. Members ---- Notes References * David Black (2014)''The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook (Twenty-Third Edition)'' pp. 221–222 {{coord missing, Western Australia Former electoral provinces of Western Australia 1894 establishments in Australia 1989 disestablishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruby Hutchison
Ruby Florence Hutchison (15 February 1892 – 17 December 1974) was an Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1954 to 1971, representing Suburban Province (1954–1965) and North-East Metropolitan Province (1965–1971). She was the first woman to be elected to the Legislative Council, the fourth woman to be elected to the Parliament of Western Australia, and with her third marriage in 1966 to Frederick Lavery, the first woman in Australia to serve in parliament alongside her husband. Prior to entering politics, she was a homemaker, ran boarding houses, and worked as a dressmaker. She was active in community organisations, among her roles being as the founding chairperson of the Epilepsy Association of Western Australia and a founding member of the Australian Consumers Association Most commonly known as CHOICE (all capitals), the Australian Consumers' Association is an Australian not for profit consumer orga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metropolitan-Suburban Province
The Metropolitan-Suburban Province was a three-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the metropolitan region of Perth. It was created by the ''Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899'', and became effective on 29 August 1900 following a special election to fill all three seats. Historically taking in many coastal and riverside areas in the western suburbs of Perth, it was considered safe for the Nationalist Party for most of its existence. At the 1950 elections, it was renamed Suburban Province, losing Claremont and Subiaco and moving inland. In 1963–1964, electoral changes to the Legislative Council, which abolished the 10 three-member seats and created 15 two-member seats in their place, resulted in the seat's abolishment, with its area being divided between North-East Metropolitan Province and South-East Metropolitan Province. Geography The province was made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts A district i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Drake Willmott
Francis Drake Willmott (23 January 1904 – 4 August 2004) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1955 to 1974. He is the only member of the Parliament of Western Australia known to have lived past the age of 100. , p. 242. Willmott was born in Nannup, a small town in the region of Weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South-West Province (Western Australia)
South-West Province was an electoral province of the Legislative Council of Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ... between 1894 and 1989. It elected three members between 1894 and 1965 and two members between 1965 and 1989. Members ---- References * David Black (2014)''The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook (Twenty-Third Edition)'' {{coord missing, Western Australia Former electoral provinces of Western Australia 1894 establishments in Australia 1989 disestablishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Garrigan
James Joseph Garrigan (26 May 1905 – 5 April 1971) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who served as a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1954 until his death, representing South-East Province. Garrigan was born in Perth to Mary Henrietta (née Anderson) and Timothy Garrigan. After leaving school, he lived in New South Wales for a period, working variously as a farmer, horse breaker, shearer, and station overseer. Garrigan moved to Kalgoorlie-Boulder in 1929 to work on the mines, and eventually became an underground supervisor. He served on the executive and management committee of the Australian Workers' Union's mining division.James Joseph Garrigan – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South-East Province (Western Australia)
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 The House of Plantagenet () was a royal house which originated from the lands of Anjou in France. The family held the English throne from 1154 (with the accession of Henry II at the end of the Anarchy) to 1485, when Richard III died in ..., and Albany Electoral Districts. Members ---- References Former electoral provinces of Western Australia 1894 establishments in Australia 1989 disestablishments in Australia {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Robinson (Australian Politician)
William Charles Campbell Bignall Robinson (4 October 1907 – 21 January 1981) was a British-born Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the Australian Senate from 1952 to 1953. Robinson was born in Hertford, England and migrated with his family to Western Australia around 1911, after which his family settled on a farm near Williams. Robinson was educated at Tarwonga State School and Northam Senior High School and farmed for many years at Williams. After a stint as acting secretary for the Williams Road Board, he was secretary to the Wandering Road Board from 1937 to 1942. Robinson enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II, serving as a mechanic from 1942 to 1945. After a brief post-war return to his old role at Wandering, he was secretary of the Pingelly Road Board from 1946 to 1974, having been granted a leave of absence during his Senate term. Robinson was secretary of the Wandering and Pingelly branches and the Narrogin distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
