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Members Of The Western Australian Legislative Council, 1870–1872
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from October 1870 to June 1872. The chamber had 18 members, as specified by the ''Legislative Council Act 1870'' (33 Vict, No. 13). Section 1 of this Act specified that a minimum of one-third of the Council would be appointed by the Crown. Three of these were official nominees who were part of the Continuous Ministry—namely the Colonial Secretary of Western Australia, Colonial Secretary, Attorney-General of Western Australia, Attorney-General and the Surveyor-General of Western Australia, Surveyor-General—while the remaining three were "non-official nominees". Of the 12 elected representatives, two members each represented Perth, Western Australia, Perth and Fremantle, Western Australia, Fremantle, while the remainder represented the rural districts. Suffrage, Franchise was limited to free men who owned £100 of freehold property or paid £10 per annum rent. An amendment proclaimed on 17 August 1871 allowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australian Legislative Council
The Western Australian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Western Australia, a state of Australia. It is regarded as a house of review for legislation passed by the Legislative Assembly, the lower house. The two Houses of Parliament sit in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth. Effective on 20 May 2005, for the election of members of the Legislative Council, the State was divided into 6 electoral regions by community of interest —3 metropolitan and 3 rural—each electing 6 members to the Legislative Council.. The 2005 changes continued to maintain the previous malapportionment in favour of rural regions. Legislation was passed in 2021 to abolish these regions and increase the size of the council to 37 seats, all of which will be elected by the state-at-large. The changes will take effect in the 2025 state election. Since 2008, the Legislative Council has had 36 members. Since the 2013 state election, both houses of Parliament have had fix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Swan (Legislative Council)
Swan, officially called The Swan, was an electoral district of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1870 to 1890, during the period when the Legislative Council was the sole chamber of the Parliament of Western Australia. Swan was one of the original ten Legislative Council districts created by the ''Legislative Council Act 1870'' (33 Vict, No. 13). The district's boundaries included large portions of what is now the western Wheatbelt, as well as areas that are now considered part of the Perth metropolitan area. This included the Swan Valley and the Perth Hills, with the district's southernmost point being Mount Dale. The district was bordered by the district of Toodyay to the north and east, the district of York to the east, and the district of Perth to the south.. One of the largest settlements in the district was Guildford, which had not yet been integrated into Perth. Nine men represented Swan in the Legislative Council between 1870 and 1890, the most of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Fremantle (Legislative Council)
Fremantle was an electoral district of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1870 to 1890, during the period when the Legislative Council was the sole chamber of the Parliament of Western Australia. Fremantle was one of the original ten Legislative Council districts created by the ''Legislative Council Act 1870'' (33 Vict, No. 13). The district's original northern boundary ran along the Swan River (excluding North Fremantle), the Canning River, and Bull Creek, and then south-east out to near present-day Ashendon, before going north-east to Mount Dale. It then ran south-east out to the Hotham River near Pingelly, and then finally due east to the Great Australian Bight. Fremantle's original southern boundary ran west from the Bight to Bannister, then along the Williams and Murray Rivers to a due west line intersecting Mount William (in Hoffman).. However, with the passing of the ''Legislative Council Act Amendment Act 1873'' (37 Vict. No. 22), large portions of Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dalgety Moore
William Dalgety Moore (30 August 1835 – 22 April 1910) was a businessman in Fremantle, Western Australia, and also a pastoralist and politician. Early life Moore was born in the Swan River Colony in 1835, the eldest child of Samuel Moore and his wife Dorothy (née Dalgety), at his father's estate, 'Oakover', near Guildford. In 1850, when he was 15, Moore started employment in the surveyor-general's office, remaining for four years there before moving to the North-West to work on a Hamersley & Co. station near Irwin River, where he went on to become the station manager. During his eight years at the station, Moore joined Francis Thomas Gregory and others (in 1858), exploring the Gascoyne and Murchison districts. Business career In 1862, at 27 years of age, Moore headed back south to Fremantle, and formed a business partnership with John Monger John Henry Monger Jr (25 January 1831 – 23 December 1892) was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 187 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of York (Legislative Council)
York was an electoral district of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1870 to 1890, during the period when the Legislative Council was the sole chamber of the Parliament of Western Australia. York was one of the original ten Legislative Council districts created by the ''Legislative Council Act 1870'' (33 Vict, No. 13). The district's boundaries took in part of the Darling Scarp to the west and areas of the central, southern, and eastern Wheatbelt, but extended through to the Great Australian Bight and the border with South Australia. It was bordered by the district of Greenough to the north, the district of Toodyay to the north-west, the district of Swan to the west, and the districts of Fremantle (to 1874) and Murray and Williams (after 1874) to the south.. Four men represented York in the Legislative Council between 1870 and 1890, with Charles Harper serving the longest (from 1884 to 1890). Harper went on to be elected to the Legislative Assembly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Monger
John Henry Monger Jr (25 January 1831 – 23 December 1892) was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1870 to 1875, and again from 1890 to 1892. Monger was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1831; his father, John Henry Monger Snr, was a prominent York merchant. His younger brother, Joseph Taylor Monger, would also become a York merchant and a Member of the Legislative Council. Monger spent much of his early life in England, and again visited England in 1856–57, where he married Henrietta Joaquina Manning on 21 July 1857. They would have 4 sons and 4 daughters. On returning to Western Australia, Monger established himself as a merchant at York, competing against his father and brother. He later appointed Herman Moll to manage his York business, while he expanded his business into other areas of the colony, including the goldfields, and opened a head office in Perth with his brothers. He partnered with George Shenton in the shipping trade, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Marmion
William Edward Marmion (22 October 1845 – 4 July 1896) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1870 to 1890, and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1890 to 1896. Biography Early life William Edward Marmion was born on 22 October 1845 in Fremantle, Western Australia. Career Having worked from the age of sixteen, he started his own business at the age of twenty-one, W. E. Marmion & Co., which came to have interests in pastoral, pearling and maritime activities. He also formed mining companies after the gold was discovered in Yilgarn. When Western Australia introduced representative government in 1870, he ran unsuccessfully for the Legislative Council seat of Fremantle. He was instead made an unofficial member of the chamber, and became an official member of the Legislative Council when he won the seat of Fremantle in 1873. He transferred to the Legislative Assembly, when that body was created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McKail
John McKail (22 January 1810 – 6 August 1871) was an early settler of Western Australia. He was among the first arrivals in the Swan River Colony in 1829, but in 1835 was banished to Albany after trouble with the law. In Albany, he set up as a merchant and subsequently developed interests in a number of fields. He owned hotels, invested in whaling, and exported sandalwood to Asia. McKail served in the Legislative Council from 1870 to 1871, as one of the council's first elected members. Early life McKail was born in Deptford, Kent, England, and was descended from an old Scottish Covenanter family."A PIONEER: JOHN MCKAIL'S ASSOCIATION WITH ALBANY" ''Albany Advertiser'', 10 December 1930. His father, Nathaniel, was a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Geraldton (Legislative Council)
Geraldton was an electoral district of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1870 to 1890, during the period when the Legislative Council was the sole chamber of the Parliament of Western Australia. Geraldton was one of the original ten Legislative Council districts created by the ''Legislative Council Act 1870'' (33 Vict, No. 13). The district's initial boundary ran east from the mouth of the Greenough River to Wizard Peak (in Moonyoonooka), then to the Irwin River and finally due east to the border with South Australia. It took in all of what is now considered North West Australia (including the Gascoyne, Kimberley, and Pilbara regions), as well as most of the Mid West.. After the passage of the ''Legislative Council Act Amendment Act 1873'' (37 Vict. No. 22), the district's boundaries were altered, with all of its territory above the 27th parallel south transferred to the new North District.. Seven men were elected to represent Geraldton in the Legislative Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major Logue
Major Logue (c. 1826 – 1 February 1900) was an early settler of Western Australia. Born in Ireland, he arrived in the colony as a child, and eventually settled on a pastoral property near Geraldton. Logue served in the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1870 to 1874. Logue was born in Derry, Ireland, to Elizabeth (née Goodwin) and Joseph Keys Logue. He arrived in Western Australia in 1837, travelling with parents onboard ''Hero''. In 1850, Logue overlanded stock from York to Geraldton, subsequently setting up as a pastoralist near Greenough. He named his new property ''Ellendale'', and remained there for the rest of his life. Logue entered parliament in 1870, as one of the Legislative Council's first elected representatives. He represented the seat of Geraldton until September 1874, when he resigned. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Wellington (Legislative Council)
Wellington was an electoral district of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1870 to 1890, during the period when the Legislative Council was the sole chamber of the Parliament of Western Australia. Wellington was one of the original ten Legislative Council districts created by the ''Legislative Council Act 1870'' (33 Vict, No. 13). The district's initial boundary had Bunbury as its main population centre, and reached north to Bannister and south to the Wonnerup Inlet, as well as east to the Great Australian Bight. It was bounded by the district of Fremantle to the north and the districts of Vasse and Albany to the south.. After the passage of the ''Legislative Council Act Amendment Act 1873'' (37 Vict. No. 22), the district's boundaries were altered, with some of its northern portions transferred to the new district of Murray and Williams. Murray and Williams replaced Fremantle as Wellington's northern neighbour.. Only two men were ever elected to represent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James George Lee-Steere
Sir James George Lee Steere (4 July 18301 December 1903) was a Western Australian politician and a prominent member of the ''six hungry families''. Biography Early life James Steere was born on 4 July 1830 in Ockley, Surrey, England. He was the third of six sons of Lee Steere of Jayes, who was a leading resident and landed proprietor in the county (including High Sheriff in 1848), and his wife Anne, Watson. He was educated at Clapham Grammar School. Career He became a midshipman in the merchant service and was at sea for fifteen years. His last position was commander of the ''Devonshire'', well-known East Indiaman. Early in 1860, he emigrated to Western Australia and leased 100,000 acres (400 km²) of land in the southern part of the colony. In 1867, he was one of the first elected members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, won his seat again in 1870, and was then chosen leader of the elected members. In 1880, he lost his seat by one vote but almost immedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
