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Members Of The Western Australian Legislative Council, 1944–1946
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1944 to 21 May 1946. 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. Notes : On 16 September 1944, South Province (Western Australia), South-East Province Country MLC Harold Piesse died. Anthony Loton, one of the three Country Party candidates, won the resulting by-election on 18 November 1944. Sources * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1944-1946 Members of Western Australian parliaments by term ... [...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] |
Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch)
The Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch), commonly known as WA Labor, is the Western Australian branch of the Australian Labor Party. It is the current governing party of Western Australia since winning the 2017 election under Mark McGowan. History The Western Australian state division of the Australian Labor Party was formed at a Trade Union Congress in Coolgardie in 1899. Shortly afterwards the federal Labor Party was formalised in time for Australian federation in 1901. The WA Labor Party achieved representation in the Western Australian Parliament in 1900 with six members, and four years later the party entered into minority government with Henry Daglish becoming the first Labor Premier of Western Australia. Leadership The current leaders of the party are: * Parliamentary Leader: Mark McGowan (Premier) * State President: Lorna Clarke * State Secretary: Ellie Whiteaker * Assistant State Secretary: Lauren Cayoun * State Treasurer: Naomi McLean Election results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Loton
Anthony Lloyd Loton (13 February 1904 – 14 May 1998) was an Australian politician who served as a Country Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1944 to 1965. He was President of the Legislative Council from 1954 to 1958. Loton was born in Upper Swan, Western Australia, to Annie Campbell ( Forrest) and Ernest William Loton. His mother was a niece of Sir John Forrest, the first Premier of Western Australia, and his paternal grandfather, Sir William Loton, was a Mayor of Perth. Loton was educated in Perth, attending Christ Church Grammar School and Hale School. After leaving school, he initially farmed on his father's farm at Upper Swan, but later took over a property in Popanyinning (a small Wheatbelt locality). Prominent in agricultural circles, Loton was elected to parliament at a 1944 by-election for the Legislative Council's South-East Province, which had been caused by the death of Harold Piesse. After the 1947 state election, he was made d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Kitson
William Henry Kitson (20 November 1886 – 13 December 1952) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1924 to 1947. He was a minister in the governments of Philip Collier, John Willcock, and Frank Wise, and later served as Agent-General for Western Australia from 1947 until his death. Early life Kitson was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, to Ellen (née Lister) and James Kitson. He came to Western Australia in 1910, and initially worked as a labourer at Torbay, a small locality near Albany. Kitson moved to Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ... in 1915, where he was a draper. While in Fremantle, he became involved in the union movement, eventually becoming secretary of the Frem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kirwan (politician)
Sir John Waters Kirwan, KCMG (2 December 1869 – 9 September 1949) was the President of the Western Australian Legislative Council and first Federal member for Kalgoorlie in the Australian House of Representatives. Biography Early life He was born in Liverpool, England, of Irish parents. Career He did literary work in London and Dublin before coming to Australia in 1889. At first, he continued writing in Brisbane, Melbourne and South Australian newspapers but moved to Kalgoorlie in 1895, attracted by the great gold discoveries. In Kalgoorlie, he edited both the ''Western Argus'' and ''Kalgoorlie Miner'' newspapers, with the latter growing in size and importance under his editorship. In 1898, he stood for the Legislative Council seat of North-East Province and lost by 90 votes. In 1901, he agreed to stand for the federal seat of Kalgoorlie under the Free Trade Party banner, and won the seat comfortably, becoming the youngest member of the First House of Representatives. Durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gordon Hislop
James Gordon Hislop (14 August 1895 – 4 May 1972) was an Australian medical doctor and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1941 to 1971, representing Metropolitan Province. Before entering politics he was better known as a hospital administrator. Early life and medical career Hislop was born in Melbourne to Katherine (née Collins) and James Hislop, his father being an immigrant from Scotland. He attended Scotch College before going on to study medicine the University of Melbourne, where he graduated in 1918.James Gordon Hislop – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2016. After brief periods working in |
Eric Heenan (politician)
Eric Heenan (29 April 1900 – 26 June 1998) was an Australian politician. He was born in Kanowna, Western Australia to Michael Joseph Heenan and Josephine Frances (McCarthy) and educated at CBC Wakefield Street Adelaide, South Australia, Articled to Neville Heenan in Northam Practiced Law in the Western Australian goldfields and Perth. Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1936 to 1968 . Married Joan McKenna, one child Eric Michael Heenan. Enlisted in Australian Army in the First World War 22 July 1918.http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=5309887 Arrived in Durban on HMAT Boonah on way to Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ... as peace declared. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Heenan, Eric 1900 births 1998 deaths Members of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Hamersley
Vernon Hamersley (1871–1946) was an Australian politician. He served the longest term ever as a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council. Biography Early life Vernon Hamersley was born in Guildford, Western Australia. The son of Samuel Hamersley, he was a member of the prominent and well-connected Hamersley family. His grandfather was Edward Hamersley (Snr); among his uncles was Edward Hamersley (Jnr) and Maitland Brown; and he was related by blood or marriage to many prominent Western Australians including John Forrest and William Locke Brockman. He was educated at Guildford Grammar School, before continuing his studies in England at the Magdalen College School at Oxford, and the Downton Agricultural College at Salisbury. Career He returned to Western Australia in 1889, spending some time on the Eastern goldfields, before farming with his father at York until 1895. On the death of his grandfather in 1874, he inherited the station ''Hasely'' in Toodyay, which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North-East Province (Western Australia)
North-East 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 1897 and 1965. It elected three members throughout its existence. Members 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 1897 establishments in Australia 1965 disestablishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hall (Australian Politician)
William Reaper Hall (3 May 1902 – 1 May 1963) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who served as a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1938 until his death, representing North-East Province. Hall was born in Boulder, Western Australia. He attended state schools in Kalgoorlie and then began working as a miner. Hall later began working for the Kalgoorlie Tramways, and eventually became secretary of the Tramway Employees' Union. He was elected to the Kalgoorlie Road Board in 1933 and would serve until 1949, including as chairman from 1935. Hall entered parliament in 1938, defeating Catherine Reid Elliott, MBE, widow of the previous incumbent, Charles Elliott. He was re-elected in 1944, 1950, 1956, and 1962, and in 1954 was made chairman of committees. Hall died in Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Hall (Australian Politician)
Edmund Henry Hartley Hall (13 August 1878 – 28 July 1965) was an Australian politician who represented the Western Australian Legislative Council district of Central Province from 1928 until 1947, and the Legislative Assembly seat of Geraldton from 1947 until 1950. He was a member of the Country Party. Biography Born to Edward Hall, a labour, baker and contractor, and Ellen (née Craggs) in the port city of Geraldton, Western Australia, Hall was educated locally before gaining employment at the post office, where he worked in various locations over 20 years. By 1911, he was the postmaster at Laverton, and on 20 April 1916, he married Catherine Forster at St Andrew's Church, Subiaco, with whom he was to have one son and four daughters. On 5 August 1918, he enlisted and was appointed Second Lieutenant with the First Australian Imperial Force, on account of his 7 years' earlier service with the Rifles in Geraldton. He was assigned to the Australian Light Horse Regiment, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Gray (politician)
Edmund Harry Gray (5 September 1878 – 9 June 1964) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1923 to 1952, representing West Province. He served as a minister in the governments of John Willcock and Frank Wise. Early life Gray was born in Upper Stratton, Wiltshire, England, to Wilmott (née Barnett) and George Gray. He left school at the age of 14, and was apprenticed to a baker and confectioner in Swindon Swindon () is a town and unitary authority with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Wiltshire, England. As of the 2021 Census, the population of Swindon was 201,669, making it the largest town in the county. The Swindon un .... He was later employed in a bakery in Kingston-upon-Hull, Hull before finding work as a steward on a transatlantic ocean liner. Gray arrived in Australia in 1898, working his way over on a cargo boat and then getting a job at the sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
