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Members Of The Western Australian Legislative Council, 1950–1952
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1950 to 21 May 1952. 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. Several of the provinces were renamed at the election. The ''Electoral Districts Act 1947'' had obviated the need for Parliament to redistribute seats itself, instead appointing three Electoral Commissioners who were to review the boundaries according to certain defined criteria. The redistribution was gazetted on 21 December 1948, but did not come into effect until 22 May 1950. The changes of names were as follows: * Central Province → Midland Province * East Province → Central Province * Metropolitan-Suburban Province → Suburban Province * South Province → South-East Province * South-East Province → South Province Notes : On 2 March 1950, Central (formerly East) Province Country MLC Cha ... [...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] |
Mervyn Forrest
Robert Mervyn Forrest (28 April 1891 – 22 August 1975) was an Australian pastoralist and politician who served as a Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division), Liberal Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council, Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1946 to 1952, representing North Province (Western Australia), North Province. Early life Forrest was born in Bunbury, Western Australia, to Mary (née Parker) and David Forrest (Australian politician), David Forrest. His father and two uncles (Alexander Forrest, Alexander and John Forrest, John) were also members of parliament, with John being Western Australia's first Premier of Western Australia, premier. Forrest lived at Minderoo Station for periods as a child, and was later sent to Perth to be educated, attending Hale School and Guildford Grammar School. After leaving school, he worked for family businesses as a jackaroo (trainee), jackaroo at Cubbine Station, bookkeeper in Perth, and stati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midland Province
Midland 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 1950 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, 225 {{coord missing, Western Australia Former electoral provinces of Western Australia 1950 establishments in Australia 1965 disestablishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Jones (Western Australia Politician)
Arthur Raymond Jones (18 January 1909 – 3 September 1967) was an Australian farmer and politician who served as a Country Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1950 until his death. Jones was born in Perth but was raised in the country, in the small Wheatbelt town of Miling. He began farming in the area in the 1930s, and later also farmed at Bindoon.Arthur Raymond Jones Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 10 September 2016. Jones enlisted in the (RAAF) in March 1942. He was posted to a flying ... [...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 |
Charles Henning
Charles Harriot Henning (21 September 1897 – 22 June 1955) was an Australian military officer, farmer, and politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1951 until his death, representing South-West Province. Henning was born in Adelaide, South Australia, to Lavinia Eleanora (née Stewart) and Andrew Harriot Henning. His father, a barrister, was also a member of parliament in Western Australia. In 1917, Henning enlisted in the 1st Australian Imperial Force (AIF), serving as a trooper with the 10th Light Horse Regiment. Although he was formally discharged from service in 1919, he remained involved with the military as a member of the Citizen Military Forces, eventually reaching the rank of captain. In that capacity, he represented Australia at the coronation of King George VI in 1937. Henning enlisted in the 2nd AIF in 1940, and was subsequently promoted major. He served with the 2/28th and 2/32nd Battalions. After return ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Metropolitan Province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of several dioceses (or eparchies), one of them being the archdiocese (or archeparchy), headed by a metropolitan bishop or archbishop who has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over all other bishops of the province. In the Greco-Roman world, ''ecclesia'' ( grc, ἐκκλησία; la, ecclesia) was used to refer to a lawful assembly, or a called legislative body. As early as Pythagoras, the word took on the additional meaning of a community with shared beliefs. This is the meaning taken in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures (the Septuagint), and later adopted by the Christian community to refer to the assembly of believers. In the history of Western world (sometimes more precisely as Greco-Roman world) adopted by the Roman Empire and the Byz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Hearn
Harry Hearn (24 October 1890 - 20 March 1956) was an Australian politician and businessman. He was a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1948 until his death, representing Metropolitan Province. Biography Hearn was born at High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, England, where he entered the furniture-making trade. He migrated to Western Australia in 1912, and along with his brother Ernest, formed Hearn Bros and Stead Pty Ltd, based out of a converted church in Victoria Park, with each serving as joint managing directors. Their business expanded to become one of the state's most prominent furniture manufacturers, operating a two-acre site at Victoria Park and other factories in West Perth and Welshpool, and in 1950 expanded into the larger holding company Hearn Industries Ltd. He stepped down as managing director of Hearn Industries in 1954 in favour of his son Noel, but remained a board director. He married Edith Nellie Matheson on 9 S ... [...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 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] |
