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Members Of The Western Australian Legislative Council, 1968–1971
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1968 to 21 May 1971. The chamber had 30 seats made up of 15 provinces each electing two members, on a system of rotation whereby one-half of the members would retire at each triennial election. Notes : On 31 December 1970, North Province (Western Australia), North Province Labor MLC Harry Strickland resigned. Labor candidate John Hunt (Western Australian politician), John Hunt won the resulting by-election on 20 February 1971. : Three retiring MLCs died in the period leading to the 1971 Western Australian state election, 1971 election, and their positions were not filled. These were Labor members Frederick Lavery (12 January 1971) and Jim Garrigan (5 April 1971), and Country Party member Edward House (Australian politician), Edward House (1 January 1971). Sources * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1968-1971 Members of Western Australian parliamen ... [...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] |
