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Members Of The Western Australian Legislative Council, 1977–1980
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1977 to 21 May 1980. The chamber had 32 seats made up of 16 provinces each electing two members, on a system of rotation whereby one-half of the members would retire at each triennial election. A new province, East Metropolitan, was added at the 1977 Western Australian state election, 1977 election. During the term, the National Party of Australia (WA), National Country Party split in two over the issue of coalition with the Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division), Liberal Party, with supporters of the Coalition remaining in the National Country Party (NCP), and opponents creating a new National Party (NP). They reunited in 1985. Sources * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1977-1980 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] |
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] |
Upper West Province
The Upper West Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the Mid West region of the state. It was one of several rural seats created following the enactment of the ''Constitution Acts Amendment Act (No.2) 1963'', and became effective on 22 May 1965. In 1989, the province was abolished by the ''Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987'', and was absorbed into the Mining and Pastoral region under the new proportional voting system. Geography The province was made up of three complete Legislative Assembly districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ..., which changed at each distribution. Representation Members References * {{coord missing, Western Australia Former electoral provinces of Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret McAleer
Margaret McAleer (16 February 1930 – 30 March 1999) was an Australian politician who served as a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1974 to 1993. The daughter of former Geraldton mayor James McAleer, Margaret was born in Perth, and educated in Geraldton and Perth before studying at the University of Melbourne, from which she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. In 1961 she began farming at Arrino, and was elected to Three Springs Shire Council in 1967. She became active in the Liberal Party as a member of the Rural Committee from 1968, President of the Kalgoorlie Central Division from 1970 and State Vice President in 1973. McAleer was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council in 1974, representing Upper West Province The Upper West Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the Mid West region of the state. It was one of several rural seats created following the enactment of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Central Province
The Lower Central Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Western Australian Legislative Council, Legislative Council, located in the South West (Western Australia), South West and Great Southern (Western Australia), Great Southern regions of the state. It was one of several rural seats created following the enactment of the ''Constitution Acts Amendment Act (No.2) 1963'', and became effective on 22 May 1965. Although initially a safe seat for the National Party of Australia (WA), Country Party, it usually only contained one safe Assembly seat for that party, and by 1983, the Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division), Liberal Party were able to maintain both seats comfortably. In 1989, the province was abolished by the ''Acts Amendment (Electoral Reform) Act 1987'', and was divided between the Electoral region of Agricultural, Agricultural and Electoral region of South West, South West regions under the new proportional voting system. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Lewis
Alexander Ashley Lewis ( 22 January 1931 – 9 May 2016), known as Sandy Lewis, was an Australian politician who represented the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Blackwood from 1972 until 1974, and one of the two Legislative Council seats for Lower Central Province from 1974 until 1989. He was a member of the Liberal Party. Family Lewis was born in Glen Osmond, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, to Lancelot Lewis, a managing director of Goldsbrough Mort in Adelaide and brother of Essington Lewis, and Grace Laidlaw OBE. His older brother, Tom, briefly served as Premier of New South Wales from 3 January 1975 until 23 January 1976. He was educated at St Peter's College and at the University of Adelaide, before moving to Western Australia in October 1952. He initially worked as a jackeroo, trade cadet and farm contractor, before taking up farming at Kojonup in 1955. On 21 May 1955, he returned to Adelaide to marry Patricia Symons, with whom he had one da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South-East Province
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 batt ..., 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] |
Ron Leeson
Ronald Thomas Leeson (born 26 February 1939) is a former Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1971 to 1983, representing the South-East Province. Leeson was born in Laverton (a remote Goldfields town) to Amelia May (née Lawer) and George Thomas Leeson. He attended Eastern Goldfields High School before going on to the Kalgoorlie School of Mines, and subsequently worked as a fitter and turner. From 1967 to 1972, he also served as secretary of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. Leeson was elected to parliament at the 1971 state election, replacing Jim Garrigan. He was re-elected to a second six-year term at the 1977 election. At the 1983 election, Leeson attempted to transfer to South Province, but was defeated by David Wordsworth (the sitting Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Province (Western Australia)
South 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 1900 and 1989. It elected three members between 1900 and 1965 and two members between 1965 and 1989. Members ---- References * David Black (2014)''The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook (Twenty-Third Edition)'' pp. 221–222, 226 {{coord missing, Western Australia Former electoral provinces of Western Australia 1900 establishments in Australia 1989 disestablishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Knight (Australian Politician)
Thomas Knight (28 April 1935 – 24 October 2022) was an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division), Liberal Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council, Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1974 to 1986, representing South Province (Western Australia), South Province. Knight was born in Albany, Western Australia, to Jean Elizabeth (née Nesbitt) and Frederick Knight. He attended Albany Senior High School, Western Australia, Albany High School, and after leaving school began working as a builder, eventually starting his own development company. Knight served on the City of Albany, Albany Town Council from 1964 to 1967, and became president of the local branch of the Liberal Party. He was Preselection, preselected for the Electoral district of Albany, seat of Albany at the 1968 Western Australian state election, 1968 state election, but withdrew his candidacy prior to the election. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Metropolitan Province
The East Metropolitan Province was a two-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in metropolitan Perth. It was created by a redistribution in 1976, and took effect on 22 May 1977 following the 1977 state election. It was formed from parts of the North-East Metropolitan and South-East Metropolitan provinces, and was a safe Labor seat. The province had two concurrent members during its brief history — Bob Hetherington and Fred McKenzie, both of the Labor Party. The 1982 redistribution increased the number of metropolitan provinces from 6 to 7 (as against 10 in the rural and peri-urban areas), but abolished the East Metropolitan Province. Its members won election in neighbouring provinces at the 1983 election. The province was made up of four complete Legislative Assembly districts — those of Ascot, Canning, Victoria Park and Welshpool. Geography The province was made up of several complete Legislative Assembly districts A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Hetherington
Robert "Bob" Hetherington (8 January 1923 – 30 January 2015) was an Australian politician, political scientist and mental health advocate. Career Hetherington finished high school at age 16. He worked in Adelaide before enlisting in the 2nd AIF in 1942, serving in Australia and Papua New Guinea. He was discharged in 1946 after working with international prisoners of war in Manilla. He enrolled in the University of Adelaide, graduating in 1950 with an honours degree in history and political science and became a schoolteacher. In 1957 he was appointed tutor in politics at the University of Adelaide and in 1967 moved to the University of Western Australia as lecturer in politics until 1977. A Labor party member, Hetherington sought pre-selection for the Senate in 1974 and again in 1975, both times failing to be elected because of his position on the ticket. He then was elected a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1977 to 1989, firstly represen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
