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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] |
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] |
Charles Wittenoom
Charles Horne Wittenoon (6 December 1879 – 18 September 1969) was an Australian politician. He was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for twelve years. Born in Geraldton, Western Australia on 6 December 1879, he was the son of squatter and station agent Sir Edward Wittenoom, and a nephew of Frank Wittenoom, after whom the town of Wittenoom is named. He was educated at High School (now Hale School) in Perth, then went to England to complete his studies at Malvern College and the Royal School of Mines in London. On returning to Western Australia he became manager of Central and West Boulder Mines at Kalgoorlie. By 1909 he was owner of ''Muralgarra Station'' at Yalgoo. On 9 June 1909 he married Bessie Sholl, daughter of Robert Sholl; they had one son and two daughters. Wittenoom was widowed in October 1919. From the early 1920s he lived in Albany, Western Australia, where he invested in property including several hotels, and became director of WA Woollen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Brown (Western Australian Politician)
James McMillan Brown (5 April 1927 – 28 May 2020) was an Australian politician who served in both houses of the Parliament of Western Australia, representing the Labor Party. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1974, and later served in the Legislative Council from 1980 to 1992. Early life Brown was born in Merredin, in the Wheatbelt, to Susan Marion (née Godridge) and William McMillan Brown. His family moved to Perth when he was a child, where he attended John Curtin Senior High School. In April 1945, after turning 18, he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), although the imminent end of the war meant his time in the military was short-lived.James McMillan Brown – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliam ... [...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] |
Claude Stubbs
Robert Henry Claude Stubbs (2 April 1905 – 25 May 1998) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1962 to 1980, representing South-East Province. He served as a minister in the government of John Tonkin. Stubbs was born in Northam, Western Australia, to Mary Jane (née Marshall) and Stokes Stubbs. He attended the Kalgoorlie School of Mines and Perth Technical College, and then worked as a miner in Collie. Stubbs moved to Kalgoorlie in 1932, and then to Norseman in 1937, where he eventually became an underground supervisor. He later worked as a health inspector for the Shire of Dundas. Stubbs entered parliament at the 1962 Legislative Council elections, defeating John Cunningham (the sitting Liberal Party member). He was made a Labor Party whip in 1965, and after the Labor victory at the 1971 state election was made Chief Secretary and Minister for Local Government in the new ministry formed by John Ton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Garrigan
James Joseph Garrigan (26 May 1905 – 5 April 1971) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who served as a Labor Party member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1954 until his death, representing South-East Province. Garrigan was born in Perth to Mary Henrietta (née Anderson) and Timothy Garrigan. After leaving school, he lived in New South Wales for a period, working variously as a farmer, horse breaker, shearer, and station overseer. Garrigan moved to Kalgoorlie-Boulder in 1929 to work on the mines, and eventually became an underground supervisor. He served on the executive and management committee of the Australian Workers' Union's mining division.James Joseph Garrigan – Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bennetts
George Bennetts (11 April 1890 - 27 March 1980) was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1946 to 1965, representing South-East Province. Bennetts was born at Wallaroo Mines in South Australia, but his family moved to the Kalgoorlie-Boulder area of Western Australia in 1896. His family's situation during his time in Boulder was reportedly "beset with difficulties", living in a home of hessian and bags and struggling with insufficient water rations. He was educated at Collick's school, the convent school on the Horseshoe Lease and the South Boulder School, but left school at fourteen. He was a builders' labourer, worked in the bicycle trade and carted sandalwood before joining the Western Australian Government Railways in 1911. Initially working as a porter, Bennetts was promoted to acting conductor in the WAGR before joining the Commonwealth Railways in 1913. He worked in their construction branch durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Australia (Western Australian Division)
The Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division), branded as Liberal Western Australia, is the division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Western Australia. Founded in March 1949 as the Liberal and Country League of Western Australia (LCL), it simplified its name to the Liberal Party in 1968. There was a previous Western Australian division of the Liberal Party when the Liberal Party was formed in 1945, but it ceased to exist and merged into the LCL in May 1949. The Liberal Party has held power in Western Australia for five separate periods in coalition with the National Party (previously the Country party), with the longest period between 1959 and 1971. The party was the sole opposition in the state from 2017 until the 2021 election, where the party lost eleven seats, thus losing opposition status to the National Party, marking the first time the party had failed to form either a coalition government or opposition on its own. Following the election, the Liber ... [...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] |
Robert Boylen
Robert Joseph Boylen (16 November 1901 – 25 June 1955) was an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1947 until his death, representing South Province (1947–1950) and South-East Province (1950–1955). Boylen was born in the London suburb of Kensington, but his family migrated to Western Australia in 1903 and he was raised in Kalgoorlie–Boulder. He was educated at Christian Brothers College, Kalgoorlie and passed his final pharmacy examinations in 1926. He then practised in Perth for several years at Boans' Pharmacy and then at the Royal Perth Hospital before returning to Boulder in 1934 and opening his own pharmacy in Burt Street, which he would operate for the rest of his life. He was appointed a justice of the peace for the East Coolgardie district in 1938 and was a councillor for the Municipality of Boulder from 1944 until his death; he was also a member of the Eastern Goldfields Transport Bo ... [...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] |
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] |
