Members Of The Western Australian Legislative Council, 1902–1904
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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 12 May 1902 to 30 May 1904. 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.


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: On 2 May 1902, East Province MLC Frederick Crowder, who had been elected unopposed one week earlier, died. William Loton was elected unopposed on 17 May 1902. : On 24 January 1903, Metropolitan-Suburban Province MLC Adam Jameson resigned. Walter Kingsmill, who had resigned as the Assembly member for Pilbara to contest the seat, was elected unopposed on 9 February 1903. : On 6 April 1903, East Province MLC Richard Burges resigned.
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won the resulting by-election on 6 May 1903. : On 25 August 1903, Metropolitan-Suburban Province MLC Barrington Wood died.
Zebina Lane Zebina Bartholomew Lane was an Australian mining engineer and politician who was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for the Metropolitan-Suburban Province from 11 September 1903 to 21 May 1908. He was also mayor of the Mu ...
won the resulting by-election on 11 September 1903. : On 15 December 1903, Metropolitan-Suburban Province MLC
William Brookman William Gordon Brookman (8 August 1859 – 5 January 1910) was an Australian mining entrepreneur and politician. He made a fortune in the Western Australian gold rush of the 1890s, and later served as Mayor of Perth from 1900 to 1901 and as a me ...
's seat was declared vacant on the grounds of absence without leave.
Joseph Langsford Joseph Wood Langsford (29 July 1865 – 5 April 1957) was an Australian businessman and politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1904 to 1911. He ran for parliament eight times in total, but won election ...
won the resulting by-election on 5 January 1904.


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