This is a list of members of the

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 ...

from 22 May 1922 to 21 May 1924. 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. During the term, the Country Party split into rival Ministerial (MCP) and Executive (ECP) factions–although in the Council, this was diluted somewhat by the refusal of some long-standing Country members to become involved in the dispute. The Executive faction, loyal to the Primary Producers' Association, prevailed and by 1925 the Ministerial faction had merged with the Nationalist Party.

Notes

: On 19 October 1922,

Metropolitan-Suburban Province The Metropolitan-Suburban Province was a three-member electoral province of the Western Australian Legislative Council, located in the metropolitan region of Perth. It was created by the ''Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899'', and became effect ...

Nationalist MLC

Archibald Sanderson Archibald Sanderson (1 April 1870 – 18 June 1937) was an Australian politician and journalist. Born at Glenthompson in Victoria to pastoralist John Sanderson and Agnes Roberts, he attended Haileybury College and Christ Church, Oxford (graduatin ...

resigned. Nationalist candidate

Harry Boan Henry ("Harry") Boan (1860–1941) was an Australian businessman and politician, who was best known for establishing the Boans department store in Perth, Western Australia. Boan was born at Jones Creek near Dunolly, Victoria on 4 November 1860 ...

won the resulting by-election on 25 November 1922. : On 18 June 1923, South-West Province Nationalist MLC John Ewing was appointed Minister for Education, North West and Justice in the

Ministry Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ...

led by James Mitchell. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was returned unopposed on 27 June 1923. : On 17 June 1923, East Province Nationalist MLC Hal Colebatch resigned. Country candidate William Carroll won the resulting by-election on 11 August 1923. : On 13 August 1923, West Province Labor MLC Frederick Baglin resigned. Labor candidate Edmund Gray won the resulting by-election on 8 September 1923.

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