Members Of The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1939–1943
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between the 1939 election and the 1943 election, together known as the 17th Parliament.


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: On 29 March 1939,
Aubrey Coverley Aubrey Augustus Michael Coverley (29 September 1895 – 19 March 1953) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1924 until his death, representing the seat of Kimberley. H ...
, the member for Kimberley was appointed as Minister for the North-West in the Willcock Ministry, whilst
Emil Nulsen Emil Nulsen (9 June 1885 – 3 August 1965) was an Australian politician who was a Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch), Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia ...
, the member for Kanowna, was appointed Minister for Justice and Minister for Railways. Both were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections on 5 April 1939, in which both were returned unopposed. : On 20 March 1939, the Labor member for Forrest,
May Holman Mary Alice "May" Holman (18 July 1893 – 20 March 1939) was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1925 until her death in 1939. She was th ...
, died after a car crash. Her brother, Edward Holman, won the resulting by-election on 20 May 1939—the third family member in a row to hold the seat, as their father, John Holman, had held it from a 1923 by-election until his death in 1925. : On 2 August 1939, the Independent member for Irwin-Moore, Claude Barker, resigned. The Independent candidate,
Horace Berry Horace Thurston Berry (1891 – 1 September 1949) was an Australian politician who was an independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1939 to 1947, representing the seat of Irwin-Moore. Family Berry was born in ...
, won the resulting by-election on 9 September 1939. : On 30 June 1941, the Labor member for Yilgarn-Coolgardie, George Lambert, died. Independent Country candidate
Lionel Kelly Lionel Francis Kelly (22 January 1897 – 16 April 1977) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1941 to 1968. He was initially elected as an independent, but in 1946 joined the Labor ...
won the resulting by-election on 9 August 1941. : On 7 October 1942, the Country member for
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, Charles Latham, resigned after being appointed to fill a
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vacancy. Country candidate Charles Perkins won the resulting by-election on 21 November 1942. : On 15 July 1943, the Independent member for
East Perth East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sunrise, Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from ...
,
Thomas Hughes Thomas Hughes (20 October 182222 March 1896) was an English lawyer, judge, politician and author. He is most famous for his novel ''Tom Brown's School Days'' (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. ...
, resigned to contest the Federal seat of
Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
at the 1943 federal election. Labor candidate
Herb Graham Herbert Ernst Graham (6 April 1911 – 17 March 1982) was an Australian politician. Biography Graham was born in Narrogin, Western Australia on 6 April 1911 to parents from South Australia. Graham attended school in Narrogin and Northam. H ...
won the resulting by-election on 14 August 1943. {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1939-1943 Members of Western Australian parliaments by term