Members Of The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950
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Western Australian Legislative Assembly The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Western Australia, an Australian state. The Parliament sits in Parliament House in the Western Australian capital, Perth. The Legisla ...
between the 1947 election and the 1950 election, together known as the 19th Parliament.


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: Following the 1947 state election a new Cabinet consisting of eight members, including one Member of the Legislative Council, was appointed to the McLarty Ministry. These members were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections on 17 April 1947, at which all were returned unopposed. Due to changes in the law during the term of Parliament, these were the last ministerial by-elections to be held in Western Australia. : At the 1947 election, the Labor member for
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,
Bill Hegney William Hegney (11 January 1896 – 13 October 1982) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1939 to 1968. He served as a minister in the government of Albert Hawke. Heg ...
, and his Independent rival, Leonard Taplin, each secured 234 votes, and Hegney was pronounced the winner on the casting vote of the returning officer. A petition was lodged against Hegney's return, and a fresh
election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...
was called for 2 August 1947, which Hegney won against the same opponent with a 31-vote majority. : On 2 May 1947, the Liberal member for
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, William Willmott, died. Liberal candidate
Stewart Bovell Sir William Stewart Bovell (19 December 1906 – 15 September 1999) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electorates of Sussex and Vasse between 1947 and 1971. Bovell served as a m ...
won the resulting by-election on 7 June 1947. : On 26 January 1948, the Labor member for Guildford-Midland, William Johnson, died. Labor candidate John Brady won the resulting by-election on 13 March 1948. : On 18 October 1948, the Labor member for
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, former Premier (1924–1930; 1933–1936) Hon
Philip Collier Philip Collier (21 April 1873 – 18 October 1948) was an Australian politician who served as the 14th Premier of Western Australia from 1924 to 1930 and from 1933 to 1936. He was leader of the Labor Party from 1917 to 1936, and is Western Aus ...
, died. Labor candidate Charlie Oliver won the resulting by-election on 4 December 1948. : On 19 December 1948, the Labor member for Hannans,
David Leahy David Joseph Leahy (19 October 1883 – 19 December 1948) was an Australian trade unionist and politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1938 until his death, representing the seat of Hanna ...
, died. Labor candidate Herbert McCulloch won the resulting by-election on 26 February 1949. : In March 1949, James Mann, the member for
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, led a breakaway faction out of the Country Party, and initially sat as an Independent. His faction merged with the Liberal Party in May 1949, and the party became known as the
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. : On 27 October 1949,
Bill Grayden William Leonard Grayden (born Wilbur Ives; 5 August 1920) is an Australian former politician. He was a member of parliament across six decades, serving in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (1947–1949, 1956–1993) and the Australian ...
, the Liberal member for
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, resigned in order to stand for the
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at the 1949 federal election. A by-election was not called due to the proximity of the 1950 state election. : On 30 October 1949,
Hugh Leslie Hugh Alan Leslie OBE (17 April 1900 – 2 September 1974) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Country Party and served terms in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (1943–1949) and House of Representatives (1949–195 ...
, the Country member for Mount Marshall, resigned in order to stand for the
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at the 1949 federal election. A by-election was not called due to the proximity of the 1950 state election. {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1947-1950 Members of Western Australian parliaments by term