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 ...
between 22 May 2005 and 21 May 2009:
Notes
: Agricultural Liberal MLC
Margaret Rowe
Margaret-Anne Bernadette Rowe (née Trahair; born 1949) is a former Australian politician who was a Liberal member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia from 2005 to 2007, representing Agricultural Region.
Rowe was born in Kalgoorl ...
resigned on 22 June 2007.
Brian Ellis was elected in the resulting countback on 16 July 2007.
: East Metropolitan Labor MLC
Louise Pratt
Louise Clare Pratt (born 18 April 1972) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Western Australia since 2016, and previously from 2008 to 2014. She is a member of the Labor Party, and served as a member of the Western Australian ...
resigned on 29 October 2007 to run for the
Australian Senate
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at the
2007 federal election.
Batong Pham
Batong Vu Pham (born 18 June 1967) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from November 2007 to May 2009. He was elected on a countback when Louise Pratt resigned to run for the Sen ...
was elected in the resulting countback on 26 November.
: Mining and Pastoral MLC
Shelley Archer
Shelley Frances Archer (born 15 October 1958) is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from May 2005, representing the Mining and Pastoral electoral region. A former union off ...
was elected as a Labor member, but resigned from the party on 15 November 2007 after Premier
Alan Carpenter
Alan John Carpenter (born 4 January 1957) is a former Australian politician who served as the 28th Premier of Western Australia, from 2006 to 2008. From Albany, Carpenter graduated from the University of Western Australia, and worked as a journ ...
called for her expulsion from parliament over an ongoing corruption scandal. She served out her term as an Independent and, despite initial suggestions to the contrary, did not recontest.
: Agricultural National MLC
Murray Criddle resigned on 2 January 2008.
Wendy Duncan
Wendy Maxine Duncan (née Tonkin; born 7 October 1954) is an Australian politician who was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2013 to 2017, representing the seat of Kalgoorlie. She was previously a m ...
was elected in the resulting countback on 29 January 2008.
: Agricultural MLC
Anthony Fels
Anthony James Fels (born 19 November 1964) is a former Australian member of parliament and perennial candidate for public office. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council representing the Agricultural Region from 2005 to 2 ...
was elected as a Liberal member, but resigned from the party on 31 July 2008. He subsequently sat as an independent and recontested his seat unsuccessfully at the
2008 election as a
WAFamilyFirst.com Party candidate.
: North Metropolitan Labor MLC
Graham Giffard resigned on 11 August 2008 in order to contest the Assembly seat of
Swan Hills
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in the election, where he was beaten by the Liberals'
Frank Alban
Francesco Angelo "Frank" Alban (born 14 November 1949) is a former Western Australian politician. He was born in Ostiglia, Italy, and arrived in Western Australia in February 1956. He was a Liberal Party member of the Western Australian Legisl ...
.
Carolyn Burton was elected in the resulting countback on 12 September 2008.
: Mining and Pastoral Labor MLC
Vince Catania resigned on 12 August 2008 in order to contest the Assembly seat of
North West
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in the election; he was elected.
Shelley Eaton was elected in the resulting countback on 17 September 2008.
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