This is a list of members of the

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, Perth, Parliament House in the Western Australian capi ...

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1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

Notes

: On 8 October 1971, the Labor member for

Ascot Ascot, Ascott or Askot may refer to: Places Australia * Ascot, Queensland, suburb of Brisbane * Ascot, Queensland (Toowoomba Region), a locality * Ascot Park, South Australia, suburb of Adelaide * Ascot (Ballarat), town near Ballarat in Victoria ...

and

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, Merv Toms, died. The Labor candidate,

Mal Bryce Malcolm John Bryce (10 April 19433 March 2018) was an Australian politician, who served as a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1971 to 1988, representing the seat of Ascot. He was deputy leader of the L ...

, won the resulting by-election on 13 November 1971. : On 26 October 1972, the Country member for Blackwood, David Reid, resigned to contest the seat of

Forrest Forrest may refer to: Places Australia *Forrest, Australian Capital Territory *Forrest, Victoria, a small rural township *Division of Forrest, a federal division of the Australian House of Representatives, in Western Australia *Electoral distric ...

in the

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. Liberal candidate Sandy Lewis won the resulting by-election on 16 December 1972. : On 28 February 1973, the Liberal member for Bunbury, Maurice Williams, resigned. Liberal candidate John Sibson won the resulting by-election on 7 April 1973. : On 30 May 1973, the Labor member for Balcatta, Herb Graham, resigned following his appointment to the Licensing Court. Labor candidate Brian Burke won the resulting by-election on 28 July 1973.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1971-1974 Members of Western Australian parliaments by term