West Province (Western Australia)

West Province Western Australia—Legislative Council
State	Western Australia
Created	1894
Abolished	1989

West Province was an electoral province of the Legislative Council of Western Australia between 1894 and 1989. It elected three members from 1894 to 1965 and two members from 1965 to 1989.

Members

Three members (1894–1965)
Member 1		Party	Term	Member 2		Party	Term	Member 3		Party	Term
	Daniel Congdon	None	1894–1900		Edward Davies	None	1894–1896		Harry Marshall	None	1894–1895
									Alfred Kidson	None	1895–1902
					Sir Henry Briggs	None	1896–1911
	Matthew Moss	None	1900–1901
	Robert Laurie	None	1901–1912
									Matthew Moss	None	1902–1911
		Liberal	1911–1912			Liberal	1911–1917			Liberal	1911–1914
	Robert Lynn	Liberal	1912–1917
									Joseph Allen	Liberal	1914–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1924			Nationalist	1917–1919			Nationalist	1917–1920
					Alexander Panton	Labor	1919–1922
									Frederick Baglin	Labor	1920–1923
					George Potter	Nationalist	1922–1928
									Edmund Gray	Labor	1923–1952
	William Kitson	Labor	1924–1947
					Gilbert Fraser	Labor	1928–1958
	Evan Davies	Labor	1947–1963
									Frederick Lavery	Labor	1952–1965
					Ronald Thompson	Labor	1959–1965
	Jerry Dolan	Labor	1963–1965

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Two members (1965–1989)
Member 1		Party	Term	Member 2		Party	Term
	Charles Abbey	Liberal	1965–1977		Ray Jones	Country	1965–1967
					Fred White	Country	1967–1973
					Gordon Masters	Liberal	1974–1989
	Neil Oliver	Liberal	1977–1989

References

• David Black (2014), The Western Australian Parliamentary Handbook (Twenty-Third Edition), pp. 221–222