Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1890–1894

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from December 1890 until July 1894.

Prior to the passage of the Constitution Act 1889, Western Australia had a partly elected and partly nominated Legislative Council. The Act created a fully elective Western Australian Legislative Assembly as a separate house, and a 15-seat Council whose members were nominated by the Governor of Western Australia. It was anticipated by Part III of the Constitution that the Council would remain purely nominative until the colony had reached a population of 60,000—seen as a distant goal with an 1888 population of 43,814 and the levelling off of earlier growth. However, due to the gold rush which saw thousands of people migrate from other Australian colonies and from overseas, the population reached 64,923 by 31 December 1893. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1893 was passed to transform the Council into an elective house of 21 members on a restricted franchise, effective from the 1894 elections.

Name Date appointed Date ceased
Josceline Amherst 24 December 1890 16 July 1894
Harry Anstey 23 August 1893 16 July 1894
Edmund Ralph Brockman 24 December 1890 9 December 1891 (resigned)
Thomas Burges 24 December 1890 7 August 1893 (died)
Robert Edwin Bush 24 December 1890 17 July 1893 (resigned)
Hon Sir Thomas Cockburn-Campbell 24 December 1890 27 September 1892 (died)
Daniel Keen Congdon 8 March 1892 16 July 1894
George Glyde 8 March 1892 16 July 1894
McKenzie Grant 24 December 1890 17 July 1893 (resigned)
John Winthrop Hackett 29 December 1890 16 July 1894
Edward Hamersley 24 December 1890 16 July 1894
Richard Watson Hardey 31 December 1890 16 July 1894
John Hassell 3 August 1893 16 July 1984
Edward Hooley 12 December 1891 16 July 1894
George Walpole Leake 24 December 1890 16 July 1894
John Monger 24 December 1890 23 February 1892 (died)
William Dalgety Moore 24 December 1890 4 February 1892 (resigned)
James Morrison 24 December 1890 16 July 1894
Stephen Henry Parker 11 October 1892 16 July 1894
George Randell 17 July 1893 16 July 1894
Sir George Shenton 24 December 1890 16 July 1894
John Arthur Wright 24 December 1890 16 July 1894

Sources

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  • Black, David (1991). Legislative Council of Western Australia : membership register, electoral law and statistics, 1890-1989. Perth: Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0-7309-3641-4.