Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1898–1900

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 9 May 1898 to 14 May 1900. The chamber had 24 seats made up of eight provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election.

Name Province Term
expires
Years in office
Henry Briggs West 1904 1896–1919
R. G. Burges East 1904 1894–1903
Daniel Keen Congdon West 1900 1887–1890; 1892–1900
Frederick Crowder South-East 1900 1894–1900; 1901–1902
Charles Dempster East 1900 1873–1874; 1894–1907
John Winthrop Hackett South-West 1900 1890–1916
Richard Septimus Haynes Central 1902 1896–1902
Samuel Johnson Haynes South-East 1904 1894–1910
Arthur Jenkins North-East 1904 1898–1904; 1908–1917
Alfred Kidson West 1902 1895–1902
William Loton[1] Central 1900 1889–1890; 1898–1900;
1902–1908
Henry Lukin[2] East 1902 1899–1901
Donald McDonald MacKay North 1902 1896–1902
Edward McLarty South-West 1904 1894–1916
Alexander Matheson North-East 1902 1897–1901
Harold Parsons North-East 1900 1897–1900
Charles Piesse South-East 1902 1894–1914
George Randell Metropolitan 1904 1875–1878; 1880–1890;
1893–1894; 1897–1910
John Richardson North 1904 1894–1904
Henry Saunders Metropolitan 1902 1894–1902; 1918–1919
Sir George Shenton Metropolitan 1900 1870–1873; 1875–1906
William Spencer South-West 1902 1896–1901
Frank Stone North 1900 1894–1906
John Taylor[2] East 1902 1896–1899
Frederic Whitcombe Central 1904 1898–1900

Notes

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1 On 28 April 1898, Central Province MLC Edward Wittenoom resigned. William Loton was elected on 13 June 1898 to fill the remaining two years of his term.
1 On 9 June 1899, East Province MLC John Taylor resigned. Henry Lukin was elected on 11 July 1899 to fill the remainder of his term.

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.
  • Hughes, Colin A.; Aitkin, Don (1986). Voting for the Australian State Upper Houses, 1890-1984. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-909779-18-X.