East Province (Western Australia)

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East Province was an electoral province of the Legislative Council of Western Australia between 1894 and 1950. It elected three members throughout its existence.

Western Australian Legislative Council upper house of the Legislature of the state of Western Australia

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 of Parliament sit in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth.

Members

Three members (1894–1950)
Member 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTermMember 3PartyTerm
  Charles Dempster None1894–1907  R. G. Burges None1894–1903  Richard Hardey None1894–1896
    Howard Taylor None1896–1899
    Henry Lukin None1899–1901
    Frederick Crowder None1901–1902
    William Loton None1902–1908
   Andrew Dempster None1903–1904 
   Edward Vivien Harvey Keane None1904 
   Vernon Hamersley None1904–1910 
  George Throssell None1907–1910  
    Thomas Wilding None1908–1910
  Warren Marwick Liberal 1910–1912  Liberal 1910–1917  Liberal 1910–1914
  Hal Colebatch Liberal 1912–1917  
    Charles Baxter Country 1914–1950
  Nationalist 1917–1923  Nationalist 1917–1920 
   Country 1920–1946 
  William Carroll Country 1923–1924  
  Herbert Yelland Nationalist 1924–1936  
  Garnet Wood Country 1936–1950  
  Sir Charles Latham Country 1946–1950 

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References

David William Black is a Western Australian historian. He has lectured and written extensively on Australian and Western Australian history, especially political history. He was Professor in History and Politics in the School of Social Sciences and Asian Languages at Curtin University of Technology until his retirement in 2002, and is now Professor Emeritus. He is currently Chairperson of the Parliamentary History Advisory Committee, and a Parliamentary Fellow (History).