North Perth Western Australia—Legislative Assembly | |
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State | Western Australia |
Dates current | 1897–1962 |
Namesake | North Perth |
The Electoral district of North Perth was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. The district was named for its location immediately to the north of the central business district of Perth.
North Perth was created under the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1896, which took effect at the 1897 election. Its first election was notable in producing Western Australia's first Labor member of Parliament, Charles Oldham, who had been a president of the Trades and Labor Council and had become an employer, and hence could afford to run in the days prior to payment of members. [1] Oldham associated with the official opposition led by George Leake, but ultimately his seat was declared vacant for non-attendance on 16 October 1900. An independent, Richard Speight, won at the subsequent general election four months later, but died seven months into his term.
The seat changed hands several times between Labor and non-Labor members until 1914, when James MacCallum Smith won the seat for the Liberal party, which folded into the Nationalist. He and his Nationalist successor Arthur Abbott were the seat's only members until a major redistribution following the abolition of the neighbouring Perth seat at the 1950 election transformed it into a marginal seat. Future Premier of Western Australia (1982–1983), Ray O'Connor, won his first term of office against the incumbent Labor member Stan Lapham in the 1959 election. The seat was abolished in a redistribution in 1961 ahead of the 1962 election, and the seat was split between a recreated Perth seat and Mount Lawley.
Member | Party | Term | |
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Charles Oldham | PLP (Labour) | 1897–1900 | |
Richard Speight | Independent | 1901 | |
George McWilliams | Oppositionist | 1901–1904 | |
Francis Ford Wilson | Labour | 1904–1905 | |
James Brebber | Ministerialist | 1905–1908 | |
Herbert Swan | Labour | 1908–1914 | |
James MacCallum Smith | Liberal | 1914–1917 | |
Nationalist | 1917–1939 | ||
Arthur Abbott | Nationalist | 1939–1945 | |
Liberal | 1945–1949 | ||
LCL | 1949–1950 | ||
Ted Needham | Labor | 1950–1953 | |
Stan Lapham | Labor | 1953–1959 | |
Ray O'Connor | LCL | 1959–1962 |
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