Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1953–1956

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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1953 election and the 1956 election, together known as the 21st Parliament.

NameParty District Years in office
Arthur Abbott Liberal Mount Lawley 1939–1956
John Ackland Country Moore 1947–1958
Hugh Andrew Labor Victoria Park 1953–1961
Stewart Bovell Liberal Vasse 1947–1971
John Brady Labor Guildford-Midland 1948–1974
David Brand Liberal Greenough 1945–1975
Dame Florence Cardell-Oliver Liberal Subiaco 1936–1956
George Cornell Country Mount Marshall 1947–1967
Charles Court Liberal Nedlands 1953–1982
Aubrey Coverley [1] Labor Kimberley 1924–1953
Victor Doney Country Narrogin 1928–1956
Herb Graham Labor East Perth 1943–1973
Frank Guthrie [2] Labor Bunbury 1950–1955
Hon Albert Hawke Labor Northam 1933–1968
Stanley Heal Labor West Perth 1953–1965
John Hearman Liberal Blackwood 1950–1968
Bill Hegney Labor Mount Hawthorn 1939–1968
James Hegney Labor Middle Swan 1930–1947; 1950–1968
Leonard Hill Country Albany 1936–1956
Ernest Hoar Labor Warren 1943–1957
Ross Hutchinson Liberal Cottesloe 1950–1977
Colin Jamieson Labor Canning 1953–1986
Ted Johnson Labor Leederville 1952–1959
Lionel Kelly Labor Merredin-Yilgarn 1941–1968
Stan Lapham Labor North Perth 1953–1959; 1968–1974
Dick Lawrence Labor South Fremantle 1951–1960
James Mann Liberal Avon Valley 1930–1962
Iven Manning Liberal Harvey 1950–1974
Harry May Labor Collie 1947–1968
Herbert McCulloch Labor Hannans 1949–1956
Sir Ross McLarty Liberal Murray 1930–1962
Arthur Moir Labor Boulder 1951–1971
Crawford Nalder Country Katanning 1947–1974
Les Nimmo Liberal Wembley Beaches 1947–1956; 1959–1968
Hon Charles North Liberal Claremont 1924–1956
Daniel Norton Labor Gascoyne 1953–1974
Emil Nulsen Labor Eyre 1932–1962
Everard O'Brien Labor Murchison 1952–1959
Edward Oldfield Liberal Maylands 1951–1965
Ray Owen Country Darling Range 1944–1947; 1950–1962
Charles Perkins Country Roe 1942–1962
John Rhatigan [1] Labor Kimberley 1953–1968
George Roberts [2] Liberal Bunbury 1955–1962
Alec Rodoreda Labor Pilbara 1933–1958
Bill Sewell Labor Geraldton 1950–1974
Joseph Sleeman Labor Fremantle 1924–1959
Herbert Styants Labor Kalgoorlie 1936–1956
Lindsay Thorn Country Toodyay 1930–1959
John Tonkin Labor Melville 1933–1977
Arthur Watts Country Stirling 1935–1962
Gerald Wild Liberal Dale 1947–1965
George Yates Liberal South Perth 1947–1956

Notes

1 On 19 March 1953, the Labor member for Kimberley, Aubrey Coverley, died. Labor candidate John Rhatigan won the resulting by-election on 16 May 1953.
2 On 21 September 1955, the Labor member for Bunbury, Frank Guthrie, died. Liberal candidate George Roberts won the resulting by-election on 29 October 1955.

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