Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1956–1958

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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1956 to 21 May 1958. The chamber had 30 seats made up of ten provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election.

NamePartyProvinceTerm expiresYears in office
Don Barker [2] Labor North 19581952–1956
Norm Baxter Country Central 19581950–1958; 1960–1983
George Bennetts Labor South-East 19581946–1965
John Cunningham Liberal South-East 19621948–1954; 1955–1962
Evan Davies Labor West 19621947–1963
Leslie Diver Country Central 19621952–1974
Gilbert Fraser Labor West 19601928–1958
Jim Garrigan Labor South-East 19601954–1971
Arthur Griffith Liberal Suburban 19581953–1977
William Hall Labor North-East 19581938–1963
Eric Heenan Labor North-East 19621936–1968
James Hislop Liberal Metropolitan 19581941–1971
Ruby Hutchison Labor Suburban 19601954–1971
George Jeffery Labor Suburban 19621956–1962
Ray Jones Country Midland 19621950–1967
Sir Charles Latham Country Central 19601946–1960
Frederick Lavery Labor West 19581952–1971
Les Logan Country Midland 19601947–1974
Anthony Loton Country South 19581944–1965
Graham MacKinnon Liberal South-West 19621956–1986
Reg Mattiske [1] Liberal Metropolitan 19601956–1965
James Murray Liberal South-West 19581951–1965
Hugh Roche Country South 19601940–1960
Charles Simpson Liberal Midland 19581946–1963
Harry Strickland Labor North 19621950–1970
John Teahan Labor North-East 19601954–1965
Jack Thomson Country South 19621950–1974
Keith Watson Liberal Metropolitan 19621948–1968
William Willesee Labor North 19601954–1974
Francis Drake Willmott Liberal South-West 19601955–1974
Frank Wise [2] Labor North 19581956–1971

Notes

1 On 20 March 1956, Metropolitan Province Liberal MLC Harry Hearn had died. Liberal candidate Reg Mattiske won the resulting by-election on 9 June 1956.
2 On 18 July 1956, North Province Labor MLC Don Barker died. Labor candidate and former Premier Frank Wise won the resulting by-election on 22 September 1956.

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