Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1894–1896

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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 16 July 1894 to 27 July 1896. The chamber had 21 seats made up of seven provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election. As this was the first election of the Legislative Council under responsible government in Western Australia, following the passage of the Constitution Act Amendment Act 1893, all seats were vacant at the time of the election, and therefore the candidate with most votes in each province was elected for six years, the second-most for four years and the third-most for two years.

NameProvinceTerm
expires
Years in office
William Alexander [3] Central 18981895–1898
Henry Briggs [4] West 18981896–1919
R. G. Burges East 18981894–1903
Daniel Keen Congdon West 19001887–1890; 1892–1900
Frederick Crowder South-East 19001894–1900; 1901–1902
Edward Davies [4] West 18981894–1896
Charles Dempster East 19001873–1874; 1894–1907
John Foulkes South-West 18961894–1896
John Winthrop Hackett South-West 19001890–1916
Richard Hardey East 18961876–1880; 1890–1896
Samuel Haynes South-East 18981894–1910
Ernest Henty [3] Central 18981894–1895
Hugh McKernan Central 18961894–1896
Alfred Kidson [2] West 18961895–1902
Edward McLarty South-West 18981894–1916
Harry Marshall [2] West 18961894–1895
Stephen Henry Parker Metropolitan 18981878–1888; 1889–1890;
1892–1897
Charles Piesse South-East 18961894–1914
John Richardson North 18981894–1904
Edward Robinson North 18961894–1896
Henry Saunders Metropolitan 18961894–1902; 1918–1919
Sir George Shenton Metropolitan 19001870–1873; 1875–1906
Frank Stone North 19001894–1906
Edward Wittenoom [1] Central 19001883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934

Notes

1 On 19 December 1894, Edward Wittenoom (Central Province) was appointed Minister for Mines in the Forrest Ministry. He was therefore required to resign and submit to a ministerial by-election, and was returned unopposed on 17 January 1895.
2 On 11 July 1895, the seat held by Harry Marshall (West Province) was declared vacant due to bankruptcy. Alfred Kidson was elected unopposed to fill the remainder of the term.
3 On 25 June 1895, Ernest Henty (Central Province) died, and a by-election was held on 25 July 1895, at which William Alexander was elected to fill the remainder of the term.
4 On 9 June 1896, Edward Davies (West Province) resigned, and a by-election was held on 30 June 1896, at which Henry Briggs was elected to fill the remainder of the term.

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