Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 2021–2025

Last updated October 31, 2024

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council elected to serve a term between 22 May 2021 and 21 May 2025.

Name	Party	Region	Term in office
Hon Martin Aldridge	National	Agricultural	2013–present
Hon Klara Andric	Labor	South Metropolitan	2021–present
Hon Dan Caddy	Labor	North Metropolitan	2021–present
Hon Sandra Carr	Labor	Agricultural	2021–present
Hon Alanna Clohesy	Labor	East Metropolitan	2013–present
Hon Peter Collier	Liberal	North Metropolitan	2005–present
Hon Ben Dawkins ^[2]	Independent/One Nation ^[5]	South West	2023–present
Hon Stephen Dawson	Labor	Mining and Pastoral	2013–present
Hon Colin de Grussa	National	Agricultural	2017–present
Hon Kate Doust	Labor	South Metropolitan	2001–present
Hon Sue Ellery	Labor	South Metropolitan	2001–present
Hon Donna Faragher	Liberal	East Metropolitan	2005–present
Hon Peter Foster	Labor	Mining and Pastoral	2021–present
Hon Nick Goiran	Liberal	South Metropolitan	2009–present
Hon Lorna Harper	Labor	East Metropolitan	2021–present
Hon James Hayward ^[4]	National/Independent^[1]	South West	2021–2023
Hon Jackie Jarvis	Labor	South West	2021–present
Hon Louise Kingston ^[4]	National/Independent^[7]	South West	2023–present
Hon Alannah MacTiernan ^[2]	Labor	South West	1993–1996, 2017–2023
Hon Ayor Makur Chuot	Labor	North Metropolitan	2021–present
Hon Steve Martin	Liberal	Agricultural	2021–present
Hon Kyle McGinn	Labor	Mining and Pastoral	2017–present
Hon Sophia Moermond	Legalise Cannabis/Independent^[6]	South West	2021–present
Hon Shelley Payne	Labor	Agricultural	2021–present
Hon Brad Pettitt	Greens	South Metropolitan	2021–present
Hon Stephen Pratt	Labor	South Metropolitan	2021–present
Hon Martin Pritchard	Labor	North Metropolitan	2015–present
Hon Samantha Rowe	Labor	East Metropolitan	2013–present
Hon Rosetta Sahanna	Labor	Mining and Pastoral	2021–present
Hon Tjorn Sibma	Liberal	North Metropolitan	2017–present
Hon Matthew Swinbourn	Labor	East Metropolitan	2017–present
Hon Dr Sally Talbot	Labor	South West	2005–present
Hon Dr Steve Thomas	Liberal	South West	2017–present
Hon Neil Thomson	Liberal	Mining and Pastoral	2021–present
Hon Wilson Tucker	Daylight Saving/Independent^[3]	Mining and Pastoral	2021–present
Hon Dr Brian Walker	Legalise Cannabis	East Metropolitan	2021–present
Hon Darren West	Labor	Agricultural	2013–present
Hon Pierre Yang	Labor	North Metropolitan	2017–present

¹ South West National MLC James Hayward was suspended from the party on 2 December 2021 and resigned the following day to sit as an independent.

² South West Labor MLC Alannah MacTiernan resigned on 10 February 2023. Ben Dawkins was elected to replace her in a countback on 20 March 2023; although he had run as a Labor candidate, he had been suspended from the party and sat as an independent.

³ The Daylight Saving Party allowed its registration to lapse on 20 February 2023, and Mining and Pastoral MLC Wilson Tucker became an independent.

⁴ South West Independent MLC James Hayward was convicted of sexual misconduct on 28 August 2023, which caused his seat to be declared vacant. National candidate Louise Kingston was elected in a countback on 19 September 2023.

⁵ South West Independent MLC Ben Dawkins joined Pauline Hanson's One Nation on 29 February 2024.

⁶ South West Legalise Cannabis MLC Sophia Moermond resigned from the party to sit as an independent on 9 May 2024.

⁷ South West National MLC Louise Kingston resigned from the party to sit as an independent on 20 June 2024.

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