The Western Australian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Western Australia,a state of Australia. It is regarded as a house of review for legislation passed by the Legislative Assembly,the lower house. The two Houses of Parliament sit in Parliament House in the state capital,Perth.
Thomas George Anstruther Molloy was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the electorate of Perth from 1892 until 1894,and thereafter became a perennial candidate,unsuccessfully standing for parliament 14 times. He also served two terms as the Mayor of Perth,from 1908 to 1909 and from 1911 to 1912. Molloy also made a significant contribution to the cultural life of Perth,building numerous hotels and the first two theatres in the city,most notably His Majesty's Theatre,which is still open today.
Michelle Hopkins Roberts is an Australian politician currently serving as Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly. She has been a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly since 1994. She served as a minister in the governments of Geoff Gallop and Alan Carpenter between 2001 and 2008. In November 2015,Roberts became the longest-serving female parliamentarian in Western Australia's history,breaking the record set by Liz Constable. She was a high school teacher,civil servant and local government councillor before entering politics.
The Electoral district of Perth is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia. Perth is named for the capital city of Western Australia whose central business district falls within its borders. It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia,with its first member having been elected in the inaugural 1890 elections of the Legislative Assembly.
A political family of Australia is a family in which multiple members are involved in Australian politics,particularly electoral politics. Members may be related by blood or marriage;often several generations or multiple siblings may be involved.
Joseph Max Berinson was an Australian politician who represented the Australian Labor Party (ALP) in the Australian House of Representatives and the Western Australian Legislative Council. He was Minister for the Environment in the Whitlam government for several months in 1975,later serving a decade as Attorney-General of Western Australia.
Robert Charles Kucera APM is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 2001 to 2008,representing the seat of Yokine. A high-ranking police officer before entering parliament,he served as a minister in the government of Geoff Gallop from 2001 to 2005,but resigned over a conflict of interest. Kucera represented the Labor Party for most of his career,but lost preselection prior to the 2008 state election,and resigned to sit as an independent for the final months of his term.
Samuel Ernest "George" Cash is a former Australian politician. A member of the Liberal Party,he represented Mount Lawley in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly,and later was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council,representing the North Metropolitan Region.
Mount Lawley is an electorate in the state of Western Australia. Mount Lawley is named for the inner north-eastern Perth suburb of Mount Lawley,which falls within its borders.
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 31 March 1962 to elect all 50 members to the Legislative Assembly. The Liberal-Country coalition government,led by Premier Sir David Brand,won a second term in office against the Labor Party,led by Opposition Leader Albert Hawke.
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.
The 1892 Perth colonial by-election was a by-election held on 12 January 1892 for the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Perth,which covered the city of Perth and its immediate environs.
Edward Peate Oldfield was an Australian politician,and a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1951 until 1965 representing the seats of Maylands and Mount Lawley at different times.
Arthur Valentine Rutherford Abbott was an Australian lawyer and politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1939 to 1956. He was a minister in the government of Sir Ross McLarty,including as attorney-general from 1948 to 1953.
Antoine "Tony" Issa OAM,an Australian politician,was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Granville for the Liberal Party from 2011 until the 2015 election when he lost the seat to Labor's Julia Finn.
Edward Houghton Angelo was an Australian politician who served in both houses of the Parliament of Western Australia. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1917 to 1933,representing the seat of Gascoyne,and then a member of the Legislative Council from 1934 to 1940,representing North Province.
Adam Jameson was a Scottish-born physician who was a member of parliament and government minister in both the Australian state of Western Australia and the Transvaal Colony.
Harold William Crommelin was an Australian businessman and politician who was a Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1956 to 1968,representing the seat of Claremont.
A by-election for the seat of Victoria Park in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 10 February 1945. It was triggered by the death of the sitting member,Howard Raphael of the Labor Party,on 9 December 1944. The election was won by an independent candidate,William Read,who finished with 56.7 percent of the two-candidate-preferred vote. Outside of Read's victory,the election was also notable as the first in Western Australia to be contested by the newly established Liberal Party.
A by-election for the seat of Boulder in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia was held on 4 December 1948. It was triggered by the death of Philip Collier,a former premier,on 18 October 1948. The Labor Party retained the seat at the election,with Charlie Oliver winning 78.9 percent of the first-preference vote.
