North Province (Western Australia)

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North Province was an electoral province of the Legislative Council of Western Australia between 1894 and 1989. It elected three members between 1894 and 1965 and two members between 1965 and 1989.

Members

Three members (1900–1965)
Member 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTermMember 3PartyTerm
  Frank Stone None1894–1906  John Richardson None1894–1904  Edward Robinson None1894–1896
    Donald McDonald MacKay None1896–1902
   Sir Edward Wittenoom None1902–1906
   R. F. Sholl None1904–1909 
  Francis Connor None1906–1911  
    Richard Pennefather None1907–1911
  Sir Edward WittenoomNone1910–1911 
  Independent 1911–1916  Liberal 1911–1917  Independent 1911–1914
    Joseph Holmes Independent 1914–1942
  George Miles Independent 1916–1930  
   Nationalist 1917–1934 
  Nationalist 1930–1936  
   Edward Angelo Nationalist 1934–1940 
  Independent 1936–1950  
   Frank Welsh Nationalist 1940–1945 
    Cyril Cornish Independent 1942–1946
   Liberal 1945–1954 
    Mervyn Forrest Liberal 1946–1952
  Harry Strickland Labor 1950–1965  
    Don Barker Labor 1952–1956
   William Willesee Labor 1954–1965 
    Frank Wise Labor 1956–1965

Two members (1965–1989)
Member 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTerm
 Frank Wise Labor 1965–1971 Harry Strickland Labor 1965–1970
   John Hunt Labor 1971–1974
  Bill Withers Liberal 1971–1981 
   John Tozer Liberal 1974–1980
   Peter Dowding Labor 1980–1986
  Independent 1981–1982 
  Tom Stephens Labor 1982–1989 
   Tom Helm Labor 1986–1989

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