South-East Province

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The South-East Province was an electoral region of the Western Australian Legislative Council, introduced after the introduction of responsible government in the 1890s. It initially comprised Williams, Plantagenet, and Albany Electoral Districts. [1]

Western Australian Legislative Council upper house of the Legislature of the state of Western Australia

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.

Williams was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.

Plantagenet was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in Western Australia from 1890 to 1904.

Members

Three members (1894–1965)
Member 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTermMember 3PartyTerm
  Frederick Crowder None1894–1900  Samuel Haynes None1894–1910  Charles Piesse None1894–1914
  Wesley Maley None1900–1909  
  Joseph Cullen None1909–1910  
  Liberal 1910–1917  Cuthbert McKenzie Liberal 1910–1914  Liberal 1910–1914
   Country 1914–1922  George Sewell Country 1914–1916
    James Greig Country 1916–1925
  Hector Stewart Country 1917–1931  
   Alfred Burvill Country 1922–1928 
    William Glasheen Country 1925–1932
   Charles Wittenoom Country 1928–1940 
  Alec Thomson Country 1931–1950  
    Harold Piesse Ind. Country 1932–1938
    Country 1938–1944
   Hugh Roche Country 1940–1950 
    Anthony Loton Country 1944–1950
Major reconstitution in 1950 – existing South-East Province members effectively swapped with existing South Province members.
  Robert Boylen Labor 1950–1955  John Cunningham Liberal 1950–1954  George Bennetts Labor 1950–1965
   Jim Garrigan None1954–1965 
 John Cunningham Liberal 1955–1962  
  Claude Stubbs None1962–1965  

Two members (1965–1989)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Jim Garrigan Labor 1965–1971  Claude Stubbs Labor 1965–1980
  Ron Leeson Labor 1971–1983 
   Jim Brown Labor 1980–1989
  Mark Nevill Labor 1983–1989 

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References

  1. "Constitution Act Amendment Act, 1896" (PDF). AustLII. Retrieved 30 April 2016.