South Province (Western Australia)

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South Province was an electoral province of the Legislative Council of Western Australia between 1900 and 1989. It elected three members between 1900 and 1965 and two members between 1965 and 1989.

Members

Three members (1900–1965)
Member 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTermMember 3PartyTerm
  Thomas Brimage None1900–1906  John Glowrey None1900–1904  George Bellingham None1900–1908
   William Oats None1904–1910 
 John GlowreyNone1906–1910  
   Sir John Kirwan None1908–1910
  Independent 1910–1912  Jabez Dodd Labor 1910–1917  Independent 1910–1946
  James Cornell Labor 1912–1917  
  Nat. Labor 1917–1924  Nat. Labor 1917–1924 
  Nationalist 1924–1945  Nationalist 1924–1928 
   George Rainsford Nationalist 1928 
   Charles Williams Labor 1928–1948 
  Liberal 1945–1946  
    George Bennetts Labor 1946–1950
  Robert Boylen Labor 1947–1950  
   John Cunningham Liberal 1948–1950 
Major reconstitution in 1950 – existing South Province members effectively swapped with existing South-East Province members.
  Jack Thomson Country 1950–1965  Hugh Roche Country 1950–1960  Anthony Loton Country 1950–1965
   Sydney Thompson Country 1960–1965 
Two members (1965–1989)
Member 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTerm
  Edward House Country 1965–1971 Jack Thomson Country 1965–1974
  David Wordsworth Liberal 1971–1989 
   Thomas Knight Liberal 1974–1986
   John Caldwell National 1986–1989

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