Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1968–1971

Last updated July 11, 2021

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1968 to 1971:

Name	Party	District	Years in office
Tom Bateman	Labor	Canning	1968–1986
Ron Bertram	Labor	Mount Hawthorn	1968–1989
Arthur Bickerton	Labor	Pilbara	1958–1974
Stewart Bovell	Liberal	Vasse	1947–1971
John Brady	Labor	Swan	1948–1974
Sir David Brand	Liberal	Greenough	1945–1975
Terry Burke	Labor	Perth	1968–1987
Richard Burt	Liberal	Murchison-Eyre	1959–1971
Doug Cash	Liberal	Mirrabooka	1968–1971
Wyndham Cook ^[1]	Labor	Albany	1970–1974
Charles Court	Liberal	Nedlands	1953–1982
James Craig	Country	Toodyay	1959–1971
Ron Davies	Labor	Victoria Park	1961–1986
Ken Dunn	Liberal	Darling Range	1962–1971
David Evans	Labor	Warren	1968–1989
Tom Evans	Labor	Kalgoorlie	1956–1980
Harry Fletcher	Labor	Fremantle	1959–1977
Harry Gayfer	Country	Avon	1962–1974
Herb Graham	Labor	Balcatta	1943–1973
Bill Grayden	Liberal	South Perth	1947–1949; 1956–1993
Hugh Guthrie	Liberal	Subiaco	1959–1971
Jack Hall ^[1]	Labor	Albany	1956–1970
John Harman	Labor	Maylands	1968–1986
Guy Henn	Liberal	Wembley	1959–1971
Ross Hutchinson	Liberal	Cottesloe	1950–1977
Colin Jamieson	Labor	Belmont	1953–1986
Tom Jones	Labor	Collie	1968–1989
Ron Kitney	Country	Blackwood	1968–1971
Stan Lapham	Labor	Karrinyup	1953–1959; 1968–1974
Edgar Lewis	Country	Moore	1958–1974
Iven Manning	Liberal	Wellington	1950–1974
William Manning	Country	Narrogin	1956–1974
Donald May	Labor	Clontarf	1962–1965; 1968–1977
Ken McIver	Labor	Northam	1968–1986
Ray McPharlin	Country	Mount Marshall	1967–1983
Andrew Mensaros	Liberal	Floreat	1968–1991
Clayton Mitchell	Country	Stirling	1962–1971
Arthur Moir	Labor	Boulder-Dundas	1951–1971
Crawford Nalder	Country	Katanning	1947–1974
Daniel Norton	Labor	Gascoyne	1953–1974
Ray O'Connor	Liberal	Mount Lawley	1959–1984
Des O'Neil	Liberal	East Melville	1959–1980
Alan Ridge	Liberal	Kimberley	1968–1980
Ewart Runciman	Liberal	Murray	1962–1974
Cyril Rushton	Liberal	Dale	1965–1988
Bill Sewell	Labor	Geraldton	1950–1974
Jack Stewart	Liberal	Merredin-Yilgarn	1968–1971
Don Taylor	Labor	Cockburn	1968–1984
Merv Toms	Labor	Ascot	1956–1971
John Tonkin	Labor	Melville	1933–1977
Maurice Williams	Liberal	Bunbury	1962–1973
Bill Young	Country	Roe	1967–1974

Notes

¹ On 14 April 1970, the Labor member for Albany, Jack Hall, resigned. Labor candidate Wyndham Cook won the resulting by-election on 6 June 1970.

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