Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1896–1898

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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 27 July 1896 to 9 May 1898. The chamber had 21 seats made up of seven provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1896, which passed after the 1896 Council election, created a new seat of North-East Province, which had its inaugural election on 29 June 1897 with terms expiring in 1904, 1902 and 1900.

NameProvinceTerm
expires
Years in office
William Alexander Central 18981895–1898
Henry Briggs West 18981896–1919
R. G. Burges East 18981894–1903
Daniel Keen Congdon West 19001887–1890; 1892–1900
Frederick Crowder South-East 19001894–1900; 1901–1902
Charles Dempster East 19001873–1874; 1894–1907
John Winthrop Hackett South-West 19001890–1916
Richard Septimus Haynes Central 19021896–1902
Samuel Johnson Haynes South-East 18981894–1910
Andrew Henning North-East 18981897–1898
Alfred Kidson West 19021895–1902
Donald MacKay North 19021896–1902
Edward McLarty South-West 18981894–1916
Alexander Matheson North-East 19021897–1901
Stephen Henry Parker [1] Metropolitan 18981878–1888; 1889–1890;
1892–1897
Harold Parsons North-East 19001897–1900
Charles Piesse South-East 19021894–1914
George Randell [1] Metropolitan 18981875–1878; 1880–1890;
1893–1894; 1897–1910
John Richardson North 18981894–1904
Henry Saunders Metropolitan 19021894–1902; 1918–1919
Sir George Shenton Metropolitan 19001870–1873; 1875–1906
William Spencer South-West 19021896–1901
Frank Stone North 19001894–1906
John Howard Taylor East 19021896–1899
Edward Wittenoom Central 19001883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934

Notes

1 On 28 April 1897, Stephen Henry Parker (Metropolitan Province) resigned, and a by-election was held on 28 May 1897, at which George Randell was elected to fill the remainder of the term.

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