Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1950–1952

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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1950 to 21 May 1952. The chamber had 30 seats made up of ten provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election.

Several of the provinces were renamed at the election. The Electoral Districts Act 1947 had obviated the need for Parliament to redistribute seats itself, instead appointing three Electoral Commissioners who were to review the boundaries according to certain defined criteria. The redistribution was gazetted on 21 December 1948, but did not come into effect until 22 May 1950.

The changes of names were as follows:

NamePartyProvinceTerm expiresYears in office
Charles Baxter [1] Country Central 19521914–1950
Norm Baxter [1] Country Central 19521950–1958; 1960–1983
George Bennetts Labor South-East 19521946–1965
Robert Boylen Labor South-East 19561947–1955
Les Craig Liberal South-West 19561934–1956
John Cunningham Liberal South-East 19481948–1954; 1955–1962
Evan Davies Labor West 19561947–1963
James Dimmitt Liberal Suburban 19521938–1953
Leslie Diver [4] Country Central 19561952–1974
Mervyn Forrest Liberal North 19521946–1952
Gilbert Fraser Labor West 19541928–1958
Sir Frank Gibson Liberal Suburban 19561942–1956
Edmund Gray Labor West 19521923–1952
William Hall Labor North-East 19521938–1963
Harry Hearn Liberal Metropolitan 19541948–1956
Eric Heenan Labor North-East 19561936–1968
Charles Henning [2] Liberal South-West 19541951–1955
James Hislop Liberal Metropolitan 19521941–1971
Ray Jones Country Midland 19561950–1967
Sir Charles Latham Country Central 19541946–1960
Les Logan Country Midland 19541947–1974
Anthony Loton Country South 19521944–1965
William Mann [3] Liberal South-West 19521926–1951
James Murray [3] Liberal South-West 19521951–1965
Hubert Parker Liberal Suburban 19541934–1954
Hugh Roche Country South 19541940–1960
Sir Harold Seddon Liberal North-East 19541922–1954
Charles Simpson Liberal Midland 19521946–1963
Harry Strickland Labor North 19561950–1970
Jack Thomson Country South 19561950–1974
Hobart Tuckey [2] Liberal South-West 19541934–1951
Keith Watson Liberal Metropolitan 19561948–1968
Frank Welsh Liberal North 19541940–1954
Garnet Barrington Wood [4] Country Central 19561936–1952

Notes

1 On 2 March 1950, Central (formerly East) Province Country MLC Charles Baxter died. His son Norm Baxter won the resulting by-election on 6 May 1950.
2 On 10 March 1951, South-West Province Liberal MLC Hobart Tuckey died. Liberal candidate Charles Henning won the resulting by-election on 2 June 1951.
3 On 22 April 1951, South-West Province Liberal MLC William Mann died. Liberal candidate James Murray won the resulting by-election on 2 June 1951.
4 On 3 January 1952, Central (formerly East) Province Country MLC Garnet Barrington Wood died. Country Party candidate Leslie Diver won the resulting by-election on 3 May 1952.

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