Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1968–1971

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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1968 to 21 May 1971. The chamber had 30 seats made up of 15 provinces each electing two members, on a system of rotation whereby one-half of the members would retire at each triennial election.

NamePartyProvinceTerm expiresYears in office
Charles Abbey Liberal West 19711958–1977
Norm Baxter Country Central 19711950–1958; 1960–1983
George Berry Liberal Lower North 19741968–1980
George Brand Liberal Lower North 19711965–1971
Roy Claughton Labor North Metropolitan 19741968–1980
Leslie Diver Country Central 19741952–1974
Jerry Dolan Labor South-East Metropolitan 19741963–1974
Vic Ferry Liberal South-West 19711965–1987
Jim Garrigan [2] Labor South-East 19711954–1971
Arthur Griffith Liberal North Metropolitan 19711953–1977
Clive Griffiths Liberal South-East Metropolitan 19711965–1997
Jack Heitman Country Upper West 19711963–1977
James Hislop Liberal Metropolitan 19711941–1971
Edward House [2] Country South 19711965–1971
John Hunt [1] Labor North 19741971–1974
Ruby Hutchison Labor North-East Metropolitan 19711954–1971
Frederick Lavery [2] Labor South Metropolitan 19711952–1971
Les Logan Country Upper West 19741947–1974
Graham MacKinnon Liberal Lower West 19741956–1986
Neil McNeill Liberal Lower West 19711965–1983
Ian Medcalf Liberal Metropolitan 19741968–1986
Thomas Perry Country Lower Central 19711965–1977
Harry Strickland [1] Labor North 19741950–1970
Claude Stubbs Labor South-East 19741962–1980
Ron Thompson Labor South Metropolitan 19741959–1980
Sydney Thompson Country Lower Central 19741960–1974
Jack Thomson Country South 19741950–1974
Fred White Country West 19741967–1973
Bill Willesee Labor North-East Metropolitan 19741954–1974
Francis Drake Willmott Liberal South-West 19741955–1974
Frank Wise Labor North 19711956–1971

Notes

1 On 31 December 1970, North Province Labor MLC Harry Strickland resigned. Labor candidate John Hunt won the resulting by-election on 20 February 1971.
2 Three retiring MLCs died in the period leading to the 1971 election, and their positions were not filled. These were Labor members Frederick Lavery (12 January 1971) and Jim Garrigan (5 April 1971), and Country Party member Edward House (1 January 1971).

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