West Province (Western Australia)

West Province
Western Australia—Legislative Council
West Province; Western Australia—Legislative Council
State	Western Australia
Created	1894
Abolished	1989

StateWestern Australia

Created1894

Abolished1989

West Province was an electoral province of the Legislative Council of Western Australia between 1894 and 1989. It elected three members from 1894 to 1965 and two members from 1965 to 1989.

Three members (1894–1965)
Member 1		Party	Term	Member 2		Party	Term	Member 3		Party	Term
	Daniel Congdon	None	1894–1900		Edward Davies	None	1894–1896		Harry Marshall	None	1894–1895
					Edward Davies	None	1894–1896		Alfred Kidson	None	1895–1902
					Sir Henry Briggs	None	1896–1911
	Matthew Moss	None	1900–1901
	Robert Laurie	None	1901–1912
		None	1901–1912						Matthew Moss	None	1902–1911
		Liberal	1911–1912			Liberal	1911–1917			Liberal	1911–1914
	Robert Lynn	Liberal	1912–1917							Liberal	1911–1914
		Liberal	1912–1917						Joseph Allen	Liberal	1914–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1924			Nationalist	1917–1919			Nationalist	1917–1920
					Alexander Panton^[1]	Labor	1919–1922			Nationalist	1917–1920
					Alexander Panton^[1]	Labor	1919–1922		Frederick Baglin	Labor	1920–1923
					George Potter	Nationalist	1922–1928		Frederick Baglin	Labor	1920–1923
									Edmund Gray	Labor	1923–1952
	William Kitson	Labor	1924–1947
	William Kitson	Labor	1924–1947		Gilbert Fraser	Labor	1928–1958
	Evan Davies	Labor	1947–1963
									Frederick Lavery	Labor	1952–1965
					Ronald Thompson	Labor	1959–1965
	Jerry Dolan	Labor	1963–1965		Ronald Thompson	Labor	1959–1965

Two members (1965–1989)
Member 1		Party	Term	Member 2		Party	Term
	Charles Abbey	Liberal	1965–1977		Ray Jones	Country	1965–1967
					Fred White	Country	1967–1973
					Gordon Masters	Liberal	1974–1989
	Neil Oliver	Liberal	1977–1989		Gordon Masters	Liberal	1974–1989

v t e Electoral provinces of Western Australia, 1965–1989
Metropolitan	Metropolitan East Metropolitan (1977–1983) North Metropolitan North Central Metropolitan (1983–1989) North-East Metropolitan South Metropolitan South Central Metropolitan (1983–1989) South-East Metropolitan
Rural	Central Lower Central Lower North Lower West North South South-East South-West Upper West West

West Province (Western Australia)

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