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Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1958–1960

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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1958 to 21 May 1960. 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.

The Constitution Acts Amendment Act (No.2) 1963 (No.72 of 1963) affected all terms concluding after 1962, as well as the provinces which members represented.

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! Name

! Party

! Province

! Term expires

! Years in office

| Charles AbbeyLiberalCentral1964*1958–1977
| George BennettsLaborSouth-East1964*1946–1965
| John CunninghamLiberalSouth-East19621948–1954; 1955–1962
| Evan DaviesLaborWest19621947–1963
| Leslie DiverCountryCentral19621952–1974
| Gilbert Fraser{{ref label|1|1|1}}LaborWest19601928–1958
| Jim GarriganLaborSouth-East19601954–1971
| Arthur GriffithLiberalSuburban1964*1953–1977
| William HallLaborNorth-East1964*1938–1963
| Eric HeenanLaborNorth-East19621936–1968
| James HislopLiberalMetropolitan1964*1941–1971
| Ruby HutchisonLaborSuburban19601954–1971
| George JefferyLaborSuburban19621956–1962
| Ray JonesCountryMidland19621950–1967
| Sir Charles LathamCountryCentral19601946–1960
| Frederick LaveryLaborWest1964*1952–1971
| Les LoganCountryMidland19601947–1974
| Anthony LotonCountrySouth1964*1944–1965
| Graham MacKinnonLiberalSouth-West19621956–1986
| Reg MattiskeLiberalMetropolitan19601956–1965
| James MurrayLiberalSouth-West1964*1951–1965
| Hugh RocheCountrySouth19601940–1960
| Charles SimpsonCountryMidland1964*1946–1963
| Harry StricklandLaborNorth19621950–1970
| John TeahanLaborNorth-East19601954–1965
| Ron Thompson{{ref label|1|1|1}}LaborWest19601959–1980
| Jack ThomsonCountrySouth19621950–1974
| Keith WatsonLiberalMetropolitan19621948–1968
| Bill WilleseeLaborNorth19601954–1974
| Francis Drake WillmottLiberalSouth-West19601955–1974
| Frank WiseLaborNorth1964*1956–1971

Notes

:{{note label|1|1|1}} On 1 November 1958, West Province Labor MLC Gilbert Fraser died. Labor candidate Ron Thompson won the resulting by-election on 7 February 1959.

Sources

  • {{cite book|last=Black|first=David|title=Legislative Council of Western Australia : membership register, electoral law and statistics, 1890-1989|year=1991|publisher=Parliamentary History Project|location=Perth|isbn=0-7309-3641-4}}
  • {{cite book|last=Hughes|first=Colin A.|authorlink=Colin Hughes|author2=Aitkin, Don|title=Voting for the Australian State Upper Houses, 1890-1984|year=1986|publisher=Australian National University|location=Canberra|isbn=0-909779-18-X}}
  • {{Black and Bolton 2001|second=yes}}

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