Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1908–1911

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1908 elections and the 1911 elections, together known as the Seventh Parliament.

Name Party District Years in office
William Angwin Labor East Fremantle 1904–1905; 1906–1927
Edward Barnett[5] Labor Albany 1905–1909
Thomas Bath Labor Brown Hill 1902–1914
Harry Bolton Labor North Fremantle 1904–1917
Harry Brown Ministerial Perth 1904–1911
William Butcher[9] Ministerial Gascoyne 1901–1911; 1915–1917
Henry Carson Ministerial Geraldton 1904–1906; 1908–1911
Philip Collier Labor Boulder 1905–1948
Frank Cowcher Ministerial Williams 1904–1911
Hon Henry Daglish[11] Ministerial Subiaco 1901–1911
Arthur Davies Ministerial South Fremantle 1906–1911
Thomas Draper Ministerial West Perth 1907–1911; 1917–1921
John Foulkes Ministerial Claremont 1902–1911
William James George[2] Ministerial Murray 1895–1902; 1909–1930
Frederick Gill Labor Balkatta 1904–1905; 1908–1914
William Gordon Ministerial Canning 1901–1911
Hugh Gourley Labor Mount Leonora 1908–1911
Hon Henry Gregory[1] Ministerial Menzies 1897–1911
John Hardwick Ministerial East Perth 1904–1911; 1914–1921
Nat Harper[10] Ministerial Beverley 1910–1914
Thomas Hayward Ministerial Wellington 1901–1911
Edward Heitmann Labor Cue 1904–1913; 1914–1917
John Holman Labor Murchison 1901–1921; 1923–1925
John Marquis Hopkins[10] Ministerial Beverley 1901–1905; 1908–1910
Austin Horan Labor Yilgarn 1904–1911
Charles Hudson Labor Dundas 1905–1921
Mathieson Jacoby Ministerial Swan 1901–1905; 1908–1911
William Johnson Labor Guildford 1901–1905; 1906–1917;
1924–1948
Hon Norbert Keenan Min / Ind Kalgoorlie 1905–1911; 1930–1950
Charles Layman Ministerial Nelson 1904–1914
Hon Arthur Male Ministerial Kimberley 1905–1917
Charles McDowall Labor Coolgardie 1908–1916
John McLarty[2] Ministerial Murray 1904–1909
Hon James Mitchell[3] Ministerial Northam 1905–1933
Frederick Monger Ministerial York 1892–1903; 1905–1914
Hon Sir Newton Moore[12] Ministerial Bunbury 1904–1911
Samuel Moore Ministerial Irwin 1904–1914
William Murphy[8] Ministerial Fremantle 1910–1911
Hon John Nanson[4] Ministerial Greenough 1901–1905; 1908–1914
Peter O'Loghlen[7] Labor Forrest 1908–1923
Henry Osborn Ministerial Roebourne 1908–1911
Arnold Piesse[6] Ministerial Katanning 1909–1914; 1930–1935
Frederick Henry Piesse[6] Ministerial Katanning 1890–1909
Hon James Price[8] Ministerial Fremantle 1905–1910
William Price[5] Labor Albany 1909–1917
Hon Timothy Quinlan Ministerial Toodyay 1890–1894; 1897–1911
John Scaddan Labor Ivanhoe 1904–1917; 1919–1924;
1930–1933
Herbert Swan Labor North Perth 1908–1914
George Taylor Labor Mount Margaret 1901–1930
William Lemen Thomas[12] Labor Bunbury 1911–1917
Michael Troy Labor Mount Magnet 1904–1939
Henry Underwood Labor Pilbara 1906–1924
Thomas Walker Labor Kanowna 1905–1932
Francis Ware Labor Hannans 1905–1911
Arthur Wilson Labor Collie 1908–1947
Hon Frank Wilson Ministerial Sussex 1897–1901; 1904–1917

Notes

1 Following the 1908 state election, Ministerial member Henry Gregory, who had won the seat of Menzies by just 7 votes against Labor's Richard Buzacott, faced a by-election after a petition was lodged against his return. He was returned at the by-election on 20 November 1908 with a majority of 56 votes against the same opponent.
2 The member for Murray, John McLarty, died on 6 January 1909. William George, a former member for Murray, won the resulting by-election on 4 February 1909.
3 James Mitchell, member for Northam, was appointed by Premier Newton Moore as Minister for Lands and Agriculture on 14 May 1909. Mitchell was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election on 3 June 1909, in which he was successful.
4 John Nanson, member for Greenough, was appointed by Premier Newton Moore as Minister for Education and Attorney-General in June 1909. Nanson was therefore required to resign and submit to a ministerial by-election on 8 July 1909, at which he was returned unopposed.
5 The Ministerial member for Albany, Edward Barnett, resigned in September 1909. The Labor candidate, William Price, won the resulting by-election on 17 September 1909.
6 On 26 October 1909, Frederick Henry Piesse resigned his seat of Katanning. His brother Arnold Piesse was returned unopposed at the resulting by-election on 12 November 1909.
7 Peter O'Loghlen, the Labor member for Forrest, resigned his seat in March 1910 to contest the seat of Swan at the 1910 federal election on 13 April. Denis Jones, the Labor candidate and president of the Amalgamated Timber Association, was elected unopposed on 23 March 1910, but resigned on 20 June before being sworn in. O'Loghlen contested a second by-election for Forrest on 8 July 1910, at which he was successful.
8 On 21 May 1910, James Price died, leaving the seat of Fremantle vacant. William Murphy was elected at the resulting by-election on 9 June 1910.
9 On 18 June 1910, William Butcher, the member for Gascoyne, resigned in consequence of having sold some land to the Government at Avondale Estate near Beverley. He was returned unopposed in the resulting by-election when nominations closed on 28 June 1910.
10 On 12 April 1910, the member for Beverley, John Marquis Hopkins, was jailed for five years for uttering. On 28 July, his seat was formally declared vacant by means of disqualification from membership of the Legislative Assembly, and Nat Harper won the resulting by-election on 15 August 1910.
11 Henry Daglish, member for Subiaco, was appointed by the new Premier Frank Wilson as Minister for Works on 16 September 1910. Daglish was therefore required to resign and submit to a ministerial by-election, at which he was returned unopposed when nominations closed on 24 September 1910.
12 The Ministerial member for Bunbury, former Premier Newton Moore, resigned on 13 February 1911 after being appointed Agent-General of Western Australia in London. The Labor candidate, William Lemen Thomas, won the resulting by-election on 1 March 1911, but as the last sitting of the Seventh Parliament had concluded, he did not take up his seat until being re-elected at the general election on 3 October.

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