Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1947 election and the 1950 election, together known as the 19th Parliament.

Name	Party	District	Years in office
Hon Arthur Abbott[1]	Liberal	North Perth	1939–1956
John Ackland	Country	Irwin-Moore	1947–1958
William Bovell[3]	Liberal	Sussex	1947–1971
John Brady[4]	Labor	Guildford-Midland	1948–1974
David Brand	Liberal	Greenough	1945–1975
Florence Cardell-Oliver	Liberal	Subiaco	1936–1956
Hon Philip Collier[5]	Labor	Boulder	1905–1948
George Cornell	Country	Avon	1947–1967
Aubrey Coverley	Labor	Kimberley	1924–1953
Hon Victor Doney[1]	Country	Williams-Narrogin	1928–1956
Thomas Fox	Labor	South Fremantle	1935–1951
Herb Graham	Labor	East Perth	1943–1973
Bill Grayden[8]	Liberal	Middle Swan	1947–1949; 1956–1993
Edmund Hall	Country	Geraldton	1947–1950
Albert Hawke	Labor	Northam	1933–1968
Bill Hegney[2]	Labor	Pilbara	1939–1968
Leonard Hill	Country	Albany	1936–1956
Ernest Hoar	Labor	Nelson	1943–1957
William Johnson[4]	Labor	Guildford-Midland	1901–1905; 1906–1917; 1924–1948
Sir Norbert Keenan	Liberal	Nedlands	1904–1911; 1930–1950
Lionel Kelly	Labor	Yilgarn-Coolgardie	1941–1968
David Leahy[6]	Labor	Hannans	1938–1948
Hugh Leslie[9]	Country	Mount Marshall	1943–1949
James Mann	Country/Ind./ Liberal[7]	Beverley	1930–1962
William Marshall	Labor	Murchison	1921–1952
Harry May	Labor	Collie	1947–1968
Herbert McCulloch[6]	Labor	Hannans	1949–1956
Sir Robert McDonald[1]	Liberal	West Perth	1933–1950
Hon Ross McLarty[1]	Liberal	Murray-Wellington	1930–1962
James Murray	Liberal	Bunbury	1947–1950
Crawford Nalder	Country	Wagin	1947–1974
Ted Needham	Labor	Perth	1904–1905; 1933–1953
Les Nimmo	Liberal	Mount Hawthorn	1947–1956; 1959–1968
Hon Charles North	Liberal	Claremont	1924–1956
Emil Nulsen	Labor	Kanowna	1932–1962
Cecil Oliver[5]	Labor	Boulder	1948–1951
Alexander Panton	Labor	Leederville	1924–1951
Charles Perkins	Country	York	1942–1962
William Read	Independent	Victoria Park	1945–1953
Alfred Reynolds	Labor	Forrest	1947–1950
Alec Rodoreda	Labor	Roebourne	1933–1958
Hon Harrie Seward[1]	Country	Pingelly	1933–1950
Harry Shearn	Independent	Maylands	1936–1951
Joseph Sleeman	Labor	Fremantle	1924–1959
Frederick Smith	Labor	Brown Hill-Ivanhoe	1932–1950
Herbert Styants	Labor	Kalgoorlie	1936–1956
Hon Lindsay Thorn[1]	Country	Toodyay	1930–1959
John Tonkin	Labor	North-East Fremantle	1933–1977
Lucien Triat	Labor	Mount Magnet	1939–1950
Hon Arthur Watts[1]	Country	Katanning	1935–1962
Gerald Wild	Liberal	Swan	1947–1965
William Willmott[3]	Liberal	Sussex	1938–1947
Hon Frank Wise	Labor	Gascoyne	1933–1951
George Yates	Liberal	Canning	1947–1956

Notes

¹ Following the 1947 state election a new Cabinet consisting of eight members, including one Member of the Legislative Council, was appointed to the McLarty Ministry. These members were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections on 17 April 1947, at which all were returned unopposed. Due to changes in the law during the term of Parliament, these were the last ministerial by-elections to be held in Western Australia.

² At the 1947 election, the Labor member for Electoral district of Pilbara, Bill Hegney, and his Independent rival, Leonard Taplin, each secured 234 votes, and Hegney was pronounced the winner on the casting vote of the returning officer. A petition was lodged against Hegney's return, and a frech election was called for 2 August 1947, which Hegney won against the same opponent with a 31-vote majority.

³ On 2 May 1947, the Liberal member for Sussex, William Willmott, died. Liberal candidate William Bovell won the resulting by-election on 7 June 1947.

⁴ On 26 January 1948, the Labor member for Guildford-Midland, William Johnson, died. Labor candidate John Brady won the resulting by-election on 13 March 1948.

⁵ On 18 October 1948, the Labor member for Boulder, former Premier (1924–1930; 1933–1936) Hon Philip Collier, died. Labor candidate Cecil Oliver won the resulting by-election on 4 December 1948.

⁶ On 19 December 1948, the Labor member for Hannans, David Leahy, died. Labor candidate Herbert McCulloch won the resulting by-election on 26 February 1949.

⁷ In March 1949, James Mann, the member for Beverley, led a breakaway faction out of the Country Party, and initially sat as an Independent. His faction merged with the Liberal Party in May 1949, and the party became known as the Liberal and Country League.

⁸ On 27 October 1949, Bill Grayden, the Liberal member for Middle Swan, resigned in order to stand for the Division of Swan at the 1949 federal election. A by-election was not called due to the proximity of the 1950 state election.

⁹ On 30 October 1949, Hugh Leslie, the Country member for Mount Marshall, resigned in order to stand for the Division of Moore at the 1949 federal election. A by-election was not called due to the proximity of the 1950 state election.

Members of the Parliament of Western Australia

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