Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1898–1900

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 9 May 1898 to 14 May 1900. The chamber had 24 seats made up of eight provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election.

Name Province Termexpires Years in office Henry Briggs West 1904 1896–1919 R. G. Burges East 1904 1894–1903 Daniel Keen Congdon West 1900 1887–1890; 1892–1900 Frederick Crowder South-East 1900 1894–1900; 1901–1902 Charles Dempster East 1900 1873–1874; 1894–1907 John Winthrop Hackett South-West 1900 1890–1916 Richard Septimus Haynes Central 1902 1896–1902 Samuel Johnson Haynes South-East 1904 1894–1910 Arthur Jenkins North-East 1904 1898–1904; 1908–1917 Alfred Kidson West 1902 1895–1902 William Loton Central 1900 1889–1890; 1898–1900;1902–1908 Henry Lukin East 1902 1899–1901 Donald McDonald MacKay North 1902 1896–1902 Edward McLarty South-West 1904 1894–1916 Alexander Matheson North-East 1902 1897–1901 Harold George Parsons North-East 1900 1897–1900 Charles Piesse South-East 1902 1894–1914 George Randell Metropolitan 1904 1875–1878; 1880–1890;1893–1894; 1897–1910 John Richardson North 1904 1894–1904 Henry Saunders Metropolitan 1902 1894–1902; 1918–1919 Sir George Shenton Metropolitan 1900 1870–1873; 1875–1906 William Spencer South-West 1902 1896–1901 Frank Stone North 1900 1894–1906 John Taylor East 1902 1896–1899 Frederic Whitcombe Central 1904 1898–1900

Notes On 28 April 1898, Central Province MLC Edward Wittenoom resigned. William Loton was elected on 13 June 1898 to fill the remaining two years of his term. On 9 June 1899, East Province MLC John Taylor resigned. Henry Lukin was elected on 11 July 1899 to fill the remainder of his term.

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