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Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1916–1918

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In March 1917, the Labor Party split over the matter of military conscription, with a number of Labor members of Parliament either resigning from the Party or being expelled. By May 1917, they had formed a new
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from 22 May 1916 to 21 May 1918. 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.
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region, historically the heart of the Labor vote in Western Australia. In June 1917, they formed a coalition with the new
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Legislative Council of Western Australia : membership register, electoral law and statistics, 1890-1989
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won the resulting by-election, which was called to coincide with the 1916 Council elections.
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to form a governing coalition in the Legislative Assembly. With these arrangements, another
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seat, but died on 21 June 1916 before he could be sworn in. Labor candidate
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resigned after ten months in office. Nationalist candidate
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Voting for the Australian State Upper Houses, 1890-1984
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Index

Western Australian Legislative Council
National Labor Party
Goldfields
Nationalist Party
Liberal Party
Country Party
Ministry
Henry Lefroy
Joseph Allen
Lib.
Nat.
West
Richard Ardagh
Labor
Nat. Lab.
North-East
Charles Baxter
Country
East
Harry Boan
Metropolitan
Henry Briggs
West
Henry Carson
Central
Ephraim Clarke
South-West
Hal Colebatch
East
Francis Connor

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