- Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1943–1947
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This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1943 election and the 1947 election, together known as the 18th Parliament. In January 1945, the Nationalists, officially known as the National Party of Western Australia, reformed as the Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division) under the leadership of Robert McDonald, and all Nationalist MLAs' allegiances changed accordingly.
Name Party District Years in office Arthur Abbott Nat. / Lib. North Perth 1939–1956 Horace Berry Independent Irwin-Moore 1939–1947 David Brand[5] Liberal Greenough 1945–1975 Florence Cardell-Oliver Nat. / Lib. Subiaco 1936–1956 Hon Philip Collier Labor Boulder 1905–1948 Aubrey Coverley Labor Kimberley 1924–1953 Charles Cross Labor Canning 1933–1947 Victor Doney Country Williams-Narrogin 1928–1956 Thomas Fox Labor South Fremantle 1935–1951 Herb Graham Labor East Perth 1943–1973 Albert Hawke Labor Northam 1933–1968 Bill Hegney Labor Pilbara 1939–1968 James Hegney Labor Middle Swan 1930–1947; 1950–1968 Leonard Hill Country Albany 1936–1956 Ernest Hoar Labor Nelson 1943–1957 Edward Holman Labor Forrest 1939–1947 William Johnson Labor Guildford-Midland 1901–1905; 1906–1917;
1924–1948Norbert Keenan Nat. / Lib. Nedlands 1904–1911; 1930–1950 Lionel Kelly Ind.Lab. / Labor Yilgarn-Coolgardie 1941–1968 David Leahy Labor Hannans 1938–1948 Hugh Leslie Country Mount Marshall 1943–1949 James Mann Country Beverley 1930–1962 William Marshall[6] Labor Murchison 1921–1952 Robert McDonald Nat. / Lib. West Perth 1933–1950 Ross McLarty Nat. / Lib. Murray-Wellington 1930–1962 Harry Millington Labor Mount Hawthorn 1924–1947 Ted Needham Labor Perth 1904–1905; 1933–1953 John Newton[5] Labor Greenough 1943–1945 Hon Charles North Nat. / Lib. Claremont 1924–1956 Emil Nulsen Labor Kanowna 1932–1962 Ray Owen[2] Ind. Country Swan 1944–1947; 1950–1962 Alexander Panton Labor Leederville 1924–1951 Charles Perkins Country York 1942–1962 Howard Raphael[4] Labor Victoria Park 1930–1944 William Read[4] Independent Victoria Park 1945–1953 Alec Rodoreda Labor Roebourne 1933–1958 Richard Sampson[2] Country Swan 1921–1944 Harrie Seward Country Pingelly 1933–1950 Harry Shearn Ind. Nat. Maylands 1936–1951 Joseph Sleeman Labor Fremantle 1924–1959 Frederick Smith Labor Brown Hill-Ivanhoe 1932–1950 Sydney Stubbs Country Wagin 1911–1947 Herbert Styants Labor Kalgoorlie 1936–1956 William Telfer[3] Labor Avon 1943–1947 Lindsay Thorn Country Toodyay 1930–1959 John Tonkin[1] Labor North-East Fremantle 1933–1977 Lucien Triat Labor Mount Magnet 1939–1950 Arthur Watts Country Katanning 1935–1962 Arthur Wilson Labor Collie 1908–1947 Hon John Willcock Labor Geraldton 1917–1947 William Willmott Nat. / Lib. Sussex 1938–1947 Hon Frank Wise Labor Gascoyne 1933–1951 Frederick Withers Labor Bunbury 1924–1947 Notes
- 1 On 9 December 1943, John Tonkin, the member for North-East Fremantle, was appointed as Minister for Education and Social Services in the Willcock Ministry. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election on 17 December 1943, in which he was returned unopposed.
- 2 On 16 February 1944, the Country member for Swan, Richard Sampson, died. Independent Country candidate Ray Owen won the resulting by-election on 29 April 1944.
- 3 At the 1943 state election, Labor candidate William Telfer defeated the sitting Country member Ignatius Boyle by 15 votes. The Court of Disputed Returns ordered a fresh election for 1 July 1944, at which Telfer won a 298-vote majority against Boyle.
- 4 On 9 December 1944, the Labor member for Victoria Park, Howard Raphael, died. Independent candidate William Read won the resulting by-election on 10 February 1945.
- 5 At the 1943 election, the Labor candidate for Greenough, John Newton, a farmer from Mingenew who had enlisted in the RAAF as a Flight Lieutenant in 1941 and left for the United Kingdom in 1942, unexpectedly defeated the sitting Country member, William Patrick. On 14 January 1944, he was reported missing after a raid on Germany. On 31 July 1945, a panel of members was appointed to enquire whether a vacancy existed, and on 27 September 1945, the seat was declared vacant. Liberal candidate David Brand won the resulting by-election on 27 October 1945, becoming the first person to win an Australian election under the new Liberal banner.
- 6 On 3 August 1945, William Marshall, the member for Murchison, was appointed as a Minister in the Wise Ministry. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election on 17 August 1945, in which he was returned unopposed.
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