Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1902–1904

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 12 May 1902 to 30 May 1904. 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.

Name Province Term expires Years in office George Bellingham South 1908 1900–1908 Henry Briggs West 1904 1896–1919 Thomas Brimage South 1906 1900–1912 William Brookman Metropolitan-Suburban 1906 1900–1903 Richard Burges East 1904 1894–1903 Ephraim Clarke South-West 1908 1901–1921 James Connolly North-East 1908 1901–1914 Frederick Crowder East 1908 1894–1900; 1901–1902 Andrew Dempster East 1904 1903–1904 Charles Dempster East 1906 1873–1874; 1894–1907 John Drew Central 1906 1900–1918; 1924–1947 John Glowrey South-East 1904 1900–1904; 1906–1912 John Winthrop Hackett South-West 1906 1890–1916 Samuel Johnson Haynes South-East 1904 1894–1910 Adam Jameson Metropolitan-Suburban 1904 1900–1903 Arthur Jenkins North-East 1904 1898–1904; 1908–1917 Walter Kingsmill Metropolitan-Suburban 1904 1903–1922 Zebina Lane Metropolitan-Suburban 1908 1903–1908 Joseph Langsford Metropolitan-Suburban 1906 1904–1911 Robert Laurie West 1906 1901–1912 William Loton East 1908 1889–1890; 1898–1900;1902–1908 Edward McLarty South-West 1904 1894–1916 Wesley Maley South-East 1906 1900–1909 Matthew Moss West 1908 1900–1901; 1902–1914 Con O'Brien Central 1904 1901–1904; 1908–1914 Charles Piesse South-East 1908 1894–1914 George Randell Metropolitan 1904 1875–1878; 1880–1890;1893–1894; 1897–1910 John Richardson North 1904 1894–1904 Sir George Shenton Metropolitan 1906 1870–1873; 1875–1906 Charles Sommers North-East 1906 1900–1918 Joseph Thomson Central 1908 1902–1908 Frank Stone North 1906 1894–1906 Sir Edward Wittenoom North 1908 1883–1884; 1885–1886;1894–1898; 1902–1906;1910–1934 Barrington Wood Metropolitan-Suburban 1908 1902–1903 James Wright Metropolitan 1908 1902–1908

Notes On 2 May 1902, East Province MLC Frederick Crowder, who had been elected unopposed one week earlier, died. William Loton was elected unopposed on 17 May 1902. On 24 January 1903, Metropolitan-Suburban Province MLC Adam Jameson resigned. Walter Kingsmill, who had resigned as the Assembly member for Pilbara to contest the seat, was elected unopposed on 9 February 1903. On 6 April 1903, East Province MLC Richard Burges resigned. Andrew Dempster won the resulting by-election on 6 May 1903. On 25 August 1903, Metropolitan-Suburban Province MLC Barrington Wood died. Zebina Lane won the resulting by-election on 11 September 1903. On 15 December 1903, Metropolitan-Suburban Province MLC William Brookman's seat was declared vacant on the grounds of absence without leave. Joseph Langsford won the resulting by-election on 5 January 1904.

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