Sussex was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Western Australia from 1890 to 1950.
The district was based in south-western Western Australia, including areas such as Busselton and Margaret River, and was named for the Sussex land district which formed its original boundaries. It was one of the original 30 seats contested at the 1890 election. It was safely conservative for its entire existence, and was always held by a member of the Liberal Party (or its predecessors) or the Country Party. From 1904 to 1917, the district's representative was Frank Wilson, who served as Premier of Western Australia from 1910 to 1911 and again from 1916 to 1917.
Sussex was abolished at the 1950 election, and replaced with the new seat of Vasse. Its last member, Stewart Bovell of the Liberal Party, transferred to Vasse.
Members MemberPartyTerm Joseph Cookworthy Non-aligned 1890–1897 Ernest Locke Ministerial 1897–1901 Henry Yelverton Ministerial 1901–1904 Frank Wilson Independent 1904–1905 Ministerial 1905–1911 Liberal 1911–1917 Independent 1917 William Pickering Country 1917–1923 Country (ECP) 1923–1924 George Barnard Nationalist 1924–1933 Edmund Brockman Nationalist 1933–1938 William Willmott Nationalist 1938–1945 Liberal 1945–1947 Stewart Bovell Liberal 1947–1949 LCL 1949–1950
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