Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1947 election and the 1950 election, together known as the 19th Parliament.

Name Party District Years in office
Hon Arthur Abbott[1]LiberalNorth Perth1939–1956
John AcklandCountryIrwin-Moore1947–1958
Stewart Bovell[3]LiberalSussex1947–1971
John Brady[4]LaborGuildford-Midland1948–1974
David BrandLiberalGreenough1945–1975
Florence Cardell-OliverLiberalSubiaco1936–1956
Hon Philip Collier[5]LaborBoulder1905–1948
George CornellCountryAvon1947–1967
Aubrey CoverleyLaborKimberley1924–1953
Hon Victor Doney[1]CountryWilliams-Narrogin1928–1956
Thomas FoxLaborSouth Fremantle1935–1951
Herb GrahamLaborEast Perth1943–1973
Bill Grayden[8]LiberalMiddle Swan1947–1949; 1956–1993
Edmund HallCountryGeraldton1947–1950
Albert HawkeLaborNortham1933–1968
Bill Hegney[2]LaborPilbara1939–1968
Leonard HillCountryAlbany1936–1956
Ernest HoarLaborNelson1943–1957
William Johnson[4]LaborGuildford-Midland1901–1905; 1906–1917;
1924–1948
Sir Norbert KeenanLiberalNedlands1904–1911; 1930–1950
Lionel KellyLaborYilgarn-Coolgardie1941–1968
David Leahy[6]LaborHannans1938–1948
Hugh Leslie[9]CountryMount Marshall1943–1949
James MannCountry/Ind./
Liberal[7]		Beverley1930–1962
William MarshallLaborMurchison1921–1952
Harry MayLaborCollie1947–1968
Herbert McCulloch[6]LaborHannans1949–1956
Sir Robert McDonald[1]LiberalWest Perth1933–1950
Hon Ross McLarty[1]LiberalMurray-Wellington1930–1962
James MurrayLiberalBunbury1947–1950
Crawford NalderCountryWagin1947–1974
Ted NeedhamLaborPerth1904–1905; 1933–1953
Les NimmoLiberalMount Hawthorn1947–1956; 1959–1968
Hon Charles NorthLiberalClaremont1924–1956
Emil NulsenLaborKanowna1932–1962
Charlie Oliver [5]LaborBoulder1948–1951
Alexander PantonLaborLeederville1924–1951
Charles PerkinsCountryYork1942–1962
William ReadIndependentVictoria Park1945–1953
Alfred ReynoldsLaborForrest1947–1950
Alec RodoredaLaborRoebourne1933–1958
Hon Harrie Seward[1]CountryPingelly1933–1950
Harry ShearnIndependentMaylands1936–1951
Joseph SleemanLaborFremantle1924–1959
Frederick SmithLaborBrown Hill-Ivanhoe1932–1950
Herbert StyantsLaborKalgoorlie1936–1956
Hon Lindsay Thorn[1]CountryToodyay1930–1959
John TonkinLaborNorth-East Fremantle1933–1977
Lucien TriatLaborMount Magnet1939–1950
Hon Arthur Watts[1]CountryKatanning1935–1962
Gerald WildLiberalSwan1947–1965
William Willmott[3]LiberalSussex1938–1947
Hon Frank WiseLaborGascoyne1933–1951
George YatesLiberalCanning1947–1956

Notes
1 Following the 1947 state election a new Cabinet consisting of eight members, including one Member of the Legislative Council, was appointed to the McLarty Ministry. These members were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections on 17 April 1947, at which all were returned unopposed. Due to changes in the law during the term of Parliament, these were the last ministerial by-elections to be held in Western Australia.
2 At the 1947 election, the Labor member for Electoral district of Pilbara, Bill Hegney, and his Independent rival, Leonard Taplin, each secured 234 votes, and Hegney was pronounced the winner on the casting vote of the returning officer. A petition was lodged against Hegney's return, and a fresh election was called for 2 August 1947, which Hegney won against the same opponent with a 31-vote majority.
3 On 2 May 1947, the Liberal member for Sussex, William Willmott, died. Liberal candidate Stewart Bovell won the resulting by-election on 7 June 1947.
4 On 26 January 1948, the Labor member for Guildford-Midland, William Johnson, died. Labor candidate John Brady won the resulting by-election on 13 March 1948.
5 On 18 October 1948, the Labor member for Boulder, former Premier (1924–1930; 1933–1936) Hon Philip Collier, died. Labor candidate Cecil Oliver won the resulting by-election on 4 December 1948.
6 On 19 December 1948, the Labor member for Hannans, David Leahy, died. Labor candidate Herbert McCulloch won the resulting by-election on 26 February 1949.
7 In March 1949, James Mann, the member for Beverley, led a breakaway faction out of the Country Party, and initially sat as an Independent. His faction merged with the Liberal Party in May 1949, and the party became known as the Liberal and Country League.
8 On 27 October 1949, Bill Grayden, the Liberal member for Middle Swan, resigned in order to stand for the Division of Swan at the 1949 federal election. A by-election was not called due to the proximity of the 1950 state election.
9 On 30 October 1949, Hugh Leslie, the Country member for Mount Marshall, resigned in order to stand for the Division of Moore at the 1949 federal election. A by-election was not called due to the proximity of the 1950 state election.
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