Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 2005–2009

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council between 22 May 2005 and 21 May 2009:

Name	Party	Province	Years in office
Shelley Archer	Labor/Independent ^[3]	Mining and Pastoral	2005–2009
Ken Baston	Liberal	Mining and Pastoral	2005–present
Matt Benson-Lidholm	Labor	South West	2005–2013
Carolyn Burton^[6]	Labor	North Metropolitan	2008–2009
George Cash	Liberal	North Metropolitan	1989–2009
Vince Catania^[7]	Labor	Mining and Pastoral	2005–2009
Kim Chance	Labor	Agricultural	1992–2009
Peter Collier	Liberal	North Metropolitan	2005–present
Murray Criddle^[4]	National	Agricultural	1993–2008
Ed Dermer	Labor	North Metropolitan	1996–2013
Bruce Donaldson	Liberal	Agricultural	1993–2009
Kate Doust	Labor	South Metropolitan	2001–present
Wendy Duncan^[4]	National	Agricultural	2008–2013
Shelley Eaton^[7]	Labor	Mining and Pastoral	2008–2009
Sue Ellery	Labor	South Metropolitan	2001–present
Brian Ellis^[1]	Liberal	Agricultural	2007–2017
Donna Faragher	Liberal	East Metropolitan	2005–present
Adele Farina	Labor	South West	2001–present
Anthony Fels	Liberal/Independent^[5]	Agricultural	2005–2009
Jon Ford	Labor	Mining and Pastoral	2001–2013
Graham Giffard^[6]	Labor	North Metropolitan	2000–2008
Nick Griffiths	Labor	East Metropolitan	1993–2009
Nigel Hallett	Liberal	South West	2005–2017
Ray Halligan	Liberal	North Metropolitan	1997–2009
Barry House	Liberal	South West	1987–2017
Paul Llewellyn	Greens	South West	2005–2009
Robyn McSweeney	Liberal	South West	2001–2017
Sheila Mills	Labor	South Metropolitan	2005–2009
Norman Moore	Liberal	Mining and Pastoral	1977–2013
Helen Morton	Liberal	East Metropolitan	2005–2017
Simon O'Brien	Liberal	South Metropolitan	1997–present
Batong Pham^[2]	Labor	East Metropolitan	2007–2009
Louise Pratt^[2]	Labor	East Metropolitan	2001–2007
Ljiljanna Ravlich	Labor	East Metropolitan	1997–2015
Margaret Rowe^[1]	Liberal	Agricultural	2005–2007
Barbara Scott	Liberal	South Metropolitan	1993–2009
Sally Talbot	Labor	South West	2005–present
Ken Travers	Labor	North Metropolitan	1997–2016
Giz Watson	Greens	North Metropolitan	1997–2013

Notes

¹ Agricultural Liberal MLC Margaret Rowe resigned on 22 June 2007. Brian Ellis was elected in the resulting countback on 16 July 2007.

² East Metropolitan Labor MLC Louise Pratt resigned on 29 October 2007 to run for the Australian Senate at the 2007 federal election. Batong Pham was elected in the resulting countback on 26 November.

³ Mining and Pastoral MLC Shelley Archer was elected as a Labor member, but resigned from the party on 15 November 2007 after Premier Alan Carpenter called for her expulsion from parliament over an ongoing corruption scandal. She served out her term as an Independent and, despite initial suggestions to the contrary, did not recontest.

⁴ Agricultural National MLC Murray Criddle resigned on 2 January 2008. Wendy Duncan was elected in the resulting countback on 29 January 2008.

⁵ Agricultural MLC Anthony Fels was elected as a Liberal member, but resigned from the party on 31 July 2008. He subsequently sat as an independent and recontested his seat unsuccessfully at the 2008 election as a WAFamilyFirst.com Party candidate.

⁶ North Metropolitan Labor MLC Graham Giffard resigned on 11 August 2008 in order to contest the Assembly seat of Swan Hills in the election, where he was beaten by the Liberals' Frank Alban. Carolyn Burton was elected in the resulting countback on 12 September 2008.

⁷ Mining and Pastoral Labor MLC Vince Catania resigned on 12 August 2008 in order to contest the Assembly seat of North West in the election; he was elected. Shelley Eaton was elected in the resulting countback on 17 September 2008.