Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1896–1898

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 27 July 1896 to 9 May 1898. The chamber had 21 seats made up of seven provinces each electing three members, on a system of rotation whereby one-third of the members would retire at each biennial election. The Constitution Act Amendment Act 1896, which passed after the 1896 Council election, created a new seat of North-East Province, which had its inaugural election on 29 June 1897 with terms expiring in 1904, 1902 and 1900.

Name Province Termexpires Years in office William Alexander Central 1898 1895–1898 Henry Briggs West 1898 1896–1919 R. G. Burges East 1898 1894–1903 Daniel Keen Congdon West 1900 1887–1890; 1892–1900 Frederick Crowder South-East 1900 1894–1900; 1901–1902 Charles Dempster East 1900 1873–1874; 1894–1907 John Winthrop Hackett South-West 1900 1890–1916 Richard Septimus Haynes Central 1902 1896–1902 Samuel Johnson Haynes South-East 1898 1894–1910 Andrew Henning North-East 1898 1897–1898 Alfred Kidson West 1902 1895–1902 Donald McDonald MacKay North 1902 1896–1902 Edward McLarty South-West 1898 1894–1916 Alexander Matheson North-East 1902 1897–1901 Stephen Henry Parker Metropolitan 1898 1878–1888; 1889–1890;1892–1897 Harold George Parsons North-East 1900 1897–1900 Charles Piesse South-East 1902 1894–1914 George Randell Metropolitan 1898 1875–1878; 1880–1890;1893–1894; 1897–1910 John Richardson North 1898 1894–1904 Henry Saunders Metropolitan 1902 1894–1902; 1918–1919 Sir George Shenton Metropolitan 1900 1870–1873; 1875–1906 William Spencer South-West 1902 1896–1901 Frank Stone North 1900 1894–1906 John Howard Taylor East 1902 1896–1899 Edward Wittenoom Central 1900 1883–1884; 1885–1886;1894–1898; 1902–1906;1910–1934

Notes On 28 April 1897, Stephen Henry Parker (Metropolitan Province) resigned, and a by-election was held on 28 May 1897, at which George Randell was elected to fill the remainder of the term.

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