Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 1916–1918

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 22 May 1916 to 21 May 1918. 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.

In March 1917, the Labor Party split over the matter of military conscription, with a number of Labor members of Parliament either resigning from the Party or being expelled. By May 1917, they had formed a new National Labor Party with a base in the Goldfields region, historically the heart of the Labor vote in Western Australia. In June 1917, they formed a coalition with the new Nationalist Party (which replaced the former Liberal Party) and the Country Party to form a governing coalition in the Legislative Assembly. With these arrangements, another Ministry was formed under new Premier Henry Lefroy.

Name Party Province Term
expires
Years in office
Joseph AllenLib. / Nat.West19201914–1920
Richard ArdaghLabor / Nat. Lab.North-East19181912–1924
Charles BaxterCountryEast19201914–1950
Harry Boan[6]Lib. / Nat.Metropolitan19201917–1918; 1922–1924
Henry BriggsLib. / Nat.West19221896–1919
Henry CarsonCountryCentral19201914–1920
Ephraim ClarkeLib. / Nat.South-West19201901–1921
Hal Colebatch[3]Lib. / Nat.East19181912–1923
Francis Connor[5]IndependentNorth19181906–1916
James CornellLabor / Nat. Lab.South19181912–1946
Joseph Cullen[7]Lib.South-East19181909–1917
James Cunningham[2]LaborNorth-East19221916–1922
Jabez DoddLabor / Nat. Lab.South19221910–1928
John DrewLaborCentral19181900–1918; 1924–1947
Joseph DuffellLib. / Nat.Metropolitan-Suburban19201914–1926
John Ewing[1]Lib. / Nat.South-West19181916–1933
James GreigCountrySouth-East19201916–1925
James Griffiths[2]LaborNorth-East19221916
Vernon Hamersley[4]Lib. / Nat.East19221904–1946
James HickeyLaborCentral19221916–1928
Joseph HolmesLib. / Ind.North19201914–1942
Arthur Jenkins[6]Lib.Metropolitan19201898–1904; 1908–1917
Walter KingsmillLib. / Nat.Metropolitan19221903–1922
John KirwanIndependentSouth19201908–1946
Robert LynnLib. / Nat.West19181912–1924
Cuthbert McKenzieCountrySouth-East19221910–1922
George Miles[5]IndependentNorth19181916–1950
Harry MillingtonLaborNorth-East19201914–1920
John Nicholson[6]NationalistMetropolitan19201918–1941
Edwin RoseLib. / Nat.South-West19221916–1934
Archibald SandersonLib. / Nat.Metropolitan-Suburban19181912–1922
Athelstan SawLib. / Nat.Metropolitan-Suburban19221915–1929
Charles SommersLib. / Nat.Metropolitan19181900–1918
Hector Stewart[7]Lib. / Nat.South-East19181917–1931
Sir Edward WittenoomLib. / Nat.North19221883–1884; 1885–1886;
1894–1898; 1902–1906;
1910–1934