Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1894–1897

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1894 elections and the 1897 elections, together known as the Second Parliament.

Name	District	Years in office
Hon Septimus Burt	Ashburton	1890–1900
Barnard Clarkson	Toodyay	1890–1897
Francis Connor	East Kimberley	1893–1905
Joseph Cookworthy	Sussex	1890–1897
Everard Darlot [2]	Murchison	1890–1894
Alexander Forrest	West Kimberley	1890–1900
Hon Sir John Forrest	Bunbury	1890–1901
William James George [3]	Murray	1895–1902; 1909–1930
Albert Hassell	Plantagenet	1890–1904
Charles Harper	Beverley	1890–1905
John Higham [5]	Fremantle	1896–1904
Edward Hooley [2]	Murchison	1894–1900
Frederick Illingworth	Nannine	1894–1904; 1905–1907
Walter James	East Perth	1894–1904
Henry Keep	Pilbara	1894–1897
George Leake	Albany	1890; 1894–1900; 1901–1902
Hon James George Lee-Steere	Nelson	1890–1903
Henry Lefroy	Moore	1892–1901; 1911–1921
William Loton	Swan	1890–1897
Hon William Marmion [5]	Fremantle	1890–1896
Frederick Monger	York	1892–1903; 1905–1914
Charles Moran	Yilgarn	1894–1901; 1902–1905
Matthew Moss [4]	North Fremantle	1895–1897
William Paterson 3	Murray	1890–1895
William Silas Pearse [4]	North Fremantle	1890–1895
Samuel J. Phillips	Irwin	1890–1904
Hon Frederick Henry Piesse [1]	Williams	1890–1909
George Randell	Perth	1890–1892; 1894–1897
Hon Alexander Richardson [1]	De Grey	1890–1897
Horace Sholl	Roebourne	1891–1901
Robert Frederick Sholl	Gascoyne	1890–1897
George Simpson	Geraldton	1891–1899
Elias Solomon	South Fremantle	1892–1901
George Throssell [1]	Northam	1890–1904
William Traylen	Greenough	1890–1897
Hon Harry Venn	Wellington	1890–1901
Barrington Wood	West Perth	1894–1901

Notes

¹ During the term, three Members of Parliament were appointed to the Ministry by Premier John Forrest. Each were therefore required to resign and submit to a ministerial by-election in their own seat, and all were returned unopposed. The three members were Alexander Richardson (De Grey, 17 June 1895), Frederick Henry Piesse (Williams, 18 April 1896) and George Throssell (Northam, 27 January 1897).

² On 18 September 1894, Everard Darlot resigned from the seat of Murchison, and at the resulting by-election on 15 October 1894, Edward Hooley was elected unopposed to fill the vacancy.

³ On 4 January 1895, William Paterson resigned from the seat of Murray, and at the resulting by-election on 12 January 1895, William James George was elected to fill the vacancy.

⁴ In April 1895, William Silas Pearse resigned from the seat of North Fremantle, and at the resulting byelection on 22 May 1895, Matthew Moss was elected to fill the vacancy.

⁵ On 4 July 1896, William Marmion died, leaving the seat of Fremantle vacant. At the byelection on 18 July 1896, John Higham was elected to fill the remainder of the term.

Sources

• Black, David; Prescott, Valerie (1997). Election statistics, Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, 1890-1996. Perth: Parliamentary History Project. ISBN 0-7309-8409-5.
• Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-1334-6.