This is a list of members of the

Western Australian Legislative Assembly The Western Australian Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Western Australia, an Australian state. The Parliament sits in Parliament House, Perth, Parliament House in the Western Australian capi ...

between the 1933 election and the 1936 election, together known as the 15th Parliament.

Notes

: Following the 1933 state election a new Ministry consisting of eight members, including one Member of the

Legislative Council A legislative council is the legislature, or one of the legislative chambers, of a nation, colony, or subnational division such as a province or state. It was commonly used to label unicameral or upper house legislative bodies in the Brit ...

, was appointed on 24 April 1933. These members were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections on 2 May 1933, at which all were returned unopposed. : At the 1933 election, Labor member

Aubrey Coverley Aubrey Augustus Michael Coverley (29 September 1895 – 19 March 1953) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1924 until his death, representing the seat of Kimberley. H ...

won the seat of

Kimberley Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to: Places and historical events Australia Queensland * Kimberley, Queensland, a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas South Australia * County of Kimberley, a cadastral unit in South Australia Ta ...

by just 32 votes against the Nationalist candidate Arthur Povah. On 3 July 1933, the Court of Disputed Returns ordered a fresh election for 29 July, which Coverley won by 289 votes. : On 16 March 1935, the Labor member for South Fremantle,

Alick McCallum Alexander McCallum (28 October 1877 – 12 July 1937) was an Australian politician. He was the Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch), Labor member for Electoral district of South Fremantle, South Fremantle in the Western Austra ...

, resigned. Labor candidate Thomas Fox won the resulting by-election held on 4 May 1935. :

Frank Wise Frank Joseph Scott Wise AO (30 May 1897 – 29 June 1986) was a Labor Party politician who was the 16th Premier of Western Australia. He took office on 31 July 1945 in the closing stages of the Second World War, following the resignation of ...

was appointed Minister for Agriculture on 26 March 1935 following the departure of

from the Ministry, and was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election on 11 April 1935, at which he was returned unopposed. : On 23 March 1935, the Country member for Avon, Harry Griffiths, died. Country candidate Ignatius Boyle won the resulting by-election held on 4 May 1935. : On 21 July 1935, the Country member for Katanning, Arnold Piesse, died. Country candidate Arthur Watts won the resulting by-election held on 31 August 1935.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1933-1936 Members of Western Australian parliaments by term