Electoral district of Wellington (Western Australia)
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Wellington was an electoral district
of the Legislative Assembly
in the Australia
n state of Western Australia
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The district had three incarnations and was based in the south-west of the state.
Electoral districts of Western Australia
The Western Australian Legislative Assembly is elected from 59 single-member electoral districts. These districts are often referred to as electorates or seats....
of the Legislative Assembly
Western Australian Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of parliament in the Australian state of Western Australia. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Perth....
in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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The district had three incarnations and was based in the south-west of the state.
Members
| Wellington (1890–1911) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Harry Venn Harry Venn Harry Whittall Venn was an Australian politician. He was the member for Wellington in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1890 to 1901. He served as Commissioner of Railways and Minister of Works from 1890 to 1896 under Premier John Forrest.... |
Ministerial | 1890–1901 | |
| Henry Teasdale Smith | Ministerial | 1901–1904 | |
| Thomas Hayward | Ministerial | 1904–1911 | |
| Wellington (1962–1983) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Iven Manning | Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
1962–1974 | |
| June Craig | Liberal | 1974–1983 | |
| Wellington (1989–1996) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| John Bradshaw | Liberal | 1989–1986 | |