Talk:Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1901–1904

Australia: Western Australia / Politics Low‑importance

	Australia portal Members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, 1901–1904 is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics. If you would like to participate, visit the project page.AustraliaWikipedia:WikiProject AustraliaTemplate:WikiProject AustraliaAustralia articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Western Australia (assessed as Low-importance).
	This article is supported by WikiProject Australian politics (assessed as Low-importance).
	Need help improving this article? Ask a Librarian^{What's this?} at the National Library of Australia, or the State Library of Western Australia.
	The Wikimedia Australia chapter can be contacted via email to helpwikimedia.org.au for non-editorial assistance.

Lists Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Lists, an attempt to structure and organize all list pages on Wikipedia. If you wish to help, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.ListsWikipedia:WikiProject ListsTemplate:WikiProject ListsList articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Biography

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles

South Murchison[edit]

The existing page Electoral district of South Murchison and the masterlist User:Orderinchaos/Electorates has South Murchison being abolished prior to 1901. Should Rason's district be something else? Digestible (talk) 10:33, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nah it's fine - 1899 was the act which abolished it, which took effect at the 1901 election. Orderinchaos 11:15, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps I should have said in 1901. This is the parliament following the 1901 election. According to the Cornthwaite Rason page, he held the seat of Guildford at this time. Digestible (talk) 12:04, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oops - my bad. Copypasta to blame again :) Checked Black & Bolton and it says 1901-1906 guildford. Orderinchaos 15:44, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Denis Doherty[edit]

Why did Doherty only serve until 1903? Digestible (talk) 16:48, 22 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Black & Bolton p 65 just says "- Aug 1903 (resigned)". text suggests he returned to England. 26 Aug 03 by-election was won by John Ferguson by 6 votes against Labor's James Ives. (Black & Prescott p105) Ferguson was defeated by Bolton in 1904. Thanks for pointing this out - seems we were missing an MP! Orderinchaos 02:55, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. Now added to Electoral district of North Fremantle. Digestible (talk) 03:21, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]