Members of the Western Australian Legislative Council, 2005–2009

This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Council between 22 May 2005 and 21 May 2009:

Name Party Province Years in office Shelley Archer Labor/Independent Mining and Pastoral 2005–2009 Ken Baston Liberal Mining and Pastoral 2005–2021 Matt Benson-Lidholm Labor South West 2005–2013 Carolyn Burton Labor North Metropolitan 2008–2009 George Cash Liberal North Metropolitan 1989–2009 Vince Catania Labor Mining and Pastoral 2005–2009 Kim Chance Labor Agricultural 1992–2009 Peter Collier Liberal North Metropolitan 2005–present Murray Criddle National Agricultural 1993–2008 Ed Dermer Labor North Metropolitan 1996–2013 Bruce Donaldson Liberal Agricultural 1993–2009 Kate Doust Labor South Metropolitan 2001–present Wendy Duncan National Agricultural 2008–2013 Shelley Eaton Labor Mining and Pastoral 2008–2009 Sue Ellery Labor South Metropolitan 2001–present Brian Ellis Liberal Agricultural 2007–2017 Donna Faragher Liberal East Metropolitan 2005–present Adele Farina Labor South West 2001–present Anthony Fels Liberal/Independent Agricultural 2005–2009 Jon Ford Labor Mining and Pastoral 2001–2013 Graham Giffard Labor North Metropolitan 2000–2008 Nick Griffiths Labor East Metropolitan 1993–2009 Nigel Hallett Liberal South West 2005–2017 Ray Halligan Liberal North Metropolitan 1997–2009 Barry House Liberal South West 1987–2017 Paul Llewellyn Greens South West 2005–2009 Robyn McSweeney Liberal South West 2001–2017 Sheila Mills Labor South Metropolitan 2005–2009 Norman Moore Liberal Mining and Pastoral 1977–2013 Helen Morton Liberal East Metropolitan 2005–2017 Simon O'Brien Liberal South Metropolitan 1997–2021 Batong Pham Labor East Metropolitan 2007–2009 Louise Pratt Labor East Metropolitan 2001–2007 Ljiljanna Ravlich Labor East Metropolitan 1997–2015 Margaret Rowe Liberal Agricultural 2005–2007 Barbara Scott Liberal South Metropolitan 1993–2009 Sally Talbot Labor South West 2005–present Ken Travers Labor North Metropolitan 1997–2016 Giz Watson Greens North Metropolitan 1997–2013

Notes Agricultural Liberal MLC Margaret Rowe resigned on 22 June 2007. Brian Ellis was elected in the resulting countback on 16 July 2007. East Metropolitan Labor MLC Louise Pratt resigned on 29 October 2007 to run for the Australian Senate at the 2007 federal election. Batong Pham was elected in the resulting countback on 26 November. Mining and Pastoral MLC Shelley Archer was elected as a Labor member, but resigned from the party on 15 November 2007 after Premier Alan Carpenter called for her expulsion from parliament over an ongoing corruption scandal. She served out her term as an Independent and, despite initial suggestions to the contrary, did not recontest. Agricultural National MLC Murray Criddle resigned on 2 January 2008. Wendy Duncan was elected in the resulting countback on 29 January 2008. Agricultural MLC Anthony Fels was elected as a Liberal member, but resigned from the party on 31 July 2008. He subsequently sat as an independent and recontested his seat unsuccessfully at the 2008 election as a WAFamilyFirst.com Party candidate. North Metropolitan Labor MLC Graham Giffard resigned on 11 August 2008 in order to contest the Assembly seat of Swan Hills in the election, where he was beaten by the Liberals' Frank Alban. Carolyn Burton was elected in the resulting countback on 12 September 2008. Mining and Pastoral Labor MLC Vince Catania resigned on 12 August 2008 in order to contest the Assembly seat of North West in the election; he was elected. Shelley Eaton was elected in the resulting countback on 17 September 2008.