Leaders for the Government in the Legislative Council - List

Because of certain difficulties in identification, especially during the nineteenth century, it is not possible to fix the names of each and every Leader for the Government in the Legislative Council. What follows is thus incomplete in that it only dates from World War II.

NameSeatPartyPeriod
McDONALD, James Gordon ALP 1940 - 1946
WORSLEY, Rowland L. Huon ALP 1947 - 1948
D'ALTON, Thomas G. Gordon ALP 1948 - 1968
BENJAMIN, Phyllis J. Hobart ALP 1968 - 1969
FOOT, Geoffrey J. Cornwall Ind. 1969 - 1972
MILLER, Brian K. Newdegate ALP 1972 - 1982
LOWRIE, Kenneth F. Buckingham Ind. 1982 - 1986
FLETCHER, Anthony W. Russell Ind. 1986 - 1989
BATT, Charles L. Derwent ALP 1989 - 1992
McKAY, Peter C. Pembroke Lib.# 1992 - 1996
FLETCHER, Anthony W. Murchison Ind. 1996 - 1998
AIRD, Michael A. Derwent ALP 1998 - 2006
PARKINSON, Dougla John Wellington ALP 2006 - 2012
FARRELL, Craig Maxwell Derwent ALP 2012 - 2014
GOODWIN, Vanessa Pembroke Liberal 2014 - 2017
HISCUTT, Leonie Anne Montgomery Liberal 2017 - 2025
RATTRAY, Tania Verene McIntyre Independent 2025 -

# McKay, who served in the Council from 1976-99, was elected as an Independent, and only announced Liberal Party membership in March 1991.

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