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1894 Western Australian colonial election. Elections were held in the Colony of Western Australia in June and July 1894 to elect 33 members to the Legislative Assembly.
1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1894th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 894th year of the 2nd millennium, the 94th year of the 19th century, and the 5th year of the 1890s decade.
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Governor of Western Australia – William C. F. Robinson; Events. January - A cyclone hits the north west of Western Australia, killing approximately 50 persons; 28 June - A Colonial Conference, held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, resolves to lay a telegraph cable between Canada and Australia.
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) - Trove. Home. Newspapers & Gazettes. Browse. The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Cite this title: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title30. From Wikipedia. The West Australian is the only locally edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia.
In 1894 there were enough supporters in the South Australian parliament to change the voting laws. Women could now vote, and also stand for election to parliament. This made South Australia the first place in the world where women and men had equal voting and representation rights.
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1890 elections and the 1894 elections, known as the First Parliament. They held office under the Constitution Act 1889 , which was given Royal Assent by Queen Victoria on 15 August 1890 [1] and took effect on 21 October 1890 with a proclamation by the new ...
South Australia became the first colony to give women the right to vote and stand for election, 1894. Australasian Federal Convention finalised the draft constitution. It goes to referendums for approval by the voters, 1898 to 1900. Society and Culture. 30,000 women signed the Monster Petition calling for the vote for women in Victoria, 1891.
