Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia
In office 2 August 1956 – 29 June 1959
Preceded by
Aloysius Rodoreda
Succeeded by
John Hearman
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia
In office 12 April 1930 – 15 March 1947
Preceded by
None (new creation)
Succeeded by
Bill Grayden
Constituency
Middle Swan
In office 25 March 1950 – 31 March 1962
Preceded by
Bill Grayden
Succeeded by
None (abolished)
Constituency
Middle Swan
In office 31 March 1962 – 23 March 1968
Preceded by
None (new creation)
Succeeded by
Colin Jamieson
Constituency
Belmont
Personal details
Born
(1891-09-27)27 September 1891 North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died
5 May 1970(1970-05-05) (aged 78) Wembley, Western Australia, Australia
Political party
Labor
James Hegney (27 September 1891 – 5 May 1970) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1930 to 1947 and again from 1950 to 1968. He served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1956 to 1959.
JamesHegney (27 September 1891 – 5 May 1970) was an Australian politician who was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia...
Assembly In office 15 March 1947 – 27 October 1949 Preceded by JamesHegney Succeeded by JamesHegney Constituency Middle Swan Personal details Born Wilbur Ives...
created for the 1930 state election, the seat was won by JamesHegney of the Labor Party. Hegney held the seat until his defeat by Liberal Party candidate...
Charles Davies Middle Swan LCL JamesHegney Henry Hawkins Moore Country John Ackland Mount Hawthorn Labor Bill Hegney John Mann John Plummer-Leitch (Ind...
(Communist) John Walton (Ind.) Jessie Reid (Ind.) Middle Swan Labor JamesHegney Karl Drake-Brockman Henry Hawkins (Ind.) Mount Hawthorn Labor Harry Millington...
Lee Middle Swan Labor JamesHegney Francis Wilson Brian Peachey (DLP) Moore Country Edgar Lewis Mount Hawthorn Labor Bill Hegney Hugh O'Doherty Edward...
as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1968, with only Sir James Lee-Steere having served in the position longer. Hearman was born in Surrey...
Hartrey Arthur Daley Harry Shearn (Ind. Nationalist) Middle Swan Labor JamesHegney David Pyvis Mount Hawthorn Labor Harry Millington Arthur Abbott Mount...
Walter Goodlet James Kelly (Ind.) Maylands Ind. Nationalist Robert Hartley Harry Shearn (Ind. Nationalist) Middle Swan Labor JamesHegney Karl Drake-Brockman...
Melville Labor John Tonkin James Collins (Ind.) James Hart (Ind.) Merredin-Yilgarn Labor Lionel Kelly Middle Swan Labor JamesHegney Moore Country John Ackland...
Labor Alexander Panton Maylands Liberal Harry Shearn Middle Swan Labor JamesHegney Bill Grayden Mary Hamersley Mount Hawthorn Labor William Beadle Les Nimmo...
three-seat majority at the 1956 election. Rodoreda was replaced as speaker by JamesHegney, but remained in parliament until his death in Melbourne in March 1958...
Harvie as Megan Helen Thomson as Lynelle Genevieve Hegney as Chiara Michael Logo as Brett Tai Hara as James Annie Maynard as Yvette Darren Gilshenan as Professor...
Australian state election was held on 31 March 1962. Emil Nulsen (MLA) (Eyre) James Mann (MLA) (Avon Valley) Arthur Watts (MLA) (Stirling) Sitting members are...
(South-East) John Teahan (MLC) (North-East) Reg Mattiske (MLC) (Metropolitan) James Murray (MLC) (South-West) Anthony Loton (MLC) (South) Sitting members are...
minister in the government of Albert Hawke. Hegney was born in Melbourne, as was his older brother James (also a future MP). The brothers came to Western...
Aloysius Rodoreda Labor 6 August 1953 1 August 1956 2 years, 361 days 16 JamesHegney Labor 2 August 1956 29 June 1959 2 years, 331 days 17 John Hearman Liberal...
Heavyweight 81 kg 1 x gold Audley Harrison Super Heavyweight 91 kg+ 1 x gold JamesHegney Flyweight 51 kg Gary Jones Light flyweight 48 kg 1 x bronze Andrew McLean...
Labor seats (21) Marginal Belmont JamesHegney ALP 2.3% Mount Hawthorn Bill Hegney ALP 2.7% Geraldton Bill Sewell ALP 3.0% Warren Joseph Rowberry ALP 3...
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