Henry Carson

Henry Carson (31 December 1866 – 31 July 1948) was an Australian politician who served in both houses of the Parliament of Western Australia, as a member of the Legislative Assembly from 1904 to 1906 and from 1908 to 1911, and as a member of the Legislative Council from 1914 to 1920.

At the 1905 election, Carson was re-elected by a margin of six votes, defeating the Labor Party's Thomas Brown.

[2] However, in October 1906, following a petition, the election was vacated by the Supreme Court on the grounds of voting irregularities.

Carson was defeated by Labor's Thomas Moore in his 1920 bid for re-election, and later recontested the seat in 1922 and 1926 without success.

Carson's final run for parliament came at the 1936 state election, where he was defeated by the sitting member, William Patrick, in the seat of Greenough.