COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996
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Source: Australian Electoral Commission

THE SENATE
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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (Two senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                          203,170         +05.5
Votes cast:                               196,917   96.2  -00.9
Informal votes:                             4,860   02.5  +00.6
Formal votes:                             192,057   97.5  -00.6
Quota for election:                        64,020   33.3
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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John Miller                    CTA          2,747   01.4  Group A
James Liaw                     CTA            154   00.1  Q:0.045

Deborah Foskey                 Grn         10,851   05.6  Group B
Jonathan Millar                Grn            446   00.2  Q:0.177

Margaret REID *                Lib         74,413   38.7  ELECTED 2
Stephe Jitts                   Lib            536   00.3  Group C
Total                                                     Q:1.171

Peter Main                     AD          19,167   10.0  Group D
Brent Blackburn                AD             423   00.2  Q:0.306

Kate LUNDY                     ALP         80,582   42.0  ELECTED 1
Peter Conway                   ALP          1,284   00.7  Group E
Total                                                Q:1.279

Joanne Clarke                                 454   00.2  Q:0.007
Bill Monaghan                                 597   00.3  Q:0.009
David Seaton                                  146   00.1  Q:0.004
Fred Skerbic                                1,454   00.8  Q:0.023
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Total                                     192,057
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1. The combined Liberal vote was 39.0%
2. The combined ALP vote was 42.6%
3. The combined AD vote was 10.2%
4. Foskey was an ACT MLA 2004-08.
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> Kate Lundy (born 1967): Elected 1996
Born 1 December 1967, Canberra
Career: Union official, Building Workers Industrial Union. President 
ACT Trades and Labour Council.
> Margaret Elizabeth Reid (born 1935): Appointed 1981. Elected 1983, 
1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996
President of the Senate from 20 August 1996
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