ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== New seat (not previously voting) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 11,841 Votes cast: 11,242 94.9 Informal votes: 68 00.6 Formal votes: 11,174 99.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jessie Ashton 366 03.3 Malcolm Moir Lib 2,510 22.5 Dr Lewis Nott 3,475 31.1 Sidney Rhodes ALP 4,823 43.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,174 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nott was member for Herbert, Queensland, 1925-28. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ashton's 366 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moir 157 42.9 2,667 23.9 Nott 135 36.9 3,610 32.3 Rhodes 74 20.2 4,897 43.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 366 11,174 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Moir's 2,667 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTT 2,403 90.1 6,013 53.8 Rhodes 264 09.9 5,161 46.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,667 11,174 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis Windemere Nott (1888-1951): Elected 1925. Defeated 1928. Elected 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Australian Capital Territory was ceded by NSW to the Commonwealth in 1911 but did not become the seat of government until 1927. It had no parliamentary representation until 1949. The member for the Australian Capital Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== 1949 majority: Independent over ALP 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,774 +07.9 Votes cast: 11,899 93.2 -01.7 Informal votes: 69 00.6 00.0 Formal votes: 11,830 99.4 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jessie Ashton 373 03.2 James Fraser ALP 5,905 49.9 +06.7 Clyde Greenwood Lib 2,287 19.3 -03.2 Dr Lewis Nott * 3,265 27.6 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,830 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ashton's 373 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRASER 121 32.4 6,026 50.9 Greenwood 101 27.1 2,388 20.2 Nott * 151 40.5 3,416 28.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 373 11,830 02.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- There was a swing of 6.7% from Nott to the ALP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lewis Windermere Nott (1888-1951): Elected 1925. Defeated 1928. Elected 1949. Defeated 1951 Died 27 October 1951 > James Reay Fraser (1908-70): Elected 1951 Born: 1908, Derby, Tasmania. Career: Educated state schools Launceston, Tasmania. Teacher, Victoria. Unemployed 1930s. Country journalist. Military Service 1941-46. Press Secretary to Senator Hon Nicholas McKenna, Minister for Social Services 1946-49. Member ACT Advisory Council 1949-51. Brother of Allan Fraser MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the ACT could only vote on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 14,920 +16.8 Votes cast: 14,074 94.3 +01.1 Informal votes: 108 00.8 +00.2 Formal votes: 13,966 99.2 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Cusack 405 02.9 James FRASER * ALP 8,762 62.7 +12.8 Mary Stevenson Lib 4,799 34.4 +15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,966 14.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cusack was Labor member for Eden-Monaro 1929-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Reay Fraser (1908-70): Elected 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Australian Capital Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== 1954 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 14.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 16,181 +08.5 Votes cast: 14,977 92.6 -01.7 Informal votes: 126 00.8 00.0 Formal votes: 14,851 99.2 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James FRASER * ALP 9,588 64.6 +01.9 Robert Greenish Lib 5,263 35.4 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,851 14.6 00.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Reay Fraser (1908-70): Elected 1951, 1954, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Australian Capital Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 14.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 20,536 +26.9 Votes cast: 19,148 93.2 +00.6 Informal votes: 251 01.3 +00.5 Formal votes: 18,897 98.7 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ann Dalgarno Lib 4,383 23.2 -12.2 Philip Day 2,534 13.4 James FRASER * ALP 11,980 63.4 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,897 16.8 e 02.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Reay Fraser (1908-70): Elected 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Australian Capital Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 16.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 28,672 +39.6 Votes cast: 26,728 93.2 00.0 Informal votes: 351 01.3 00.0 Formal votes: 26,377 98.7 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James FRASER * ALP 17,114 64.9 +01.5 Geoffrey Small Lib 9,263 35.1 +11.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 26,377 14.9 01.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Reay Fraser (1908-70): Elected 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Australian Capital Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 14.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,018 +25.6 Votes cast: 33,433 92.8 -00.4 Informal votes: 701 02.1 -00.8 Formal votes: 32,732 97.9 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elizabeth Calvert Lib 14,748 45.1 +10.0 James FRASER * ALP 17,984 54.9 -10.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,732 04.9 10.0 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Reay Fraser (1908-70): Elected 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Australian Capital Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,127 +33.6 Votes cast: 44,772 93.0 +00.2 Informal votes: 777 01.7 -00.4 Formal votes: 43,995 98.3 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ann Delgarno 1,458 03.3 John Donohue DLP 2,193 05.0 James FRASER * ALP 22,721 51.6 -03.3 Robert Greenish 938 02.1 Robert Rowell Lib 16,685 37.9 -07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,995 05.8 e 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Reay Fraser (1908-70): Elected 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Australian Capital Territory acquired full voting rights in 1968. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== 1966 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 05.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 63,293 +31.5 Votes cast: 58,773 92.9 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,083 01.8 +00.1 Formal votes: 57,690 98.2 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James FRASER * ALP 39,070 67.7 +16.0 Thomas McDermott AP 2,651 04.6 Robert Maher Lib 15,492 26.9 -11.0 Donald McHugh CPA 477 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 57,690 21.2 e 15.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Reay Fraser (1908-70): Elected 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969 Died 1 April 1970 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 30 MAY 1970 ==================================================================== Following the death of James Fraser -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 21.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,482 +01.9 Votes cast: 58,378 90.5 -02.4 Informal votes: 1,813 03.1 +01.3 Formal votes: 56,565 96.9 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwin Bellchambers 438 00.8 Edward Cawthorn 173 00.3 Terence Christie DLP 1,857 03.3 Keppel Enderby + ALP 20,132 35.6 -32.1 Alan Fitzgerald AP 9,914 17.5 +12.9 Clarence Hermes Lib 15,900 28.1 +01.2 James Pead 8,151 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cawthorn's 173 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bellchambers 35 20.2 473 00.8 Christie 28 16.2 1,885 03.3 Enderby + 23 13.3 20,155 35.6 Fitzgerald 18 10.4 9,932 17.6 Hermes 48 27.7 15,948 28.2 Pead 21 12.1 8,172 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 173 56,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Bellchambers's 473 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Christie 185 39.1 2,070 03.7 Enderby + 94 (19.9 20,249 35.8 Fitzgerald 85 (18.0 10,017 17.7 Hermes 53 11.2 16,001 28.3 Pead 56 11.8 8,228 14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 473 56,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Christie's 2,070 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enderby + 324 15.7 20,573 36.4 Fitzgerald 243 11.7 10,260 18.1 Hermes 472 22.8 16,473 29.1 Pead 1,031 49.8 9,259 16.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,070 56,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Pead's 9,259 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enderby + 1,939 20.9 22,512 39.8 Fitzgerald 4,661 50.3 14,921 26.4 Hermes 2,659 28.7 19,132 33.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,259 56,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Fitzgerald's 14,921 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ENDERBY + 10,178 68.2 32,690 57.8 Hermes 4,743 31.8 23,875 42.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,921 56,565 07.8 13.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keppel Earl Enderby (1926-2015): Elected 1970 By Born: 25 June 1926, Dubbo, NSW Career: Educated state schools, University of Sydney. Military Service 1944-45. Barrister. Lecturer, Sydney Technical College. Senior Lecturer, Australian National University, Canberra 1962-65. Barrister, Sydney and Canberra, from 1965. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 21.2 e 1970 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 07.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 83,591 +32.1 Votes cast: 78,509 93.9 +01.0 Informal votes: 1,506 01.9 +00.1 Formal votes: 77,003 98.1 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barry Blair 670 00.9 Arthur Burns 3,133 04.1 Terence Christie DLP 2,758 03.6 June Eatock 2,003 02.6 Keppel ENDERBY * ALP 40,147 52.1 -15.6 Alan Fitzgerald AP 10,529 13.7 +09.1 Peter Hughes Lib 17,556 22.8 -04.1 Harry Marsh 67 00.1 Michael Salvador 140 00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 77,003 15.5 e 05.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Burns was professor of politics at the Australian National University. He ran as an Independent Labor candidate on an anti- abortion platform. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keppel Earl Enderby (1926-2015): Elected 1970 By, 1972 Minister for the Capital Territory 19 December 1972 to 9 October 1973 Minister for the Northern Territory 19 December 1972 to 19 October 1973 Minister for Secondary Industry from 9 October 1973 Minister for Supply from 9 October 1973 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian Capital Territory was abolished at the 1974 redistribution. Enderby contested Canberra in 1974. --------------------------------------------------------------------