ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF NAMADGI, AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
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ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996
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Suburban Canberra: Conder, Kambah, Mawson, Tuggeranong
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New seat: Notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.9
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Enrolled voters:                         66,864
Votes cast:                              65,108  97.4
Informal votes:                           1,672  02.6
Formal votes:                            64,436  97.4
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Candidate                       Party   Votes    %     Swing
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Shane Rattenbury                Grn       4,579  07.2
Annette Ellis                   ALP      28,583  45.1  -09.2
Derek Rosborough                          1,636  02.6
Brendan Smyth *                 Lib      28,638  45.1  +10.6
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Total                                    64,436
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1. Rattenbury was ACT MLA for Molonglo 2008-16, Kurrajong from 2016.
2. Smyth was member for Canberra 1995-96.
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2nd count: Rosborough's 1,636 votes distributed
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Rattenbury           716  44.8            5,295  08.4
Ellis                399  25.0           28,982  45.7
Smyth *              484  30.3           29,122  45.9
(exhausted            37                     37                    )
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Total              1,636                 64,436
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3rd count: Rattenbury's 5,295 votes distributed
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ELLIS              3,560  70.3           32,542  51.5
Smyth *            1,506  29.7           30,628  48.5
(exhausted           229                    266                    )
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Total              5,295                 64,436  01.5   09.4 to Lib
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> Brendan Michael Smyth (born 1959): Elected 1995 by. Defeated 1996
Later career: ACT MLA for Brindabella 1998-2016. Leader of the 
Opposition 2002-06.
> Annnette Louise Ellis (born 1946): Elected 1996
Born 13 October 1946, Melbourne
Career: Educated state schools. Public servant. Adviser to ACT
Parliamentary ALP.
Territory politics: ACT MLA 1992-96.
Namadgi was abolished at the 1997 redistribution. Ellis contested
Canberra in 1998.
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