Electoral results for the Division of Australian Capital Territory

This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Australian Capital Territory in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1949 until its abolition in 1974.

Members

Member Party Term
  Lewis Nott Independent 1949–1951
  Jim Fraser Labor 1951–1970
  Kep Enderby Labor 1970–1974

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1972

1972 Australian federal election: Australian Capital Territory[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kep Enderby 40,147 52.1 −15.6
Liberal Peter Hughes 17,556 22.8 −4.1
Australia Alan Fitzgerald 10,529 13.7 +9.1
Independent Arthur Burns 3,133 4.1 +4.1
Democratic Labor Terence Christie 2,758 3.6 +3.6
Independent Pat Eatock 2,003 2.6 +2.6
Independent Michael Salvador 140 0.2 +0.2
Independent Harry Marsh 67 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 77,003 98.1
Informal votes 1,506 1.9
Turnout 78,509 93.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kep Enderby 65.5 −5.7
Liberal Peter Hughes 34.5 +5.7
Labor hold Swing −5.7

1970 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1970 Australian Capital Territory by-election § Results.[edit]
Australian Capital Territory by-election, 1970[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kep Enderby 20,132 35.6 −32.1
Liberal Clarrie Hermes 15,900 28.1 +1.2
Australia Alan Fitzgerald 9,914 17.5 +12.9
Independent Jim Pead 8,151 14.4 +14.4
Democratic Labor Terence Christie 1,857 3.3 +3.3
Independent Charles Bellchambers 438 0.8 +0.8
National Socialist Ted Cawthron 173 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 56,565 96.9
Informal votes 1,813 3.1
Turnout 58,378 90.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Kep Enderby 32,690 57.8 −13.4
Liberal Clarrie Hermes 23,875 42.2 +13.4
Labor hold Swing −13.4

Elections in the 1960s

1969

1969 Australian federal election: Australian Capital Territory [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Fraser 39,070 67.7 +16.0
Liberal Robert Maher 15,492 26.9 −11.0
Australia Thomas McDermott 2,651 4.6 +4.6
Communist Don McHugh 477 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 57,690 98.2
Informal votes 1,083 1.8
Turnout 58,773 92.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Fraser 71.2 +15.4
Liberal Robert Maher 28.8 −15.4
Labor hold Swing +15.4

1966

1966 Australian federal election: Australian Capital Territory [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Fraser 22,721 51.6 −3.3
Liberal Robert Rowell 16,685 36.9 −7.2
Democratic Labor John Donohue 2,193 5.0 +5.0
Independent Anne Dalgarno 1,458 3.3 +3.3
Independent Robert Greenish 938 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 43,995 98.3
Informal votes 777 1.7
Turnout 44,772 93.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Fraser 55.8 +0.9
Liberal Robert Rowell 44.2 −0.9
Labor hold Swing +0.9

1963

1963 Australian federal election: Australian Capital Territory [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Fraser 17,984 54.9 −10.0
Liberal Elizabeth Calvert 14,748 45.1 +10.0
Total formal votes 32,732 97.9
Informal votes 701 2.1
Turnout 33,433 92.8
Labor hold Swing −10.0

1961

1961 Australian federal election: Australian Capital Territory [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Fraser 17,114 64.9 +1.5
Liberal Geoffrey Small 9,263 35.1 +11.9
Total formal votes 26,377 98.7
Informal votes 351 1.3
Turnout 26,728 93.2
Labor hold Swing −1.9

Elections in the 1950s

1958

1958 Australian federal election: Australian Capital Territory [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Fraser 11,980 63.4 −1.2
Liberal Anne Dalgarno 4,383 23.2 −12.2
Independent Phil Day 2,534 13.4 +13.4
Total formal votes 18,897 98.7
Informal votes 251 1.3
Turnout 19,148 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Fraser 66.8 +2.2
Liberal Anne Dalgarno 23.2 −2.2
Labor hold Swing +2.2

1955

1955 Australian federal election: Australian Capital Territory [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Fraser 9,588 64.6 +1.9
Liberal Robert Greenish 5,263 35.4 +1.0
Total formal votes 14,851 99.2
Informal votes 126 0.8
Turnout 14,977 92.6
Labor hold Swing −0.3

1954

1954 Australian federal election: Australian Capital Territory [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Fraser 8,762 62.7 +12.8
Liberal Mary Stevenson 4,799 34.4 +15.1
Independent John Cusack 405 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 13,966 99.2
Informal votes 108 0.8
Turnout 14,074 94.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Fraser 64.9 +14.1
Liberal Mary Stevenson 35.1 +35.1
Labor hold Swing +14.1

1951

1951 Australian federal election: Australian Capital Territory [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Fraser 5,905 49.9 +6.7
Independent Lewis Nott 3,265 27.6 −3.5
Liberal Clyde Greenwood 2,287 19.3 −3.2
Independent Jessie Ashton 373 3.2 −0.1
Total formal votes 11,830 99.4
Informal votes 69 0.6
Turnout 11,899 93.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Fraser 52.9 +6.7
Independent Lewis Nott 47.1 −6.7
Labor gain from Independent Swing +6.7

Elections in the 1940s

1949

1949 Australian federal election: Australian Capital Territory [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sidney Rhodes 4,823 43.2 +43.2
Independent Lewis Nott 3,475 31.1 +31.1
Liberal Malcolm Moir 2,510 22.5 +22.5
Independent Jessie Ashton 366 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 11,174 99.4
Informal votes 68 0.6
Turnout 11,242 94.9
Two-party-preferred result
Independent Lewis Nott 6,013 53.8 +53.8
Labor Sidney Rhodes 5,161 46.2 +46.2
Independent win (new seat)

References

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