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

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 Australian Capital Territory by-election

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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[]

• Australian Electoral Commission. Federal Election results
• Carr, Adam. Psephos