Electoral results for the Division of Australian Capital Territory

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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)

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