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 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1970 Australian Capital Territory by-election § Results.[edit]

Australian Capital Territory by-election, 1970

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