1967 Australian Capital Territory general election

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1967 Australian Capital Territory general election
Flag of the Australian Capital Territory.svg
 1964September 19641970 
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Labor Placeholder.png Liberal Placeholder.png
TWP
LeaderNo leaderNo leader Alan Fitzgerald
Party Labor Liberal True Whig
Last election20Did not exist
Seats won321
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 2Increase2.svg 1

The 1967 Australian Capital Territory general election was held in September 1967 to elect all eight members of the Advisory Council, the main elected representative body of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

The election was contested by the True Whig Party, a joke party formed by satirist Alan Fitzgerald in 1966. Although standing on a joke platform and promising to "do nothing", Fitzgerald was elected with the third highest primary vote behind Labor and the Liberal Party. [1] [2]

Prior to the election, the ACT Progress and Welfare Council had dissolved, and incumbent member Jim Pead stood as an independent candidate. [3]

Results

The Liberal Party returned to having representation on the council, having not won any seats in 1964.

Legislative Assembly (STV/PR)
PartyVotes %SwingSeatsChange
  Labor 3Increase2.svg 1
  Liberal 2Increase2.svg 2
  True Whig 1Increase2.svg 1
  Independents 2Decrease2.svg 3
 Total100.0

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References

  1. "Hansard" (PDF). Legislative Assembly for the ACT.
  2. "Elected Members, ACT Advisory Council, 1930-1974". Libraries ACT.
  3. "PEAD STANDING AGAIN Advisory Council role defended". The Canberra Times . Vol. 41, no. 11, 769. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 August 1967. p. 11 via National Library of Australia.