Members of the Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council

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This is a list of elected members of the Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council from its creation in 1930 until its replacement by the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly in 1974.

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First Council, May 1930 – May 1931

NamePartyTerm in office
Frederick Gell Independent1930–1933
Roy Rowe Independent1930–1931
Thomas Shakespeare Independent1930–1938

Second Council, May 1931 – September 1935

NamePartyTerm in office
Frederick Gell 1Independent1930–1933
John Goodwin Independent1931–1943
H. C. Green 1Independent1933–1935
Thomas Shakespeare Independent1930–1938

1 Frederick Gell (Independent) resigned in August 1933. H. C. Green (Independent) was appointed as his replacement in September 1933.

Third Council, September 1935 – September 1937

NamePartyTerm in office
John Goodwin Independent1931–1943
Lewis Nott Independent1935–1949, 1951
Thomas Shakespeare Independent1930–1938

Fourth Council, September 1937 – September 1939

NamePartyTerm in office
John Goodwin Independent1931–1943
John Muir 1 Labor 1938–1939
Lewis Nott Independent1935–1949, 1951
Thomas Shakespeare 1Independent1930–1938

1 Thomas Shakespeare (Independent) died in September 1938. John Muir (Labor) was appointed to replace him.

Fifth Council, September 1939 – September 1941

NamePartyTerm in office
Albert Gardiner Labor 1939–1943, 1945–1947
John Goodwin Independent1931–1943
Lewis Nott Independent1935–1949, 1951

Sixth Council, September 1941 – September 1943

NamePartyTerm in office
Albert Gardiner Labor 1939–1943, 1945–1947
John Goodwin Independent1931–1943
Lewis Nott Independent1935–1949, 1951

Seventh Council, September 1943 – September 1945

NamePartyTerm in office
John Davies Independent1943–1945
William Hurley Labor 1943–1945
Lewis Nott Independent1935–1949, 1951

Eighth Council, September 1945 – September 1947

NamePartyTerm in office
Albert Gardiner Labor 1939–1943, 1945–1947
Lewis Nott Independent1935–1949, 1951
Arthur Shakespeare Independent1945–1949, 1949–1955

Ninth Council, September 1947 – September 1949

NamePartyTerm in office
Ulrich Ellis Independent1947–1951
Lewis Nott Independent1935–1949, 1951
Arthur Shakespeare Independent1945–1949, 1949–1955

Tenth Council, September 1949 – September 1951

NamePartyTerm in office
Oliver Bourke 2 Labor 1951, 1952–1953
Ulrich Ellis 3Independent1947–1951
Jim Fraser 2 Labor 1949–1951
Lewis Nott 1,3Independent1935–1949, 1951
Arthur Shakespeare 1Independent1945–1949, 1949–1955

1 Lewis Nott (Independent) resigned in December 1949 to run for the House of Representatives at the federal election. Arthur Shakespeare (Independent) was appointed as his replacement.
2 Jim Fraser (Labor) resigned in May 1951 to run for the House of Representatives at the federal election. Oliver Bourke (Labor) was appointed as his replacement.
3 Ulrich Ellis (Independent) resigned in June 1951. Lewis Nott (Independent), who had been defeated by Fraser for his federal seat, was appointed as his replacement.

Eleventh Council, September 1951 – September 1953

NamePartyTerm in office
R. G. Bailey 1Independent1952–1955
Oliver Bourke 1 Labor 1951, 1952–1953
Frederick Quinane Labor1951–1959
Arthur Shakespeare Independent1945–1949, 1949–1955
Mary Stevenson Liberal 1951–1959

1 The Council was expanded in September 1952. R. G. Bailey (Independent) and Oliver Bourke (Labor) were appointed to fill the two new seats.

Twelfth Council, September 1953 – September 1955

NamePartyTerm in office
R. G. Bailey Independent1952–1955
William Byrne Labor 1953–1964
Frederick Quinane Labor1951–1959
Arthur Shakespeare Independent1945–1949, 1949–1955
Mary Stevenson Liberal 1951–1959

Thirteenth Council, September 1955 – September 1957

NamePartyTerm in office
William Byrne Labor 1953–1964
Phil Day Liberal 1955–1959
Jim Pead Progress 1955–1974
Frederick Quinane Labor1951–1959
Mary Stevenson Liberal1951–1959

Fourteenth Council, September 1957 – September 1959

NamePartyTerm in office
William Byrne Labor 1953–1964
Phil Day Independent11955–1959
William McIntyre Campbell Independent1957–1960
Jim Pead Progress 1955–1974
Frederick Quinane Labor1951–1959
Mary Stevenson Liberal1951–1959

1 Day resigned from the Liberal Party in 1957 and was re-elected as an Independent. [1]

Fifteenth Council, September 1959 – September 1961

NamePartyTerm in office
Heinz Arndt 2 Labor 1959–1960, 1961–1964
Herbert Blair 2Labor1960–1963
William Byrne Labor1953–1964
William McIntyre Campbell 1Independent1957–1960
Anne Dalgarno Independent1959–1967, 1970–1974
Travis Harrison Independent1959–1967
Alexander Morris Liberal 1959–1961
Jim Pead Progress 1955–1974
Bill Pye 1Independent1960–1961, 1964–1970

1 William McIntyre Campbell (Independent) resigned in July 1960. Bill Pye (Independent) was appointed as his replacement.
2 Heinz Arndt (Labor) resigned in September 1960. Herbert Blair (Labor) was appointed as his replacement.

Sixteenth Council, September 1961 – September 1964

NamePartyTerm in office
Rose Andrew Independent1961–1964
Heinz Arndt Labor 1959–1960, 1961–1964
Bert Blair 1Labor1960–1963
William Byrne Labor1953–1964
Anne Dalgarno Independent1959–1967, 1970–1974
Robert Greenish Independent1961–1967
Trevor Harrison Independent1959–1967
Jim Pead Progress 1955–1974
Bill Spellman 1Labor1963–1964

1 Bert Blair (Labor) died in November 1963. Bill Spellman (Labor) was appointed as his replacement in December.

Seventeenth Council, September 1964 – September 1967

NamePartyTerm in office
Anne Dalgarno Independent1959–1967, 1970–1974
Robert Greenish Independent1961–1967
Trevor Harrison Independent1959–1967
George Martin Independent1964–1967
Jim Pead Progress 1955–1974
Bill Pye Independent1960–1961, 1964–1970
Roy O'Keefe Labor 1964–1970
Gordon Walsh Labor1964–1974

Eighteenth Council, September 1967 – September 1970

NamePartyTerm in office
Alan Fitzgerald True Whig 1967–1974
Alan Harper Liberal 1967–1970
Jim Leedman Liberal1967–1974
Fred McCauley 1 Labor 1968–1974
Roy O'Keefe Labor1964–1970
Jim Pead Independent21955–1974
Bill Pye Independent1960–1961, 1964–1970
Lyndall Ryan 1Labor1967–1968
Gordon Walsh Labor1964–1974

1 Lyndall Ryan (Labor) resigned in December 1968. Fred McCauley (Labor) was appointed as her replacement.
2 By 1967 the Australian Capital Territory Progress and Welfare Council had dissolved, and Pead thereafter stood as an Independent candidate. [2]

Nineteenth Council, September 1970 – September 1974

NamePartyTerm in office
Ian Black Independent1970–1974
Anne Dalgarno Independent1959–1967, 1970–1974
Alan Fitzgerald Australia Party 1967–1974
Ken Fry Labor 1970–1974
Jim Leedman Liberal 1967–1974
Fred McCauley Labor1968–1974
Jim Pead Independent1970–1974
Gordon Walsh Labor1964–1974

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References

  1. ↑ "Mr. Day Accuses Progress Council Of Opportunism". The Canberra Times . Vol. 31, no. 9, 248. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 August 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 19 April 2021– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "PEAD STANDING AGAIN Advisory Council role defended". The Canberra Times . Vol. 41, no. 11, 769. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 August 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 19 April 2021– via National Library of Australia.
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