Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 1989–1991

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Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 1989–1991

This is a list of the members of the first parliament of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly . It was the Territory's first representative parliament after gaining self-government, and operated from 1989 to 1991.

The first two parliaments were elected under the one-electorate modified d'Hondt method, which was then abolished and replaced with the current three-electorate Hare-Clark system in 1995.

NamePartyTerm in office
Wayne Berry ALP 1989–2008
Bernard Collaery Residents Rally 1989–1991
Terry Connolly [3] ALP1990–1996
Craig Duby No Self-Government Party/
Independents Group/
Hare-Clark Independent Party [2]
1989–1991
Rosemary Follett ALP1989–1996
Ellnor Grassby ALP1989–1995
Gary Humphries Liberal 1989–2002
Norm Jensen Residents Rally1989–1991
Trevor Kaine Liberal1989–2001
Dr Hector Kinloch Residents Rally1989–1991
Carmel Maher No Self-Government Party/
Independents Group [2]
1989–1991
Michael Moore Residents Rally/Independent [1] 1989–2001
Robyn Nolan Liberal/New Conservative Group [4] 1989–1991
David Prowse No Self-Government Party/
Independents Group/Liberal [2]
1989–1991
Bill Stefaniak Liberal1989–1992, 1994–2008
Dennis Stevenson Abolish Self-Government Coalition 1989–1995
Paul Whalan [3] ALP1989–1990
Bill Wood ALP1989–2004
1 Michael Moore was elected as a Residents Rally member, but resigned from the party on 24 October 1989 and served out his term as an independent.
2 Craig Duby, Carmel Maher and David Prowse were elected as representatives of the No Self-Government Party, but resigned to form the Independents Group on 3 December 1989. Prowse left the Independents Group to join the Liberal Party on 31 July 1990, Duby left to found the Hare-Clark Independent Party on 19 November 1991, and Maher served out her term under the Independents Group name.
3 ALP member Paul Whalan resigned from the Assembly on 30 April 1990. The vacancy was filled by the ALP's Terry Connolly.
4 Robyn Nolan was elected as a Liberal member, but resigned from the party on 22 October 1991. She became an independent until founding the New Conservative Group on 19 November.

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