1970 Australian Capital Territory election
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The 1970 Australian Capital Territory election was held on 12 September 1970 to elect all eight members of the Advisory Council, the main elected representative body of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).[1][2] The election was conducted by the Commonwealth Electoral Office, with 18 candidates and four political parties contesting.[3][4]
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12 September 1970
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Four members of the previous council were re-elected, with Labor Party leader Gordon Walsh receiving the highest first preference vote of 25.68%.[5][6] Alan Fitzgerald, who was elected in 1967 as part of the satirical True Whig Party, was re-elected with 21.9% of the vote as the leader of the Australia Party, ahead of Liberal leader Jim Leedman.[7]
This was the final election for the Advisory Council, which was replaced by the Legislative Assembly (later known as the House of Assembly) in 1974.[8]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Quota | 5,466 | ||||
| Labor | Gordon Walsh (elected) | 12,633 | 25.68 | ||
| Australia | Alan Fitzgerald (elected) | 10,778 | 21.91 | ||
| Independent | Jim Pead (elected) | 6,315 | 12.83 | ||
| Liberal | Jim Leedman (elected) | 6,264 | 12.73 | ||
| Independent | Ian Black (elected) | 3,139 | 6.38 | ||
| Independent | Anne Dalgarno (elected) | 2,824 | 5.74 | ||
| Democratic Labor | Terence Christie | 1,991 | 4.04 | ||
| Labor | Noelle Gleeson | 1,063 | 2.16 | ||
| Independent | Bill Pye | 976 | 1.98 | ||
| Labor | Fred McCauley (elected) | 962 | 1.95 | ||
| Independent | Augustin (Gus) Petersilka | 685 | 1.39 | ||
| Independent | Mary Moore | 449 | 0.91 | ||
| Independent | Mike Cavanough | 302 | 0.61 | ||
| Labor | Ken Fry (elected) | 260 | 0.52 | ||
| Liberal | Tony Pratten | 235 | 0.47 | ||
| Liberal | Alan Harper | 135 | 0.27 | ||
| Australia | Bill Robinson | 93 | 0.18 | ||
| Australia | Derek Emerson-Elliott | 83 | 0.16 | ||
| Total formal votes | 49,187 | 91.16 | |||
| Informal votes | 4,769 | 8.84 | |||
| Turnout | 53,956 | ||||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Labor | 14,918 | 30.32 | |||
| Independent | 14,690 | 29.89 | |||
| Australia | 10,954 | 22.27 | |||
| Liberal | 6,634 | 13.48 | |||
| Democratic Labor | 1,991 | 4.04 | |||