Members of the Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council
This is a list of 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.
First Council, May 1930 – May 1931
Name |
Party |
Term in office |
Frederick Gell | Independent | 1930–1933 |
Roy Rowe | Independent | 1930–1931 |
Thomas Shakespeare | Independent | 1930–1938 |
Second Council, May 1931 – September 1935
Name |
Party |
Term in office |
Frederick Gell1 | Independent | 1930–1933 |
John Goodwin | Independent | 1931–1943 |
H. C. Green1 | Independent | 1933–1935 |
Thomas Shakespeare | Independent | 1930–1938 |
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
Name |
Party |
Term in office |
John Goodwin | Independent | 1931–1943 |
Lewis Nott | Independent | 1935–1949, 1951 |
Thomas Shakespeare | Independent | 1930–1938 |
Fourth Council, September 1937 – September 1939
Name |
Party |
Term in office |
John Goodwin | Independent | 1931–1943 |
John Muir1 | Labor | 1938–1939 |
Lewis Nott | Independent | 1935–1949, 1951 |
Thomas Shakespeare1 | Independent | 1930–1938 |
1 Thomas Shakespeare (Independent) died in September 1938. John Muir (Labor) was appointed to replace him.
Fifth Council, September 1939 – September 1941
Name |
Party |
Term in office |
Albert Gardiner | Labor | 1939–1943, 1945–1947 |
John Goodwin | Independent | 1931–1943 |
Lewis Nott | Independent | 1935–1949, 1951 |
Sixth Council, September 1941 – September 1943
Name |
Party |
Term in office |
Albert Gardiner | Labor | 1939–1943, 1945–1947 |
John Goodwin | Independent | 1931–1943 |
Lewis Nott | Independent | 1935–1949, 1951 |
Seventh Council, September 1943 – September 1945
Name |
Party |
Term in office |
John Davies | Independent | 1943–1945 |
William Hurley | Labor | 1943–1945 |
Lewis Nott | Independent | 1935–1949, 1951 |
Eighth Council, September 1945 – September 1947
Ninth Council, September 1947 – September 1949
Name |
Party |
Term in office |
Ulrich Ellis | Independent | 1947–1951 |
Lewis Nott | Independent | 1935–1949, 1951 |
Arthur Shakespeare | Independent | 1945–1949, 1949–1955 |
Tenth Council, September 1949 – September 1951
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
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
Thirteenth Council, September 1955 – September 1957
Fourteenth Council, September 1957 – September 1959
Name |
Party |
Term in office |
William Byrne | Labor | 1953–1964 |
Phil Day | Liberal | 1955–1959 |
William McIntyre Campbell | Independent | 1957–1960 |
Jim Pead | Progress | 1955–1974 |
Frederick Quinane | Labor | 1951–1959 |
Mary Stevenson | Liberal | 1951–1959 |
Fifteenth Council, September 1959 – September 1961
Name |
Party |
Term in office |
Heinz Arndt2 | Labor | 1959–1960, 1961–1964 |
Herbert Blair2 | Labor | 1960–1963 |
William Byrne | Labor | 1953–1964 |
William McIntyre Campbell1 | Independent | 1957–1960 |
Anne Dalgarno | Independent | 1959–1967, 1970–1974 |
Travis Harrison | Independent | 1959–1967 |
Alexander Morris | Liberal | 1959–1961 |
Jim Pead | Progress | 1955–1974 |
Bill Pye1 | Independent | 1960–1961, 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
Name |
Party |
Term in office |
Rose Andrew | Independent | 1961–1964 |
Heinz Arndt | Labor | 1959–1960, 1961–1964 |
Herbert Blair1 | Labor | 1960–1963 |
William Byrne | Labor | 1953–1964 |
Anne Dalgarno | Independent | 1959–1967, 1970–1974 |
Robert Greenish | Independent | 1961–1967 |
Trevor Harrison | Independent | 1959–1967 |
Jim Pead | Progress | 1955–1974 |
William Spellman1 | Labor | 1963–1964 |
1 Herbert Blair (Labor) died in November 1963. William Spellman (Labor) was appointed as his replacement in December.
Seventeenth Council, September 1964 – September 1967
Name |
Party |
Term in office |
Anne Dalgarno | Independent | 1959–1967, 1970–1974 |
Robert Greenish | Independent | 1961–1967 |
Trevor Harrison | Independent | 1959–1967 |
George Martin | Independent | 1964–1967 |
Jim Pead | Progress | 1955–1974 |
Bill Pye | Independent | 1960–1961, 1964–1970 |
Roy O'Keefe | Labor | 1964–1970 |
Gordon Walsh | Labor | 1964–1974 |
Eighteenth Council, September 1967 – September 1970
1 Lyndall Ryan (Labor) resigned in December 1968. Frederick McCauley (Labor) was appointed as her replacement.
Nineteenth Council, September 1970 – September 1974
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