Division of Canberra (Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly)
The division of Canberra was one of the two electorates of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly. It elected 9 members in 1975 and 1979, and 10 members in 1982. It was named for the city of Canberra, Australia's national capital, and included the districts of Tuggeranong, Weston Creek and Woden Valley, along with the rest of the ACT south of the Molonglo River and Lake Burley Griffin.[1]
Members[edit]
| Year | Member | Member | Member | Member | Member | Member | Member | Member | Member | Member | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Gordon Walsh (Labor) |
Ros Kelly (Labor) |
Ian Black (Independent) |
Jim Pead (Independent) |
Maureen Worsley (Australia/ Independent) |
Peter Hughes (Liberal/ Independent) |
Ray Saunders (Liberal) |
Tim McGhie (Liberal) |
Jim Leedman (Liberal) |
9 seats 1975–1982 | ||||||||||
| 1976 | George Paulus (Liberal) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | Paul Whalan (Labor) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Ken Doyle (Labor) |
Maurene Horder (Labor) |
Robyn Walmsley (Labor) |
Gordon Walsh (Democrats) |
Betty Hocking (Family Team) |
Liz Grant (Liberal) | ||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Joan Taggart (Labor) |
David Adams (Liberal) |
Peter Kobold (Liberal) | |||||||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ Grundy, Philip (1996). Reluctant democrats: the transition to self-government in the Australian Capital Territory. Federal Capital Press.
