# Members of the Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council

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.

## 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 Gell$^1$ | Independent | 1930–1933 |
| John Goodwin | Independent | 1931–1943 |
| H. C. Green$^1$ | 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 Muir$^1$ | Labor | 1938–1939 |
| Lewis Nott | Independent | 1935–1949, 1951 |
| Thomas Shakespeare$^1$ | 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

| Name | Party | Term in office |
| Albert Gardiner | Labor | 1939–1943, 1945–1947 |
| Lewis Nott | Independent | 1935–1949, 1951 |
| Arthur Shakespeare | Independent | 1945–1949, 1949–1955 |

## 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

| Name | Party | Term in office |
| Oliver Bourke$^2$ | Labor | 1951, 1952–1953 |
| Ulrich Ellis$^3$ | Independent | 1947–1951 |
| Jim Fraser$^2$ | Labor | 1949–1951 |
| Lewis Nott$^{1,3}$ | Independent | 1935–1949, 1951 |
| Arthur Shakespeare$^1$ | Independent | 1945–1949, 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

| Name | Party | Term in office |
| R. G. Bailey$^1$ | Independent | 1952–1955 |
| Oliver Bourke$^1$ | Labor | 1951, 1952–1953 |
| Frederick Quinane | Labor | 1951–1959 |
| Arthur Shakespeare | Independent | 1945–1949, 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

| Name | Party | Term in office |
| R. G. Bailey | Independent | 1952–1955 |
| William Byrne | Labor | 1953–1964 |
| Frederick Quinane | Labor | 1951–1959 |
| Arthur Shakespeare | Independent | 1945–1949, 1949–1955 |
| Mary Stevenson | Liberal | 1951–1959 |

## Thirteenth Council, September 1955 – September 1957

| Name | Party | Term in office |
| William Byrne | Labor | 1953–1964 |
| Phil Day | Liberal | 1955–1959 |
| Jim Pead | Progress | 1955–1974 |
| Frederick Quinane | Labor | 1951–1959 |
| Mary Stevenson | Liberal | 1951–1959 |

## Fourteenth Council, September 1957 – September 1959

| Name | Party | Term in office |
| William Byrne | Labor | 1953–1964 |
| Phil Day | Independent$^1$ | 1955–1959 |
| William McIntyre Campbell | Independent | 1957–1960 |
| Jim Pead | Progress | 1955–1974 |
| Frederick Quinane | Labor | 1951–1959 |
| Mary Stevenson | Liberal | 1951–1959 |
$^1$ Day resigned from the Liberal Party in 1957 and was re-elected as an Independent.

## Fifteenth Council, September 1959 – September 1961

| Name | Party | Term in office |
| Heinz Arndt$^2$ | Labor | 1959–1960, 1961–1964 |
| Herbert Blair$^2$ | Labor | 1960–1963 |
| William Byrne | Labor | 1953–1964 |
| William McIntyre Campbell$^1$ | 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 Pye$^1$ | 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 |
| Bert Blair$^1$ | 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 |
| Bill Spellman$^1$ | Labor | 1963–1964 |
$^1$ Bert Blair (Labor) died in November 1963. Bill Spellman (Labor) was appointed as his replacement in December.

## Seventeenth Council, September 1964 – September 1967

| 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

| Name | Party | Term in office |
| Alan Fitzgerald | True Whig | 1967–1974 |
| Alan Harper | Liberal | 1967–1970 |
| Jim Leedman | Liberal | 1967–1974 |
| Fred McCauley$^1$ | Labor | 1968–1974 |
| Roy O'Keefe | Labor | 1964–1970 |
| Jim Pead | Independent$^2$ | 1955–1974 |
| Bill Pye | Independent | 1960–1961, 1964–1970 |
| Lyndall Ryan$^1$ | Labor | 1967–1968 |
| Gordon Walsh | Labor | 1964–1974 |
$^1$ 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.

## Nineteenth Council, September 1970 – September 1974

| Name | Party | Term in office |
| Ian Black | Independent | 1970–1974 |
| Anne Dalgarno | Independent | 1959–1967, 1970–1974 |
| Alan Fitzgerald | Australia Party | 1967–1974 |
| Ken Fry | Labor | 1970–1974 |
| Jim Leedman | Liberal | 1967–1974 |
| Fred McCauley | Labor | 1968–1974 |
| Jim Pead | Independent | 1970–1974 |
| Gordon Walsh | Labor | 1964–1974 |