COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY ==================================================================== AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY ==================================================================== New seat (not previously voting) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 11,841 Votes cast: 11,242 94.9 Informal votes: 68 00.6 Formal votes: 11,174 99.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jessie Ashton 366 03.3 Malcolm Moir Lib 2,510 22.5 Dr Lewis Nott 3,475 31.1 Sidney Rhodes ALP 4,823 43.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,174 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nott was member for Herbert, Queensland, 1925-28. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ashton's 366 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moir 157 42.9 2,667 23.9 Nott 135 36.9 3,610 32.3 Rhodes 74 20.2 4,897 43.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 366 11,174 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Moir's 2,667 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTT 2,403 90.1 6,013 53.8 Rhodes 264 09.9 5,161 46.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,667 11,174 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis Windemere Nott (1888-1951): Elected 1925. Defeated 1928. Elected 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Australian Capital Territory was ceded by NSW to the Commonwealth in 1911 but did not become the seat of government until 1927. It had no parliamentary representation until 1949. The member for the Australian Capital Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. --------------------------------------------------------------------