COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY ==================================================================== AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY ==================================================================== 1949 majority: Independent over ALP 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,774 +07.9 Votes cast: 11,899 93.2 -01.7 Informal votes: 69 00.6 00.0 Formal votes: 11,830 99.4 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jessie Ashton 373 03.2 James Fraser ALP 5,905 49.9 +06.7 Clyde Greenwood Lib 2,287 19.3 -03.2 Dr Lewis Nott * 3,265 27.6 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,830 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ashton's 373 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRASER 121 32.4 6,026 50.9 Greenwood 101 27.1 2,388 20.2 Nott * 151 40.5 3,416 28.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 373 11,830 02.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- There was a swing of 6.7% from Nott to the ALP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lewis Windermere Nott (1888-1951): Elected 1925. Defeated 1928. Elected 1949. Defeated 1951 Died 27 October 1951 > James Reay Fraser (1908-70): Elected 1951 Born: 1908, Derby, Tasmania. Career: Educated state schools Launceston, Tasmania. Teacher, Victoria. Unemployed 1930s. Country journalist. Military Service 1941-46. Press Secretary to Senator Hon Nicholas McKenna, Minister for Social Services 1946-49. Member ACT Advisory Council 1949-51. Brother of Allan Fraser MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the ACT could only vote on matters affecting the Territory. --------------------------------------------------------------------