COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA TWENTY-SEVENTH PARLIAMENT ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY ==================================================================== 30 May 1970, following the death of James Fraser -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 21.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,482 +01.9 Votes cast: 58,378 90.5 -02.4 Informal votes: 1,813 03.1 +01.3 Formal votes: 56,565 96.9 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwin Bellchambers 438 00.8 Edward Cawthorn 173 00.3 Terence Christie DLP 1,857 03.3 Keppel Enderby ALP 20,132 35.6 -32.1 Alan Fitzgerald AP 9,914 17.5 +12.9 Clarence Hermes Lib 15,900 28.1 +01.2 James Pead 8,151 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cawthorn's 173 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bellchambers 35 20.2 473 00.8 Christie 28 16.2 1,885 03.3 Enderby 23 13.3 20,155 35.6 Fitzgerald 18 10.4 9,932 17.6 Hermes 48 27.7 15,948 28.2 Pead 21 12.1 8,172 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 173 56,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Bellchambers's 473 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Christie 185 39.1 2,070 03.7 Enderby 94 (19.9 20,249 35.8 Fitzgerald 85 (18.0 10,017 17.7 Hermes 53 11.2 16,001 28.3 Pead 56 11.8 8,228 14.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 473 56,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Christie's 2,070 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enderby 324 15.7 20,573 36.4 Fitzgerald 243 11.7 10,260 18.1 Hermes 472 22.8 16,473 29.1 Pead 1,031 49.8 9,259 16.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,070 56,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Pead's 9,259 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enderby 1,939 20.9 22,512 39.8 Fitzgerald 4,661 50.3 14,921 26.4 Hermes 2,659 28.7 19,132 33.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,259 56,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Fitzgerald's 14,921 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ENDERBY 10,178 68.2 32,690 57.8 Hermes 4,743 31.8 23,875 42.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,921 56,565 07.8 13.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keppel Earl Enderby (1926-2015): Elected 1970 By Born: 25 June 1926, Dubbo, NSW Career: Educated state schools, University of Sydney. Military Service 1944-45. Barrister. Lecturer, Sydney Technical College. Senior Lecturer, Australian National University, Canberra 1962-65. Barrister, Sydney and Canberra, from 1965. --------------------------------------------------------------------