COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications THE SENATE ==================================================================== AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (Two senators to be elected) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 127,358 +09.9 Votes cast: 117,902 95.6 +01.5 Informal votes: 3,702 03.1 -00.6 Formal votes: 114,200 96.9 +00.6 Quota for election: 38,067 33.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony O'Dea 3,734 03.3 Group A Noel McCann 341 00.3 Q:0.107 Susan RYAN * ALP 48,181 42.2 ELECTED 1 Robert Smith ALP 1,193 01.0 Group B > Q:1.297 John KNIGHT * Lib 43,446 38.0 ELECTED 2 Stanley Sparrow Lib 451 00.4 Group C > Q:1.153 Gerhard Zatschler 2,293 02.0 Q:0.060 Donald Evans AD 14,561 12.8 Q:0.383 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 114,200 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Senators' terms began 10 December 1978. Knight and Ryan elected for a term ending upon the dissolution of the House of Representatives. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John William Knight (1943-81): Elected 1975, 1977 > Susan Maree Ryan (1942-2020): Elected 1975, 1977 --------------------------------------------------------------------