COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980
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THE SENATE
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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY (Two senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                          135,957         +06.8
Votes cast:                               128,262   94.3  -01.3
Informal votes:                             3,558   02.8  -00.3
Formal votes:                             124,704   97.2  +00.3
Quota for election:                        41,569   33.3
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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Susan RYAN *                   ALP         62,083   49.8  ELECTED 1
John Langmore                  ALP          1,197   01.0  Group A
>                                                         Q:1.522

John Filler                    AD          10,404   08.3  Group B
John Morgan                    AD             259   00.2  Q:0.257

John KNIGHT *                  Lib         45,905   36.8  ELECTED 2
David Adams                    Lib            362   00.3  Group C
>                                                         Q:1.113

Neville Curtis                              3,569   02.9  Group D
Jacqueline Flitcroft                          432   00.3  Q:0.096

Joseph Marks                                  493   00.4  Q:0.012
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Total                                     124,704
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For Langmore, see House of Representatives, Fraser 1984.
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Senators' terms began 18 October 1980. Knight and Ryan elected for a 
term ending upon the dissolution of the House of Representatives.
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> John William Knight (1943-1981): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980
Died 4 March 1981 (see Appointments)
> Susan Maree Ryan (1942-2020): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980
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