COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY ==================================================================== CANBERRA, ACT ==================================================================== Suburban Canberra: North Canberra, South Canberra, Weston Creek, Woden -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 09.6 1995 by-election two-party majority Liberal over ALP 06.6 Effect of redistribution: 01.5 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 11.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 71,932 -24.5 Votes cast: 68,960 95.9 -01.1 Informal votes: 1,839 02.7 -00.2 Formal votes: 67,121 97.3 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Maryan Chaplin 778 01.2 Hon Bob McMullan + ALP 32,405 48.3 -05.5 Gordon McAllister Grn 6,047 09.0 Gwen Wilcox Lib 25,594 38.1 +03.4 Sue Bull 1,508 02.3 Jerz Gray-Grzeszkiewicz 789 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 67,121 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Chaplin's 778 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McMullan 334 45.2 32,749 48.8 McAllister 190 25.0 6,237 09.3 Wilcox 85 11.2 25,679 38.3 Bull 85 11.2 1,593 02.4 Gray-Grzeszkiewicz 57 07.5 846 01.3 (exhausted 17 17 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 778 67,121 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Gray-Grzeszkiewicz's 846 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McMullan 131 15.8 32,880 49.0 McAllister 134 16.0 6,371 09.5 Wilcox 167 20.1 25,846 38.5 Bull 398 48.0 1,991 03.0 (exhausted 16 33 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 846 67,121 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Bull's 1,991 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McMullan 453 23.3 33,333 49.7 McAllister 962 49.4 7,333 10.9 Wilcox 532 27.3 26,378 39.3 (exhausted 44 77 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,991 67,121 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: McAllister's 7,333 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McMULLAN 5,005 72.1 38,338 57.5 Wilcox 1,939 27.9 28,317 42.5 (exhausted 389 466 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,333 67,121 07.5 03.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Francis McMullan (born 1947): Elected 1996 Born: 10 December 1947, Perth Career: Educated University of Western Australia, Australian National University. State Secretary, Western Australian ALP, 1975- 81. ALP Federal Secretary 1981-88. Senate: Senator for the ACT 1988-96 (for earlier ministerial career, see Senate) Minister for Trade to 11 March 1996. -------------------------------------------------------------------- McMullan contested Fraser in 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------- FRASER, ACT ==================================================================== Suburban Canberra: Belconnen, Gungahlin, Kaleen, North Belconnen -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 12.9 Effect of redistribution: 00.9 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 64,374 -30.7 Votes cast: 62,338 96.8 +00.3 Informal votes: 2,032 03.3 -00.5 Formal votes: 60,306 96.7 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cheryl Hill Lib 23,877 39.6 +07.4 Miko Kirschbaum Grn 5,970 09.9 John LANGMORE * ALP 30,459 50.5 -03.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,306 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Kirschbaum's 5,970 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hill 1,770 30.8 25,647 42.7 LANGMORE * 3,984 69.2 34,443 57.3 (exhausted 216 216 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,970 60,306 07.3 04.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Vance Langmore (born 1939): Elected 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996 Resigned seat 6 December 1996 (See by-elections) Later career: Director, Division for Social Policy and Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs 1997-2002. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NAMADGI, ACT ==================================================================== Suburban Canberra: Conder, Kambah, Mawson, Tuggeranong -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: Notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 66,864 Votes cast: 65,108 97.4 Informal votes: 1,672 02.6 Formal votes: 64,436 97.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Shane Rattenbury Grn 4,579 07.2 Annette Ellis ALP 28,583 45.1 -09.2 Derek Rosborough 1,636 02.6 Brendan Smyth * Lib 28,638 45.1 +10.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,436 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Rattenbury was ACT MLA for Molonglo 2008-16, Kurrajong from 2016. 2. Smyth was member for Canberra 1995-96. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Rosborough's 1,636 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rattenbury 716 44.8 5,295 08.4 Ellis 399 25.0 28,982 45.7 Smyth * 484 30.3 29,122 45.9 (exhausted 37 37 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,636 64,436 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Rattenbury's 5,295 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELLIS 3,560 70.3 32,542 51.5 Smyth * 1,506 29.7 30,628 48.5 (exhausted 229 266 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,295 64,436 01.5 09.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Brendan Michael Smyth (born 1959): Elected 1995 by. Defeated 1996 Later career: ACT MLA for Brindabella 1998-2016. Leader of the Opposition 2002-06. > Annnette Louise Ellis (born 1946): Elected 1996 Born 13 October 1946, Melbourne Career: Educated state schools. Public servant. Adviser to ACT Parliamentary ALP. Territory politics: ACT MLA 1992-96. Namadgi was abolished at the 1997 redistribution. Ellis contested Canberra in 1998. --------------------------------------------------------------------