COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------- * AD - Australian Democrats * ALP - Australian Labor Party * Grn - Australian Greens * Lib - Liberal Party of Australia * NPA - National Party of Australia VOTING BY CONSTITUENCY ==================================================================== AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY ==================================================================== CANBERRA, ACT 71,932 enrolled, 68,960 (95.9%) voted ==================================================================== 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,839 (02.7%) informal 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 64,374 enrolled, 62,338 (96.8%) voted ==================================================================== 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2,032 (03.3%) informal 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------- NAMADGI, ACT 66,864 enrolled, 65,108 (97.4%) voted ==================================================================== Suburban Canberra: Conder, Kambah, Mawson, Tuggeranong -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: Notional two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,672 (02.6%) informal 64,436 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 from 1998. > 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------