Members of the Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council

This is a list of elected members of the Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council from its creation in 1930 until its replacement by the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly in 1974.

First Council, May 1930 – May 1931

Name	Party	Term in office
Frederick Gell	Independent	1930–1933
Roy Rowe	Independent	1930–1931
Thomas Shakespeare	Independent	1930–1938

Second Council, May 1931 – September 1935

Name	Party	Term in office
Frederick Gell¹	Independent	1930–1933
John Goodwin	Independent	1931–1943
H. C. Green¹	Independent	1933–1935
Thomas Shakespeare	Independent	1930–1938

¹ Frederick Gell (Independent) resigned in August 1933. H. C. Green (Independent) was appointed as his replacement in September 1933.

Third Council, September 1935 – September 1937

Name	Party	Term in office
John Goodwin	Independent	1931–1943
Lewis Nott	Independent	1935–1949, 1951
Thomas Shakespeare	Independent	1930–1938

Fourth Council, September 1937 – September 1939

Name	Party	Term in office
John Goodwin	Independent	1931–1943
John Muir¹	Labor	1938–1939
Lewis Nott	Independent	1935–1949, 1951
Thomas Shakespeare¹	Independent	1930–1938

¹ Thomas Shakespeare (Independent) died in September 1938. John Muir (Labor) was appointed to replace him.

Fifth Council, September 1939 – September 1941

Name	Party	Term in office
Albert Gardiner	Labor	1939–1943, 1945–1947
John Goodwin	Independent	1931–1943
Lewis Nott	Independent	1935–1949, 1951

Sixth Council, September 1941 – September 1943

Name	Party	Term in office
Albert Gardiner	Labor	1939–1943, 1945–1947
John Goodwin	Independent	1931–1943
Lewis Nott	Independent	1935–1949, 1951

Seventh Council, September 1943 – September 1945

Name	Party	Term in office
John Davies	Independent	1943–1945
William Hurley	Labor	1943–1945
Lewis Nott	Independent	1935–1949, 1951

Eighth Council, September 1945 – September 1947

Name	Party	Term in office
Albert Gardiner	Labor	1939–1943, 1945–1947
Lewis Nott	Independent	1935–1949, 1951
Arthur Shakespeare	Independent	1945–1949, 1949–1955

Ninth Council, September 1947 – September 1949

Name	Party	Term in office
Ulrich Ellis	Independent	1947–1951
Lewis Nott	Independent	1935–1949, 1951
Arthur Shakespeare	Independent	1945–1949, 1949–1955

Tenth Council, September 1949 – September 1951

Name	Party	Term in office
Oliver Bourke²	Labor	1951, 1952–1953
Ulrich Ellis³	Independent	1947–1951
Jim Fraser²	Labor	1949–1951
Lewis Nott^1,3	Independent	1935–1949, 1951
Arthur Shakespeare¹	Independent	1945–1949, 1949–1955

¹ Lewis Nott (Independent) resigned in December 1949 to run for the House of Representatives at the federal election. Arthur Shakespeare (Independent) was appointed as his replacement.
² Jim Fraser (Labor) resigned in May 1951 to run for the House of Representatives at the federal election. Oliver Bourke (Labor) was appointed as his replacement.
³ Ulrich Ellis (Independent) resigned in June 1951. Lewis Nott (Independent), who had been defeated by Fraser for his federal seat, was appointed as his replacement.

Eleventh Council, September 1951 – September 1953

Name	Party	Term in office
R. G. Bailey¹	Independent	1952–1955
Oliver Bourke¹	Labor	1951, 1952–1953
Frederick Quinane	Labor	1951–1959
Arthur Shakespeare	Independent	1945–1949, 1949–1955
Mary Stevenson	Liberal	1951–1959

¹ The Council was expanded in September 1952. R. G. Bailey (Independent) and Oliver Bourke (Labor) were appointed to fill the two new seats.

Twelfth Council, September 1953 – September 1955

Name	Party	Term in office
R. G. Bailey	Independent	1952–1955
William Byrne	Labor	1953–1964
Frederick Quinane	Labor	1951–1959
Arthur Shakespeare	Independent	1945–1949, 1949–1955
Mary Stevenson	Liberal	1951–1959

Thirteenth Council, September 1955 – September 1957

Name	Party	Term in office
William Byrne	Labor	1953–1964
Phil Day	Liberal	1955–1959
Jim Pead	Progress	1955–1974
Frederick Quinane	Labor	1951–1959
Mary Stevenson	Liberal	1951–1959

Fourteenth Council, September 1957 – September 1959

Name	Party	Term in office
William Byrne	Labor	1953–1964
Phil Day	Independent¹	1955–1959
William McIntyre Campbell	Independent	1957–1960
Jim Pead	Progress	1955–1974
Frederick Quinane	Labor	1951–1959
Mary Stevenson	Liberal	1951–1959

¹ Day resigned from the Liberal Party in 1957 and was re-elected as an Independent.^[1]

Fifteenth Council, September 1959 – September 1961

Name	Party	Term in office
Heinz Arndt²	Labor	1959–1960, 1961–1964
Herbert Blair²	Labor	1960–1963
William Byrne	Labor	1953–1964
William McIntyre Campbell¹	Independent	1957–1960
Anne Dalgarno	Independent	1959–1967, 1970–1974
Travis Harrison	Independent	1959–1967
Alexander Morris	Liberal	1959–1961
Jim Pead	Progress	1955–1974
Bill Pye¹	Independent	1960–1961, 1964–1970

¹ William McIntyre Campbell (Independent) resigned in July 1960. Bill Pye (Independent) was appointed as his replacement.
² Heinz Arndt (Labor) resigned in September 1960. Herbert Blair (Labor) was appointed as his replacement.

Sixteenth Council, September 1961 – September 1964

Name	Party	Term in office
Rose Andrew	Independent	1961–1964
Heinz Arndt	Labor	1959–1960, 1961–1964
Bert Blair¹	Labor	1960–1963
William Byrne	Labor	1953–1964
Anne Dalgarno	Independent	1959–1967, 1970–1974
Robert Greenish	Independent	1961–1967
Trevor Harrison	Independent	1959–1967
Jim Pead	Progress	1955–1974
Bill Spellman¹	Labor	1963–1964

¹ Bert Blair (Labor) died in November 1963. Bill Spellman (Labor) was appointed as his replacement in December.

Seventeenth Council, September 1964 – September 1967

Name	Party	Term in office
Anne Dalgarno	Independent	1959–1967, 1970–1974
Robert Greenish	Independent	1961–1967
Trevor Harrison	Independent	1959–1967
George Martin	Independent	1964–1967
Jim Pead	Progress	1955–1974
Bill Pye	Independent	1960–1961, 1964–1970
Roy O'Keefe	Labor	1964–1970
Gordon Walsh	Labor	1964–1974

Eighteenth Council, September 1967 – September 1970

Name	Party	Term in office
Alan Fitzgerald	True Whig	1967–1974
Alan Harper	Liberal	1967–1970
Jim Leedman	Liberal	1967–1974
Fred McCauley¹	Labor	1968–1974
Roy O'Keefe	Labor	1964–1970
Jim Pead	Independent²	1955–1974
Bill Pye	Independent	1960–1961, 1964–1970
Lyndall Ryan¹	Labor	1967–1968
Gordon Walsh	Labor	1964–1974

¹ Lyndall Ryan (Labor) resigned in December 1968. Fred McCauley (Labor) was appointed as her replacement.
² By 1967 the Australian Capital Territory Progress and Welfare Council had dissolved, and Pead thereafter stood as an Independent candidate.^[2]

Nineteenth Council, September 1970 – September 1974

Name	Party	Term in office
Ian Black	Independent	1970–1974
Anne Dalgarno	Independent	1959–1967, 1970–1974
Alan Fitzgerald	Australia Party	1967–1974
Ken Fry	Labor	1970–1974
Jim Leedman	Liberal	1967–1974
Fred McCauley	Labor	1968–1974
Jim Pead	Independent	1970–1974
Gordon Walsh	Labor	1964–1974

References

^ "Mr. Day Accuses Progress Council Of Opportunism". The Canberra Times. Vol. 31, no. 9, 248. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 August 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 19 April 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "PEAD STANDING AGAIN Advisory Council role defended". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 769. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 August 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 19 April 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

Elected Members of the ACT Advisory Council

[1] "Mr. Day Accuses Progress Council Of Opportunism". The Canberra Times. Vol. 31, no. 9, 248. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 August 1957. p. 1. Retrieved 19 April 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "PEAD STANDING AGAIN Advisory Council role defended". The Canberra Times. Vol. 41, no. 11, 769. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 August 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 19 April 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

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