- Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 1989–1991
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This is a list of the members of the first parliament of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. It was the Territory's first representative parliament after gaining self-government, and operated from 1989 to 1991.
The first two parliaments were elected under the one-electorate modified d'Hondt method, which was then abolished and replaced with the current three-electorate Hare-Clark system in 1995.
Name Party Term in office Wayne Berry ALP 1989–2008 Bernard Collaery Residents Rally 1989–1991 Terry Connolly[3] ALP 1990–1997 Craig Duby No Self-Government Party/
Independents Group/
Hare-Clark Independent Party[2]1989–1991 Rosemary Follett ALP 1989–1996 Ellnor Grassby ALP 1989–1995 Gary Humphries Liberal 1989–2002 Norm Jensen Residents Rally 1989–1991 Trevor Kaine Liberal 1989–2001 Dr Hector Kinloch Residents Rally 1989–1991 Carmel Maher No Self-Government Party/
Independents Group[2]1989–1991 Roberta McRae ALP 1989–1998 Michael Moore Residents Rally/Independent[1] 1989–2001 Robyn Nolan Liberal/New Conservative Group[4] 1989–1991 David Prowse No Self-Government Party/
Independents Group/Liberal[2]1989–1991 Bill Stefaniak Liberal 1989–1992, 1994–2008 Dennis Stevenson Abolish Self-Government Coalition 1989–1995 Paul Whalan[3] ALP 1989–1990 Bill Wood ALP 1989–2004 - 1 Michael Moore was elected as a Residents Rally member, but resigned from the party on 24 October 1989 and served out his term as an independent.
- 2 Craig Duby, Carmel Maher and David Prowse were elected as representatives of the No Self-Government Party, but resigned to form the Independents Group on 3 December 1989. Prowse left the Independents Group to join the Liberal Party on 31 July 1990, Duby left to found the Hare-Clark Independent Party on 19 November 1991, and Maher served out her term under the Independents Group name.
- 3 ALP member Paul Whalan resigned from the Assembly on 30 April 1990. The vacancy was filled by the ALP's Terry Connolly.
- 4 Robyn Nolan was elected as a Liberal member, but resigned from the party on 22 October 1991. She became an independent until founding the New Conservative Group on 19 November.
See also
- Australian Capital Territory legislative election, 1989
Preceded by
noneFirst Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
1989–1991Succeeded by
Second AssemblyCategories:- Members of Australian Capital Territory parliaments by term
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