Members of the Australian Capital Territory Advisory Council explained

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
	Independent	1930–1933
	Independent	1930–1931
	Independent	1930–1938

Second Council, May 1931 – September 1935

Name	Party	Term in office
Frederick Gell¹	Independent	1930–1933
	Independent	1931–1943
H. C. Green¹	Independent	1933–1935
	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
	Independent	1931–1943
	Independent	1935–1949, 1951
	Independent	1930–1938

Fourth Council, September 1937 – September 1939

Name	Party	Term in office
	Independent	1931–1943
John Muir¹		1938–1939
	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
		1939–1943, 1945–1947
	Independent	1931–1943
	Independent	1935–1949, 1951

Sixth Council, September 1941 – September 1943

Name	Party	Term in office
		1939–1943, 1945–1947
	Independent	1931–1943
	Independent	1935–1949, 1951

Seventh Council, September 1943 – September 1945

Name	Party	Term in office
	Independent	1943–1945
		1943–1945
	Independent	1935–1949, 1951

Eighth Council, September 1945 – September 1947

Name	Party	Term in office
		1939–1943, 1945–1947
	Independent	1935–1949, 1951
	Independent	1945–1949, 1949–1955

Ninth Council, September 1947 – September 1949

Name	Party	Term in office
	Independent	1947–1951
	Independent	1935–1949, 1951
	Independent	1945–1949, 1949–1955

Tenth Council, September 1949 – September 1951

Name	Party	Term in office
Oliver Bourke²		1951, 1952–1953
Ulrich Ellis³	Independent	1947–1951
Jim Fraser²		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		1951, 1952–1953
	Labor	1951–1959
	Independent	1945–1949, 1949–1955
		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
	Independent	1952–1955
		1953–1964
	Labor	1951–1959
	Independent	1945–1949, 1949–1955
		1951–1959

Thirteenth Council, September 1955 – September 1957

Name	Party	Term in office
		1953–1964
		1955–1959
		1955–1974
	Labor	1951–1959
	Liberal	1951–1959

Fourteenth Council, September 1957 – September 1959

Name	Party	Term in office
		1953–1964
	Independent¹	1955–1959
	Independent	1957–1960
		1955–1974
	Labor	1951–1959
	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		1959–1960, 1961–1964
Herbert Blair²	Labor	1960–1963
	Labor	1953–1964
William McIntyre Campbell¹	Independent	1957–1960
	Independent	1959–1967, 1970–1974
	Independent	1959–1967
		1959–1961
		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
	Independent	1961–1964
		1959–1960, 1961–1964
Bert Blair¹	Labor	1960–1963
	Labor	1953–1964
	Independent	1959–1967, 1970–1974
	Independent	1961–1967
	Independent	1959–1967
		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
	Independent	1959–1967, 1970–1974
	Independent	1961–1967
	Independent	1959–1967
	Independent	1964–1967
		1955–1974
	Independent	1960–1961, 1964–1970
		1964–1970
	Labor	1964–1974

Eighteenth Council, September 1967 – September 1970

Name	Party	Term in office
		1967–1974
		1967–1970
	Liberal	1967–1974
Fred McCauley¹		1968–1974
	Labor	1964–1970
	Independent²	1955–1974
	Independent	1960–1961, 1964–1970
Lyndall Ryan¹	Labor	1967–1968
	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
	Independent	1970–1974
	Independent	1959–1967, 1970–1974
		1967–1974
		1970–1974
		1967–1974
	Labor	1968–1974
	Independent	1970–1974
	Labor	1964–1974

References

Elected Members of the ACT Advisory Council

Notes and References

News: Mr. Day Accuses Progress Council Of Opportunism . . 31 . 9,248 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 15 August 1957 . 19 April 2021 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
News: PEAD STANDING AGAIN Advisory Council role defended . . 41 . 11,769 . Australian Capital Territory, Australia . 17 August 1967 . 19 April 2021 . 11 . National Library of Australia.