Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 1975

This is a list of members of the

Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory (known in short as the ACT Legislative Assembly) is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It sits in the Legislative Assembly Building on Civic Sq ...

from 1975 to 1979. This was the first time this body sat; it was not self-governing at this time. : Labor MLA Susan Ryan resigned in late 1975 in order to contest the 1975 federal election. John Clements was appointed to the casual vacancy in February 1976. : Liberal MLA Ray Saunders resigned on 13 October 1976.

George Paulus George Paulus (April 23, 1948 in Chicago, Illinois, United States – November 15, 2014 in Downers Grove, Illinois) was an American record producer, plus the founder and owner of Barrelhouse Records Barrelhouse Records was an American blues and ro ...

was appointed to the casual vacancy on 5 November 1976. : Labor MLA

Gordon Walsh Gordon John Walsh (30 December 1932 – 14 June 2000) was an Australian politician for the Labor Party. Early life Walsh was born in Welling in Kent (now in the London Borough of Bexley) in England. He was twice evacuated from London with other ...

resigned in February 1977. Paul Whalan was appointed to the casual vacancy on 23 February 1977. : Liberal MLA

Trevor Kaine Trevor Thomas Kaine (17 February 1928 – 3 June 2008), was an Australian politician who served as Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 1989 to 1991. Kaine was elected into a multi-member single electorate in the unicameral ...

resigned in August 1977. Ron Bell was appointed to the casual vacancy on 12 October 1977. : Peter Hughes resigned from the Liberal Party, of which he had been leader, on 3 January 1977. He subsequently sat as an independent. :

Maureen Worsley Maureen Gertrude Theresa Worsley (née Anderson; 1937–2001) was an Australian politician. Worsley was born in Burton-on-Trent in Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands re ...

resigned from the Australia Party on 30 August 1977 due to her opposition to

Don Chipp Donald Leslie Chipp, AO (21 August 192528 August 2006) was an Australian politician who was the inaugural leader of the Australian Democrats, leading the party from 1977 to 1986. He began his career as a member of the Liberal Party, winning el ...

and the Australian Democrats merger and subsequently sat as an independent. : In 1977, the Australia Party became the Australian Democrats; Australia Party MLA

Ivor Vivian Ivor Francis Vivian (born 1932) is a former Australian politician. Vivian was born in Newton Abbot, Devon, England in 1932. From 1969 to 1998, he was the foundation principal lecturer in mathematics at the Canberra College of Advanced Education, ...

joined the latter party. : Independent MLA Allan Fraser died on 12 December 1977.

Bill Pye Thomas Wilbur Washington (‘Bill’) Pye (3 September 1912 – 3 October 1996) was an Australian politician. Early life Bill Pye was born in Harden, New South Wales, on 3 September 1912. He was the 3 x great grandson of Third Fleet convicts Jo ...

was appointed to the casual vacancy on 22 February 1978. {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, 1975-1979 Members of Australian Capital Territory parliaments by term 20th-century Australian politicians