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

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, which was then abolished and replaced with the current three-electorate Hare-Clark system in 1995. : 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. :

Craig Duby Craig John Duby (born 20 February 1949), former Australian politician, was a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory between 1989 and 1992, elected to ...

Carmel Maher Carmel Anne Maher (born 5 April 1954) is an Australian politician. She was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1991, serving one term. She represented the No Self-Government Party and later the Independe ...

and

David Prowse David Charles Prowse (1 July 1935 – 28 November 2020) was an English actor, bodybuilder and weightlifter. He portrayed Darth Vader (voiced by American actor James Earl Jones) in the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy and a manservant in Stanle ...

were elected as representatives of the

No Self-Government Party The No Self-Government Party was a minor Australian Capital Territory political party that experienced limited success in the early years of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. Like Dennis Stevenson's Abolish Self-Government ...

, but resigned to form the

Independents Group The Independents Group were a short-lived Australian political party operating in the Australian Capital Territory. They briefly served as part of the Alliance government, alongside the Liberal Party and Residents Rally. When the 1989 election ...

on 3 December 1989. Prowse left the Independents Group to join the

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on 31 July 1990, Duby left to found the

Hare-Clark Independent Party Craig John Duby (born 20 February 1949), former Australian politician, was a member of the unicameral Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory between 1989 and 1992, elected to the multi-member single constituency Assembly as a ...

on 19 November 1991, and Maher served out her term under the Independents Group name. : ALP member

Paul Whalan Paul Russell Whalan (born 10 July 1941) is an Australian political lobbyist, former politician and member of the first Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, representing Canberra for the Labor Party. Whalan was elected in 1989 and r ...

resigned from the Assembly on 30 April 1990. The vacancy was filled by the ALP's

Terry Connolly Terence (Terry) Connolly (14 February 1958 – 25 September 2007) was an Australian politician and judge. Early years The son of an Irish bricklayer, Connolly was born in Adelaide and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts (both ...

. :

Robyn Nolan Robyn Margaret Nolan is an Australian politician and was a member of the first multi-member single electorate Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing, initially, the Liberal Party. Nolan was elected at the 1989 general el ...

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.

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