Labor To Govern In ACT

November 1, 2001

Jon Stanhope, ACT Chief Minister-elect The ALP will form government in the Australian Capital Territory, following the election held on October 20. Results in the election were finalised today, giving the ALP 8 seats, the Liberal Party 7, Democrats 1, and Greens 1. The Greens member has pledged her support to the ALP, giving it a majority.

The new Chief Minister will be Jon Stanhope (pictured). He was first elected to the Assembly at the last election in 1998.

The ACT has a 17-member single chamber Parliament of 3 electorates, each elected by the proportional representation system. The members of the new Legislative Assembly are:

Brindabella (5 seats):
- John Hargreaves (ALP)
- Bill Wood (ALP)
- Karin Macdonald (ALP)
- Brendan Smyth (Lib)
- Steve Pratt (Lib)
Ginninderra (5 seats):
- Jon Stanhope (ALP)
- Wayne Berry (ALP)
- Bill Stefaniak (Lib)
- Vicki Dunne (Lib)
- Roslyn Dundas (Dem)
Molonglo (7 seats):
- Simon Corbell (ALP)
- Ted Quinlan (ALP)
- Katy Gallagher (ALP)
- Gary Humphries (Lib)
- Greg Cornwell (Lib)
- Helen Cross (Lib)
- Kerrie Tucker (Greens)

The outcome of the election means that the ALP has now won 4 state and territory elections this year. It won in Western Australia in February, was re-elected in Queensland in February and won in the Northern Territory in August.

The ALP won election in Victoria in 1999 and re-election in New South Wales. It won government in Tasmania in 1998.

The coalition has not won an election in Australia since the October 1998 Federal Election.

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