This is a list of the members of the first parliament of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

The Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Australian Capital Territory...

. 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

D'Hondt method

The d'Hondt method is a highest averages method for allocating seats in party-list proportional representation. The method described is named after Belgian mathematician Victor D'Hondt who described it in 1878...

, which was then abolished and replaced with the current three-electorate Hare-Clark

Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...

 system in 1995.

Name	Party	Term in office
Wayne Berry Wayne Berry Wayne Bruce Berry , former Australian politician, was a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 2008, representing the electorate of Ginninderra for the Australian Labor Party...	ALP Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1989–2008
Bernard Collaery Bernard Collaery Bernard Joseph Edward Collaery, a former Australian politician, and currently a barrister and lawyer, was a member of the first multi-member single electorate unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for the Residents Rally party, from 1989 to 1992...	Residents Rally Residents Rally Residents Rally was an Australian political party, with four candidates elected to the first Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly at the 1989 Australian Capital Territory general election. Residents Rally were led by Canberra human rights barrister and lawyer, Bernard Collaery....	1989–1991
Terry Connolly Terry Connolly Terrence "Terry" Connolly was an Australian politician and judge.Connolly was born in Adelaide and received a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Adelaide and a Masters in Public Law from the Australian National University...	ALP	1990–1997
Craig Duby Craig Duby Craig Duby was a politician in the .Australian Capital Territory. The decision of the Australian government to replace direct administration of the Territory with self-government was widely criticised...	No Self-Government Party 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 Coalition, it opposed self-government for the ACT... / Independents Group 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 of Australia and Residents Rally.... / Hare-Clark Independent Party	1989–1991
Rosemary Follett Rosemary Follett Rosemary Follett AO , Australian politician, was the first Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory. She was the first woman to become head of government in an Australian state or territory....	ALP	1989–1996
Ellnor Grassby Ellnor Grassby Ellnor Judith Grassby is an Australian politician and was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, elected to the multi-member single constituency Assembly representing the Labor Party. Grassby was initially elected the first ACT Legislative Assembly in 1989, and...	ALP	1989–1995
Gary Humphries Gary Humphries Gary John Joseph Humphries has been a member of the Australian Senate representing the Australian Capital Territory for the Liberal Party of Australia since 2003...	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1989–2002
Norm Jensen Norm Jensen Norm Jensen is an Australian politician and was a member of the first multi-member single electorate Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the Residents Rally party. Jansen was elected at the 1989 general election and unsuccessfully sought re-election at the 1992 general...	Residents Rally	1989–1991
Trevor Kaine Trevor Kaine Trevor Thomas Kaine , an Australian politician, was Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 1989 to 1991, and was elected a multi-member single electorate first unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, from 1989 to 2001, initially as a member of the Liberal...	Liberal	1989–2001
Dr Hector Kinloch Hector Kinloch Hector Gilchrist Kinloch was an Australian academic and politician.He was born Boston, Massachusetts USA in 1927. He travelled to the England where he graduated from Christs College, Cambridge with first class honours in history 1949. After graduating he served in the US Army for three years...	Residents Rally	1989–1991
Carmel Maher Carmel Maher Carmel Anne Maher 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 Independents Group....	No Self-Government Party/ Independents Group	1989–1991
Roberta McRae Roberta McRae Roberta McRae, OAM , former Australian politician, was a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 1998, elected to the multi-member single constituency Assembly and later elected to represent the multi-member electorate of Ginninderra for the...	ALP	1989–1998
Michael Moore Michael Moore (Australian politician) Michael John Moore , former Australian politician and socially progressive health academic, was the first independent Member of any Australian Parliament to be appointed as a Minister to a Government Executive; serving as Minister of Health and Community Care from 1998 to 2001 in the Liberal...	Residents Rally/Independent	1989–2001
Robyn Nolan 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 of Australia...	Liberal/New Conservative Group New Conservative Group The New Conservative Group was a short-lived Australian political party registered in the Australian Capital Territory. It was founded in November 1991 by Robyn Nolan, a former Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly, who had resigned from that party the previous month...	1989–1991
David Prowse David Prowse (politician) David Prowse, a former Australian politician, was the first Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly.Prowse was a member of the first multi-member single electorate unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing, initially, the No Self-Government...	No Self-Government Party/ Independents Group/Liberal	1989–1991
Bill Stefaniak Bill Stefaniak William George "Bill" Stefaniak is an Australian Liberal Party politician. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Capital Territory after succeeding in a leadership challenge against former leader Brendan Smyth on 16 May 2006. He is a former Major in the Australian Army Reserve and...	Liberal	1989–1992, 1994–2008
Dennis Stevenson Dennis Stevenson Dennis Stevenson was an Australian politician with the Abolish Self-Government Coalition party. He was elected to the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in the inaugural 1989 ACT elections and served under the 1st and 2nd assemblies, retiring in 1995...	Abolish Self-Government Coalition	1989–1995
Paul Whalan Paul Whalan Paul Whalan is an Australian political lobbyist, former politician and was a member of the multi-member single constituency first Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, representing the Australian Labor Party. Whalan was elected in 1989 and resigned from the Assembly on 30 April 1990...	ALP	1989–1990
Bill Wood Bill Wood (politician) Bill Wood is an Australian politician who was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and later the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Queensland Parliament as the Labor member for Cook in 1969, transferring in 1972 to the new seat of Barron River. He...	ALP	1989–2004

Michael Moore

Michael Moore (Australian politician)

Michael John Moore , former Australian politician and socially progressive health academic, was the first independent Member of any Australian Parliament to be appointed as a Minister to a Government Executive; serving as Minister of Health and Community Care from 1998 to 2001 in the Liberal...

 was elected as a Residents Rally

Residents Rally

Residents Rally was an Australian political party, with four candidates elected to the first Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly at the 1989 Australian Capital Territory general election. Residents Rally were led by Canberra human rights barrister and lawyer, Bernard Collaery....

 member, but resigned from the party on 24 October 1989 and served out his term as an independent.

Craig Duby

Craig Duby

Craig Duby was a politician in the .Australian Capital Territory. The decision of the Australian government to replace direct administration of the Territory with self-government was widely criticised...

, Carmel Maher

Carmel Maher

Carmel Anne Maher 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 Independents Group....

 and David Prowse

David Prowse (politician)

David Prowse, a former Australian politician, was the first Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly.Prowse was a member of the first multi-member single electorate unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing, initially, the No Self-Government...

 were elected as representatives of the No Self-Government Party

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 Coalition, it opposed self-government for the ACT...

, but resigned to form the Independents Group

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 of Australia and Residents Rally....

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

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 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.

ALP member Paul Whalan

Paul Whalan

Paul Whalan is an Australian political lobbyist, former politician and was a member of the multi-member single constituency first Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, representing the Australian Labor Party. Whalan was elected in 1989 and resigned from the Assembly on 30 April 1990...

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

Terry Connolly

Terrence "Terry" Connolly was an Australian politician and judge.Connolly was born in Adelaide and received a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Adelaide and a Masters in Public Law from the Australian National University...

.

Robyn Nolan

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 of Australia...

 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

New Conservative Group

The New Conservative Group was a short-lived Australian political party registered in the Australian Capital Territory. It was founded in November 1991 by Robyn Nolan, a former Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly, who had resigned from that party the previous month...

on 19 November.