Vicki Dunne

Vicki Dunne MLA

6th Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
In office 6 November 2012 – 31 October 2016
Deputy	Mary Porter
Preceded by	Shane Rattenbury
Succeeded by	Joy Burch
Member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly for Ginninderra
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 October 2001
Personal details
Born	(1956-12-25) 25 December 1956 Lismore, New South Wales
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Liberal Party

Vicki Ann Dunne (born 25 December 1956), an Australian politician, is a member of the unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly, since 2001, representing the electoral district of Ginninderra for the Liberal Party.^[1]

Dunne was first elected at the 2001 ACT general election, defeating prominent sitting member and fellow Liberal, Harold Hird, by just 55 votes, after distribution of preferences. Following the announcement of the election result in 2001, Hird sought a recount of the votes in the electorate of Ginninderra. Hird’s request for a recount was rejected by both the Electoral Commissioner and, on appeal, the full ACT Electoral Commission. In considering the request, the Commissioner and the full Commission had regard to the level of accuracy achieved by the data entry of paper ballots and the computer count. The Commission was satisfied that the level of accuracy was so high that a recount in any form could not have improved on the accuracy of the original count, and that there was no probability that the original count had indicated that the wrong candidates had been elected, given the margins between the winning and losing candidates.^[2]

Prior to entering the Assembly, Dunne served on the staff of the then Chief Minister of the ACT, Gary Humphries.^[3] Dunne presently holds the position of Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly.

External links

Official site

References

↑ "Members of the ACT Legislative Assembly". ACT Legislative Assembly. 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
↑ "2001 ACT Elections Electronic Voting & Counting System Review Executive Summary". ACT Electoral Commission. 2002-06-19. Retrieved 2010-09-04.
↑ Crown Content Who's Who in Australia 2007 page 655

Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Shane Rattenbury	Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly 2012–present	Incumbent

Current Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly

Labor (12)	Andrew Barr Yvette Berry Joy Burch Tara Cheyne Bec Cody Meegan Fitzharris Mick Gentleman Suzanne Orr Michael Pettersson Gordon Ramsay Chris Steel Rachel Stephen-Smith

Liberal (11)	Alistair Coe Steve Doszpot Vicki Dunne Jeremy Hanson Giulia Jones Elizabeth Kikkert Nicole Lawder Elizabeth Lee James Milligan Mark Parton Andrew Wall

Greens (2)	Caroline Le Couteur Shane Rattenbury

Presiding officers of Australian legislatures

Australian Parliament

Speaker of the House of Representatives	Tony Smith (Lib)

President of the Senate	Stephen Parry (Lib)

New South Wales

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Shelley Hancock (Lib)

President of the Legislative Council	Don Harwin (Lib)

Victoria

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Telmo Languiller (ALP)

President of the Legislative Council	Bruce Atkinson (Lib)

Queensland

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Peter Wellington (Ind)

Western Australia

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Michael Sutherland (Lib)

President of the Legislative Council	Barry House (Lib)

South Australia

Speaker of the House of Assembly	Michael Atkinson (ALP)

President of the Legislative Council	Russell Wortley (ALP)

Tasmania

Speaker of the House of Assembly	Elise Archer (Lib)

President of the Legislative Council	Jim Wilkinson (Ind)

Northern Territory

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Kezia Purick (Ind)

Australian Capital Territory

Speaker of the Legislative Assembly	Vicki Dunne (Lib)

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