Donations made to the Citizens Electoral Council of Australia - NATIONAL

$4.1m in 2,735 donations from 188 donors to the Citizens Electoral Council of Australia - NATIONAL, 1998-99 to 2018-19. Largest donor: Mr Henry Gillham ($893k).

Counted under: Citizens Electoral Council (name rule).

Donations made
$4,055,160
1998-99 to 2018-19
Donors
188
2,735 donations
Excluding internal transfers
$4,055,160
$0 moved between bodies of the same party
What you won't find in the AEC's own listing: one name per recipient and per donor (spelling variants merged), every party's branches added up, donors labelled (individual, organisation, bank, government), and the pattern by year. How this differs from the AEC data »

Key facts

Also recorded by the AEC as 2 spellings

Who gives

Donors by type. A donor is labelled automatically from its name.

Individual$3,222,72679%
Organisation$832,43421%

How the money flows

Left to right: the largest donors, then this recipient. Band width is the dollar amount; smaller donors are combined.

Mr Henry Gillham → Citizens Electoral Council of Australia - NATIONAL: $893,200The Estate of the late William Barnes → Citizens Electoral Council of Australia - NATIONAL: $442,143Estate of Douglas Maccleath Dolgner → Citizens Electoral Council of Australia - NATIONAL: $249,540Smith, Stuart → Citizens Electoral Council of Australia - NATIONAL: $174,434Hall, Simon → Citizens Electoral Council of Australia - NATIONAL: $169,152Henry Gillham → Citizens Electoral Council of Australia - NATIONAL: $150,975Suttor Creek Past Co → Citizens Electoral Council of Australia - NATIONAL: $130,630Mr James Tilbury → Citizens Electoral Council of Australia - NATIONAL: $117,080Other donors (180) → Citizens Electoral Council of Australia - NATIONAL: $1,728,006Mr Henry Gillham: $893,200Mr Henry Gillham $893kThe Estate of the late William Barnes: $442,143The Estate of the late William Ba… $442kEstate of Douglas Maccleath Dolgner: $249,540Estate of Douglas Maccleath Dolgn… $250kSmith, Stuart: $174,434Smith, Stuart $174kHall, Simon: $169,152Hall, Simon $169kHenry Gillham: $150,975Henry Gillham $151kSuttor Creek Past Co: $130,630Suttor Creek Past Co $131kMr James Tilbury: $117,080Mr James Tilbury $117kOther donors (180): $1,728,006Other donors (180) $1.7mCitizens Electoral Council of Australia - NATIONAL: $4,055,160Citizens Electoral Council of Australia - NATIONAL $4.1mDonorRecipient

Largest donors

DonorTypeTotalDonationsFirstLatest
Mr Henry GillhamIndividual$893,200312003-07-022008-06-24
The Estate of the late William BarnesOrganisation$442,14312019-05-072019-05-07
Estate of Douglas Maccleath DolgnerOrganisation$249,54012015-03-032015-03-03
Smith, StuartIndividual$174,434791998-10-202009-06-03
Hall, SimonIndividual$169,152102002-07-032008-10-22
Henry GillhamIndividual$150,975591998-07-012002-06-19
Suttor Creek Past CoIndividual$130,630462002-07-112005-06-14
Mr James TilburyIndividual$117,080471999-07-232005-12-02
Harvey, Arthur EdwardIndividual$101,538442000-08-112006-04-18
Butler, RobertIndividual$95,525341999-12-012015-02-21
Mr Ross RussellIndividual$88,05042000-03-092008-08-15
Linton BowenIndividual$76,5711032000-03-292008-06-25
Mr Graeme MuldoonIndividual$75,229711998-07-162005-10-05
Mrs Lesley JohnsIndividual$46,525132008-07-102009-05-07
Robert James OwensIndividual$45,899571998-07-012003-06-01
Brian McCarthyIndividual$43,685571998-08-312008-06-10
Jean McClungIndividual$40,572481999-08-032003-06-19
Badenoch, KenIndividual$28,195152004-10-072008-06-20
Mr Ron McLeanIndividual$27,559421999-07-022005-05-25
Dr & Mrs Paul and Lesley LewisOrganisation$25,00012008-06-302008-06-30
McCaffrey, Ian DIndividual$23,840372001-08-142008-05-28
Payne, CallumIndividual$22,367161999-07-092003-11-14
T CampbellIndividual$21,92752002-12-202003-05-21
Colin HorneIndividual$21,915131998-07-202000-06-20
Mr Ervyn BehnIndividual$21,860571999-04-142005-06-20

By financial year

$1.1m$01998-99: $161,06998-991999-00: $234,79399-002000-01: $136,08100-012001-02: $304,75401-022002-03: $410,72302-032003-04: $1,126,13303-042004-05: $395,82004-052005-06: $133,72505-062007-08: $214,96607-082008-09: $199,31008-092014-15: $276,14014-152018-19: $461,64618-19
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Financial yearDonations
2018-19$461,646
2014-15$276,140
2008-09$199,310
2007-08$214,966
2005-06$133,725
2004-05$395,820
2003-04$1,126,133
2002-03$410,723
2001-02$304,754
2000-01$136,081
1999-00$234,793
1998-99$161,069

About this data

Donors are the organisations or individuals the AEC records as having made the donation. A party's total adds its branches and other recipient bodies. Internal transfers are donations from one body of a party to another.

Source: Australian Electoral Commission, Transparency Register annual returns (Donations Made, Party Returns). Not an official AEC publication. Updated 14 October 2026. See the About popup for what we add and for licensing.