Northern Territory general election, 1997
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A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday August 30, 1997, and was won by the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP).
Shane Stone continued as Chief Minister.
During the previous term, the CLP had lost the seat of Fannie Bay to Labor in a by-election. The CLP did not win the seat back, but managed to take MacDonnell from Labor and Nelson from Independent Noel Padgham-Purich.
Contents
Retiring MPs
Labor
- Neil Bell MLA (MacDonnell)
Country Liberal
- Fred Finch MLA (Leanyer)
- Rick Setter MLA (Jingili)
Independent
- Noel Padgham-Purich MLA (Nelson)
Results
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Northern Territory general election, 30 August 1997[1] |
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Enrolled voters | 101,886 | |||||
Votes cast | 80,479 | Turnout | 79.0% | –1.7% | ||
Informal votes | 4,161 | Informal | 5.0% | +1.2% | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Country Liberal | 41,722 | 54.7% | +2.8% | 18 | +1 | |
Labor | 29,365 | 38.5% | -2.9% | 7 | ±0 | |
Independent | 4,327 | 5.7% | –0.2% | 0 | –1 | |
Democrats | 484 | 0.6% | +0.5% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Greens | 420 | 0.6% | –0.2% | 0 | ± 0 | |
Total | 76,318 | 25 | ||||
Two-party-preferred | ||||||
Country Liberal | 57.9% | +1.6 | ||||
Labor | 42.1% | –1.6 |
Candidates
Sitting members are in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.
Electorate | Held By | Labor Candidate | CLP Candidate | Other Candidates |
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Arafura | Labor | Maurice Rioli | Jacob Nayinggul | |
Araluen | CLP | Lilliah McCulloch | Eric Poole | |
Arnhem | Labor | Jack Ah Kit | Alan Wright | Lance Lawrence (Ind) Thomas Maywundjiwuy (Grn) |
Barkly | Labor | Maggie Hickey | Mark John | Barry Nattrass (Ind) |
Blain | CLP | Richard Bawden | Barry Coulter | |
Braitling | CLP | Peter Brooke | Loraine Braham | |
Brennan | CLP | Stephen Bennett | Denis Burke | |
Casuarina | CLP | Douglas McLeod | Peter Adamson | |
Drysdale | CLP | Paul Nieuwenhoven | Stephen Dunham | Stuart Edwards (Dem) |
Fannie Bay | Labor | Clare Martin | Michael Kilgariff | |
Goyder | CLP | Wayne Connop | Terry McCarthy | Strider (Ind) |
Greatorex | CLP | Peter Kavanagh | Richard Lim | |
Jingili | CLP | Catherine Phillips | Steve Balch | Stephen Barnes (Ind) Ross Forday (Ind) |
Karama | CLP | John Tobin | Mick Palmer | |
Katherine | CLP | Michael Peirce | Mike Reed | Peter Byers (Ind) |
MacDonnell | Labor | Mark Wheeler | John Elferink | Kenneth Lechleitner (Ind) |
Millner | CLP | Peter O'Hagan | Phil Mitchell | Ian Mills (Ind) June Mills (Grn) |
Nelson | Independent | Theresa Francis | Chris Lugg | David Tollner (Ind) |
Nhulunbuy | Labor | Syd Stirling | Richard Davey | |
Nightcliff | CLP | Paul Henderson | Stephen Hatton | Theo Katapodis (Ind) Betty McCleary (Ind) |
Port Darwin | CLP | Geoffrey Carter | Shane Stone | Lex Martin (Ind) |
Sanderson | CLP | Michael Atkinson | Daryl Manzie | |
Stuart | Labor | Peter Toyne | John Bohning | |
Victoria River | CLP | Paul La Fontaine | Tim Baldwin | |
Wanguri | Labor | John Bailey | Peter Styles |
References
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