COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== 1946 majority: Independent over Independent 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,586 +58.2 Votes cast: 5,318 80.7 +07.4 Informal votes: 122 02.3 +01.3 Formal votes: 5,196 97.7 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adair Blain * 1,932 37.2 -05.2 John Nelson ALP 2,303 44.3 +21.9 Victor Webster 961 18.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,196 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Webster was NT MLC for Tennant Creek 1947-50. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Webster's 961 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blain * 527 54.8 2,459 47.3 NELSON 434 45.2 2,737 52.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 961 5,196 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- There was a swing of 8.6% from Blain to the ALP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Adair MacAlister Blain (1894-1983): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946. Defeated 1949 Later career: Surveyor for Western Lands Committee, NSW. Died 28 April 1983 > John Norman Nelson (1908-91): Elected 1949 Born: 1908, Bundaberg, Queensland. Career: Educated state schools, Darwin. Jackeroo, goldminer. Bore contractor, Alice Springs. Military Service 1942-45. Pastoralist. Son of Harold Nelson MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. --------------------------------------------------------------------