COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== 1949 majority: ALP over Independent 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,516 -01.1 Votes cast: 5,110 78.4 -02.3 Informal votes: 95 01.9 -00.4 Formal votes: 5,015 98.1 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Edwards CP 1,085 21.6 Jessie Litchfield 717 14.3 John NELSON * ALP 3,213 64.1 +19.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,015 21.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Norman Nelson (1908-91): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. --------------------------------------------------------------------