COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== 1958 majority: ALP over Independent 23.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,131 +58.0 Votes cast: 9,470 78.1 +02.0 Informal votes: 343 03.6 -00.2 Formal votes: 9,127 96.4 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Brennan 4,468 49.0 John NELSON * ALP 4,659 51.0 -22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,127 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan was NT MLC for Batchelor 1955, Elsey 1956-58, Victoria River 1958-61, 1962-69, 1969-71. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Norman Nelson (1908-91): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. --------------------------------------------------------------------