COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== 1963 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 17,395 +18.7 Votes cast: 14,455 83.1 Informal votes: 500 03.5 Formal votes: 13,955 96.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam CALDER CP 7,221 51.7 Richard Ward + ALP 6,734 48.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,955 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ward was NT MLC for Alice Springs 1947-49, Darwin 1957-60, Port Darwin 1960-63, Ludmilla 1968-74. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Edward Calder (1916-2008): Elected 1966 Born: 10 August 1916, Melbourne Career: Educated Melbourne Grammar School. Bank officer. Military Service 1932-45. Commercial airline pilot. Pastoralist and airline director, Northern Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory acquired full voting rights in 1968. --------------------------------------------------------------------