COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== 1974 two-party majority: CP over ALP 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,885 +12.1 Votes cast: 30,617 74.9 -08.2 Informal votes: 996 03.3 +00.5 Formal votes: 29,621 96.7 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam CALDER * CLP 15,976 53.9 +04.6 James Forbes AP 701 02.4 John Nelson ALP 12,944 43.7 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,621 04.9 e 02.2 to CLP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The fall in turnout was due to the partial evacuation of Darwin in the wake of Cyclone Tracy in December 1974. 2. Nelson was member for Northern Territory 1949-66. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Edward Calder (1916-2008): Elected 1966, 1972, 1974, 1975 --------------------------------------------------------------------