COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975
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Source: Australian Government publications

THE SENATE
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NORTHERN TERRITORY (Two senators to be elected)
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Enrolled voters:                           40,885
Votes cast:                                30,617   74.9
Informal votes:                             2,190   07.2
Formal votes:                              28,427   92.8
Quota for election:                         9,476   33.3
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Candidate                      Party        Votes   %
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Bernard KILGARIFF              CLP         14,149   49.8  ELECTED 1
Martyn Finger                  CLP          1,370   04.8  Group A
>                                                         Q:1.638

Edward Giblin                  AP             448   01.6  Group B
Joan Breen                     AP             117   00.4  Q:0.060

Edward Robertson               ALP          9,438   33.2  Group C
Kevin Frazer                   ALP            769   02.7  Q:1.077

David Fisher                                  251   00.9  Q:0.026
Alexander Allan-Stewart                       243   00.9  Q:0.026
Kenneth Day                                   364   01.3  Q:0.038
Charles Perkins                             1,278   04.5  Q:0.135
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Total                                      28,427
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2nd count: Kilgariff's 4,673 surplus votes distributed
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KILGARIFF                  E                9,476   33.3  ELECTED 1
Finger                 4,471  95.7          5,841   20.5
Giblin                    40  00.9            488   01.7
Breen                     22  00.5            139   00.5
ROBERTSON                 62  01.3          9,500   33.4  ELECTED 2
Frazer                    19  00.4            788   02.8
Fisher                    12  00.3            263   00.9
Allan-Stewart             22  00.5            265   00.9
Day                        8  00.2            372   01.3
Perkins                   17  00.4          1,295   04.6
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Total                  4,673              28,427
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Senators' terms began 13 December 1975. Kilgariff and Robertson
elected for a term ending upon the dissolution of the House of
Representatives.
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> Bernard Francis Kilgariff (1923-2010): Elected 1975
Born: 30 September 1923, Adelaide
Career: Company director and farmer. Military Service. Territory
politics: NT MLC 1960-68, NT MLA for Alice Springs 1968-75. Speaker
of the Legislative Assembly 1974-75.
> Edward Albert Robertson (1929-91): Elected 1975
Born: 18 March 1929, Albany, Western Australia
Career: Educated University of Western Australia. Teacher. Chairman
Northern Territory Council of Social Services.
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