COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== 1980 two-party majority: CLP over ALP 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,320 +03.9 Votes cast: 46,663 81.4 -00.9 Informal votes: 2,070 04.4 -00.5 Formal votes: 44,593 95.6 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Cain 1,132 02.5 Pamela Gardiner 395 00.9 Joy King AD 1,571 03.5 -02.3 John Reeves ALP 20,764 46.6 +06.2 Strider 252 00.6 Grant Tambling * CLP 20,479 45.9 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,593 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Strider's 252 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cain 25 09.9 1,157 02.6 Gardiner 23 09.1 418 00.9 King 51 20.2 1,622 03.6 Reeves 94 37.3 20,858 46.8 Tambling * 59 23.4 20,538 46.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 252 44,593 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Gardiner's 418 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cain 158 37.8 1,315 02.9 King 125 29.9 1,747 03.9 Reeves 79 18.9 20,937 47.0 Tambling * 56 13.4 20,594 46.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 418 44,593 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Cain's 1,315 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- King 1,003 76.3 2,750 06.2 Reeves 181 13.8 21,118 47.4 Tambling * 131 10.0 20,725 46.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,315 44,593 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: King's 2,750 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- REEVES 2,014 73.2 23,132 51.9 Tambling * 736 26.8 21,461 48.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,750 44,593 01.9 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Grant Tambling (born 1943): Elected 1980. Defeated 1983 Later career: See Senate Northern Territory 1987 > John Edward Reeves (born 1952): Elected 1983 Born: 2 January 1952, Stanthorpe, Qld Career: Became solicitor via articles. Solicitor, Alice Springs. --------------------------------------------------------------------