COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== 1984 two-party majority: CLP over ALP 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 79,921 +16.0 Votes cast: 63,820 79.9 -05.6 Informal votes: 3,684 05.8 -00.9 Formal votes: 60,136 94.2 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Paroulakis + CLP 21,668 36.0 -12.8 Warren Snowdon ALP 28,195 46.9 +02.0 Bob Liddle 10,273 17.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 60,136 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Liddle was a candidate of the Northern Territory National Party, which supported Queensland Premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen and was not recognised by the federal NPA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Liddle's 10,273 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paroulakis + 7,055 68.9 28,723 47.8 SNOWDON 3,191 31.1 31,386 52.2 (exhausted 27 27 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,273 60,136 02.2 03.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Edward Snowdon (born 1950): Elected 1987 Born: 20 March 1950, Canberra Career: Educated Australian National University, Murdoch University. Teacher, researcher and author. Assistant Secretary, Northern Territory Trades and Labour Council. Senior Project Officer, Central Land Council. --------------------------------------------------------------------