COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Electoral Commission HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== 1993 two-party majority: ALP over CLP 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 98,800 +07.9 Votes cast: 88,028 89.1 +00.3 Informal votes: 2,985 03.4 +00.3 Formal votes: 85,043 96.6 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bernie Brian 2,710 03.2 Hon Nick Dondas CLP 38,302 45.0 +00.4 Hon Warren Snowdon * ALP 36,994 43.5 -11.8 Pamela Gardiner 1,713 02.0 Dr Philip Nitschke Grn 5,324 06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 85,043 -------------------------------------------------------------------- When the member for the Northern Territory gained full voting rights in 1968, the seat had the smallest enrolment of any federal electorate. At this election it had the largest. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Gardiner's 1,713 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian 751 44.7 3,461 04.1 Dondas 255 15.2 38,557 45.4 Snowdon * 273 16.3 37,267 43.8 Nitschke 401 23.9 5,725 06.7 (exhausted 33 33 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,713 85,043 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Brian's 3,461 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dondas 1,784 53.1 40,341 47.5 Snowdon * 660 19.6 37,927 44.7 Nitschke 916 27.3 6,641 07.8 (exhausted 101 134 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,461 85,043 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Nitschke's 6,641 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- DONDAS 2,289 36.0 42,630 50.4 Snowdon * 4,076 64.0 42,003 49.6 (exhausted 276 410 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,641 85,043 00.4 05.7 to CLP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Warren Edward Snowdon (born 1950): Elected 1987, 1990, 1993. Defeated 1996 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment, Education and Training to 11 March 1996 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Environment, Sport and Territories for Territories) to 11 March 1996 Later career: See Northern Territory 1998 > Nicholas Manuel Dondas (born 1939): Elected 1996 Born 26 October 1939, Perth Career: Educated state and Catholic schools, Perth. Restaurateur, Darwin. Territory politics: NT MLA for Casuarina 1974-96. Minister for Community Development 1979-80. Minister for Youth, Sport and Recreation 1979-82. Minister assisting the Chief Minister 1979-80, 1981-82, 1982-83. Minister for Transport and Works 1980-82. Minister for Youth, Sport, Recreation and Ethnic Affairs 1982-83. Minister for Health and Housing 1982-83. Minister for Health, Youth, Sport, Recreation and Ethnic Affairs 1983-84. Deputy Chief Minister 1983-86. Minister for Industry and Small Business 1984-85. Minister for Industry, Small Business and Tourism 1985-86. Minister for Lands 1986-87. Minister for Ports and Fisheries 1986-87. Minister for Transport and Works 1986-87. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly 1989-96. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dondas sat with the Liberals in the Parliament. --------------------------------------------------------------------