NORTHERN TERRITORY ELECTION OF 30 AUGUST 1997 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ========================================================= SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS ========================================================= Party Votes % Seats --------------------------------------------------------- Australian Democrats (AD) 484 00.6 - Australian Labor Party (ALP) 29,365 36.5 (-04.9) 7 Country Liberal Party (CLP) 41,722 51.8 (-00.1) 18 (+1) Greens 420 00.5 - Independents 4,327 05.4 - (-1) --------------------------------------------------------- Total 80,479 25 --------------------------------------------------------- VOTING BY DIVISION ========================================================= Comparisons are with voting in the 1994 elections. Some boundaries were changed between 1994 and 1997. These changes are not taken into account. ARAFURA (4,224) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Jacob Nayinggul CLP 1,078 41.9 (+26.5) Maurice RIOLI * ALP 1,552 59.1 (-01.7) --------------------------------------------------------- 188 (06.7%) informal 2,630 --------------------------------------------------------- ARALUEN (3,814) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Lilliah McCulloch ALP 919 30.8 (+00.9) Eric POOLE * CLP 2,065 69.2 (-00.9) --------------------------------------------------------- 223 (06.9%) informal 2,984 --------------------------------------------------------- ARNHEM (4,091) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- John Ah Kit * ALP 1,037 43.9 (-30.6) Lance Lawrence 277 11.7 Thomas Maywundjiwuy Grn 208 08.8 Alan Wright CLP 841 35.6 (+10.1) --------------------------------------------------------- 207 (08.0%) informal 2,363 --------------------------------------------------------- Final count --------------------------------------------------------- John AH KIT * ALP 1,365 57.8 (-16.7) Alan Wright CLP 998 42.2 (+16.7) --------------------------------------------------------- 2,363 --------------------------------------------------------- BARKLY (3,974) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Maggie HICKEY * ALP 1,591 56.8 (+11.3) Mark John CLP 1,118 39.9 (-06.2) Barry Nattrass 93 03.3 --------------------------------------------------------- 153 (05.2%) informal 2,802 --------------------------------------------------------- BLAIN (4,091) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Bawden ALP 884 26.2 (-08.2) Barry COULTER * CLP 2,491 73.8 (+14.7) --------------------------------------------------------- 257 (07.1%) informal 3,375 --------------------------------------------------------- Votes in this new Division are compared with those in the abolished Division of Palmerston in 1994. --------------------------------------------------------- BRAITLING (3,791) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Loraine BRAHAM * CLP 1,870 66.4 (-04.5) Peter Brooke ALP 947 33.6 (+04.5) --------------------------------------------------------- 208 (06.9%) informal 2,817 --------------------------------------------------------- BRENNAN (4,519) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Bennett ALP 950 25.7 (-08.4) Denis BURKE * CLP 2,747 74.3 (+21.9) --------------------------------------------------------- 222 (05.7%) informal 3,697 --------------------------------------------------------- CASUARINA (4,088) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Peter ADAMSON * CLP 1,828 56.7 (+01.3) Douglas McLeod ALP 1,226 38.0 (-06.6) Timothy Stewart 169 05.2 --------------------------------------------------------- 134 (04.0%) informal 3,223 --------------------------------------------------------- DRYSDALE (3,949) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Stephen DUNHAM CLP 1,844 57.0 (-03.1) Stuart Edwards AD 484 14.9 Paul Nieuwenhoven ALP 908 28.0 (-11.9) --------------------------------------------------------- 154 (04.5%) informal 3,236 --------------------------------------------------------- Votes in this new Division are compared with those in the abolished Division of Leanyer in 1994. --------------------------------------------------------- FANNIE BAY (4,179) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Michael Kilgariff + CLP 1,582 47.0 (-10.9) Claire MARTIN * ALP 1,782 53.0 (+10.9) --------------------------------------------------------- 150 (04.3%) informal 3,364 --------------------------------------------------------- This seat was won by the CLP in 1994, but won by the ALP at a by-election in June 1995. The CLP is shown as the defending party. --------------------------------------------------------- GOYDER (3,904) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Wayne Connop ALP 1,070 34.4 (+03.0) Terence McCARTHY * CLP 1,845 59.4 (+05.7) Strider 191 06.1 --------------------------------------------------------- 134 (04.1%) informal 3,106 --------------------------------------------------------- GREATOREX (3,790) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Peter Kavanagh ALP 1,211 37.5 (+08.1) Richard LIM * CLP 1,853 62.5 (+18.6) --------------------------------------------------------- 167 (05.2%) informal 3,231 --------------------------------------------------------- JINGILI (3,800) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Stephen BALCH + CLP 1,570 50.9 (-03.4) Stephen Barnes 310 10.0 Ross Forday 110 03.6 Catherine Phillips ALP 1,093 35.4 (-10.3) --------------------------------------------------------- 124 (03.9%) informal 3,083 --------------------------------------------------------- KARAMA (4,278) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Michael PALMER * CLP 1,811 51.7 (+00.9) John Tobin ALP 1,692 48.3 (+04.6) --------------------------------------------------------- 154 (04.2%) informal 3,503 --------------------------------------------------------- KATHERINE (3,989) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Peter Byers 284 10.0 Michael Peirce ALP 583 20.4 (-09.0) Michael REED * CLP 1,984 69.6 (-01.0) --------------------------------------------------------- 122 (04.3%) informal 2,851 --------------------------------------------------------- MacDONNELL (4,331) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Johan Elferink CLP 945 36.1 (+02.0) Kenneth Lechleitner 767 29.3 Mark Wheeler + ALP 906 34.6 (-31.3) --------------------------------------------------------- 137 (05.0%) informal 2,618 --------------------------------------------------------- Final count --------------------------------------------------------- Johan ELFERINK CLP 1,383 52.8 (+18.7) Mark Wheeler + ALP 1,235 47.2 (-18.7) --------------------------------------------------------- 2,618 --------------------------------------------------------- MILLNER (4,472) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Ian Mills 187 05.6 June Mills Grn 212 06.4 Philip MITCHELL * CLP 1,782 53.8 (+06.8) Peter O'Hagan ALP 1,133 34.2 (-08.2) --------------------------------------------------------- 183 (05.2%) informal 3,314 --------------------------------------------------------- NELSON (3,869) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Theresa Francis ALP 646 19.7 (-05.0) Christopher Lugg CLP 1,461 44.5 (+00.8) David Tollner 1,174 35.8 --------------------------------------------------------- 116 (03.4%) informal 3,281 --------------------------------------------------------- Nelson was won by an Independent in 1994. --------------------------------------------------------- Final count --------------------------------------------------------- Christopher LUGG CLP 1,661 50.6 (+03.7) David Tollner 1,620 49.4 --------------------------------------------------------- 3,281 --------------------------------------------------------- NHULUNBUY (4,152) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Richard Davey CLP 728 27.9 (-17.5) Sydney STIRLING * ALP 1,880 72.1 (+17.5) --------------------------------------------------------- 170 (06.1%) informal 2,608 --------------------------------------------------------- NIGHTCLIFF (4,307) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Hatton * CLP 1,792 49.1 (-07.2) Paul Henderson ALP 1,411 38.7 (+01.0) Theo Katapodis 84 02.3 Betty McCleary 360 09.9 --------------------------------------------------------- 114 (03.0%) informal 3,647 --------------------------------------------------------- Final count --------------------------------------------------------- Stephen HATTON * CLP 1,991 54.6 Paul Henderson ALP 1,656 45.4 --------------------------------------------------------- 3,647 --------------------------------------------------------- PORT DARWIN (4,012) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Geoffrey Carter ALP 827 25.6 (-07.0) Lex Martin 321 09.9 Shane STONE * CLP 2,083 64.5 (+04.3) --------------------------------------------------------- 153 (04.5%) informal 3,231 --------------------------------------------------------- SANDERSON (4,251) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Michael Atkinson ALP 1,369 40.7 (-02.2) Daryl MANZIE * CLP 1,992 59.3 (+02.2) --------------------------------------------------------- 196 (05.5%) informal 3,361 --------------------------------------------------------- STUART (3,948) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- John Bohning CLP 1,120 48.5 (+00.4) Peter TOYNE * ALP 1,190 51.5 (-00.4) --------------------------------------------------------- 152 (06.2%) informal 2,310 --------------------------------------------------------- VICTORIA RIVER (4,161) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- Timothy BALDWIN * CLP 1,771 66.1 (+15.4) Paul La Fontaine ALP 909 33.9 (-08.3) --------------------------------------------------------- 193 (06.7%) informal 2,680 --------------------------------------------------------- WANGURI (3,902) ========================================================= Candidate Party Votes % Change --------------------------------------------------------- John BAILEY * ALP 1,649 52.0 (+00.4) Peter Styles CLP 1,521 48.0 (-00.4) --------------------------------------------------------- 150 (04.5%) informal 3,170 ---------------------------------------------------------