COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== 1943 two-candidate majority: Independent over Independent 02.6. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 4,164 -00.6 Votes cast: 3,053 73.3 +14.2 Informal votes: 30 01.0 -01.3 Formal votes: 3,023 99.0 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adair Blain * 1,281 42.4 +06.9 Ralph Edwards 141 04.7 William Murray ALP 677 22.4 -05.8 Leigh Wallman 924 30.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,023 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Edwards's 141 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blain * 51 36.2 1,332 44.1 Murray 51 36.2 728 24.1 Wallman 39 27.7 963 31.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 141 3,023 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Murray's 728 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BLAIN * 358 49.2 1,690 55.9 Wallman 370 50.8 1,333 44.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 728 3,023 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adair MacAlister Blain (1894-1983): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. --------------------------------------------------------------------