COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Source: Australian Government publications HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ==================================================================== VOTING BY DIVISION ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 21.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,869 +05.4 Votes cast: 5,299 77.1 -01.3 Informal votes: 115 02.2 +00.3 Formal votes: 5,184 97.8 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Edwards CP 1,163 22.4 +00.8 John NELSON * ALP 4,021 77.6 +13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,184 22.6 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Norman Nelson (1908-91): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. --------------------------------------------------------------------