ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF NORTHERN TERRITORY ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== New Seat (not previously voting) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 1,376 Votes cast: 1,245 90.5 Informal votes: 38 03.1 Formal votes: 1,207 96.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Byrne 43 03.6 Arthur Love 362 30.0 Harold Nelson ALP 452 37.4 George Stevens 127 10.5 Frederick Thompson 5 00.4 Walter Young 218 18.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,207 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Thompson's 5 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Byrne 1 20.0 44 03.6 Love - 362 30.0 Nelson 1 20.0 453 37.5 Stevens 2 40.0 129 10.7 Young 1 20.0 219 18.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5 1,207 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Byrne's 44 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Love 15 34.1 377 31.2 Nelson 5 11.4 458 37.9 Stevens 17 38.6 146 12.1 Young 7 15.9 226 18.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44 1,207 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Stevens's 146 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Love 35 24.0 412 34.1 Nelson 34 23.3 492 40.8 Young 77 52.7 303 25.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 146 1,207 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Young's 303 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON 116 38.3 608 50.4 Love 187 61.7 599 49.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 303 1,207 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold George Nelson (1881-1947): Elected 1922 Born: 1881, NSW Career: Primary education. Laborer, miner, enginedriver, Queensland. To NT 1913. Union organiser. Secretary, Australian Workers Union, NT Workers Union. Father of John Nelson MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Northern Territory was part of South Australia 1901-03 and part of Grey, South Australia, 1903-11, but did not elect a member between the time of its transfer to the Commonwealth in 1911 and 1922. The member could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== 1922 majority: ALP over Independent 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 1,759 +27.8 Votes cast: 1,391 79.1 -11.4 Informal votes: 25 01.8 -01.3 Formal votes: 1,366 98.2 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold NELSON * ALP 853 62.4 +25.0 Charles Story Nat 513 37.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,366 12.4 12.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold George Nelson (1881-1947): Elected 1922, 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 12.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,098 +19.3 Votes cast: 1,370 65.3 -13.8 Informal votes: 45 03.3 +01.5 Formal votes: 1,325 96.7 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Love 173 13.1 Harold NELSON * ALP 902 68.1 +05.7 Douglas Watts 250 18.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,325 25.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold George Nelson (1881-1947): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== 1928 majority: ALP over Independent 25.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,098 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold NELSON * ALP unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold George Nelson (1881-1947): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== 1929 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,242 +06.9 Votes cast: 1,518 67.7 Informal votes: 37 02.4 Formal votes: 1,481 97.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Easton 577 39.0 John McMillan 157 10.6 Harold NELSON * ALP 747 50.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,481 05.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold George Nelson (1881-1947): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== 1931 two-party majority: ALP over Independent 05.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,410 +07.5 Votes cast: 1,898 78.8 +11.1 Informal votes: 37 01.9 -00.5 Formal votes: 1,861 98.1 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adair Blain 926 49.8 Harold Nelson * ALP 850 45.7 -04.7 Charles Priest 85 04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,861 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Priest's 85 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BLAIN 38 44.7 964 51.8 Nelson * 47 55.3 897 48.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 85 1,861 01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Harold George Nelson (1881-1947): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931. Defeated 1934 Died 26 April 1947 > Adair MacAlister Blain (1894-1983): Elected 1934 Born: 21 November 1894, Queensland. Career: Educated Perth Modern School. Military Service 1915-19. Surveyor. Staff surveyor, Northern Australia Commission, Darwin. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== 1934 majority: Independent over ALP 01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,186 +32.2 Votes cast: 2,553 80.1 +01.3 Informal votes: 32 01.2 -00.7 Formal votes: 2,521 98.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adair Blain * 963 38.2 Ronald Hughes-Jones 333 13.2 Harold Nelson 305 12.1 Robert Toupein 920 36.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,521 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Nelson was member for the Northern Territory 1922-34. 2. Blain's vote of 38.2% was a decrease of 11.6% from the 49.8% he polled in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Nelson's 305 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blain * 73 23.9 1,036 41.1 Hughes-Jones 87 28.5 420 16.7 Toupein 145 47.5 1,065 42.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 305 2,521 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hughes-Jones's 420 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BLAIN * 274 65.2 1,310 52.0 Toupein 146 34.8 1,211 48.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 420 2,521 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adair MacAlister Blain (1894-1983): Elected 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== 1937 majority: Independent over Independent 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 5,737 +80.1 Votes cast: 4,263 74.3 -05.8 Informal votes: 88 02.1 +00.9 Formal votes: 4,175 97.9 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adair Blain * 1,622 38.9 Frederick Colson 841 20.1 Lindsay Craig 1,321 31.6 John McDonald 391 09.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,175 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blain's vote of 38.9% was an increase of 0.7% from the 38.2% he polled in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McDonald's 391 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blain * 144 36.8 1,766 42.3 Colson 158 40.4 999 23.9 Craig 89 22.8 1,410 33.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 391 4,175 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Colson's 999 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BLAIN * 813 81.4 2,579 61.8 Craig 186 (18.6 1,596 38.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 999 4,175 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adair MacAlister Blain (1894-1983): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940 Military service from 1939. Blain was a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese from 1942. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== 1940 majority: Independent over Independent 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 4,190 -27.0 Votes cast: 2,478 59.1 -15.2 Informal votes: 58 02.3 +00.2 Formal votes: 2,420 97.7 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sydney Barker 99 04.1 Adair Blain * 859 35.5 Hector Fuller 99 04.1 Alexander Grant 43 01.8 William Murray ALP 682 28.2 John Nelson 602 24.9 Harry Russell 36 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,420 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The white population of the Territory had fallen sharply following the Japanese bombing of Darwin in 1942. 2. For Nelson, see Northern Territory 1949. 3. Blain's vote of 35.5% was a decrease of 3.4% from the 38.9% he polled in 1940. He was a prisoner-of-war at the time of the elections. He had taken the precaution of filling in a nomination form before he left Australia. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Russell's 36 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barker 2 05.6 101 04.2 Blain * 12 33.3 871 36.0 Fuller 1 02.8 100 04.1 Grant 1 02.8 44 01.8 Murray 11 30.6 693 28.6 Nelson 9 25.0 611 25.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36 2,420 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Grant's 44 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barker 5 11.4 106 04.4 Blain * 14 31.8 885 36.6 Fuller 11 25.0 111 04.6 Murray 11 25.0 704 29.1 Nelson 3 06.8 614 25.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44 2,420 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Barker's 106 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blain * 48 45.3 933 38.6 Fuller 22 20.8 133 05.5 Murray 20 (18.9 724 29.9 Nelson 16 15.1 630 26.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 106 2,420 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Fuller's 133 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blain * 57 42.9 990 40.9 Murray 35 26.3 759 31.4 Nelson 41 30.8 671 27.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 133 2,420 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Nelson's 671 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BLAIN * 284 42.3 1,274 52.6 Murray 387 57.7 1,146 47.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 671 2,420 02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adair MacAlister Blain (1894-1983): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 Military Service 1940-45. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== 1946 majority: Independent over Independent 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,586 +58.2 Votes cast: 5,318 80.7 +07.4 Informal votes: 122 02.3 +01.3 Formal votes: 5,196 97.7 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adair Blain * 1,932 37.2 -05.2 John Nelson ALP 2,303 44.3 +21.9 Victor Webster 961 18.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,196 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Webster was NT MLC for Tennant Creek 1947-50. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Webster's 961 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blain * 527 54.8 2,459 47.3 NELSON 434 45.2 2,737 52.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 961 5,196 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- There was a swing of 8.6% from Blain to the ALP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Adair MacAlister Blain (1894-1983): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946. Defeated 1949 Later career: Surveyor for Western Lands Committee, NSW. Died 28 April 1983 > John Norman Nelson (1908-91): Elected 1949 Born: 1908, Bundaberg, Queensland. Career: Educated state schools, Darwin. Jackeroo, goldminer. Bore contractor, Alice Springs. Military Service 1942-45. Pastoralist. Son of Harold Nelson MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== 1949 majority: ALP over Independent 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,516 -01.1 Votes cast: 5,110 78.4 -02.3 Informal votes: 95 01.9 -00.4 Formal votes: 5,015 98.1 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Edwards CP 1,085 21.6 Jessie Litchfield 717 14.3 John NELSON * ALP 3,213 64.1 +19.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,015 21.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Norman Nelson (1908-91): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== 1954 two-party majority: Labor over Country Party 22.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,476 -05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John NELSON * ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Norman Nelson (1908-91): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== 1955 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 7,678 +18.6 Votes cast: 5,843 76.1 Informal votes: 221 03.8 Formal votes: 5,622 96.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Martin 1,469 26.1 John NELSON * ALP 4,153 73.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,622 23.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Norman Nelson (1908-91): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== 1958 majority: ALP over Independent 23.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 12,131 +58.0 Votes cast: 9,470 78.1 +02.0 Informal votes: 343 03.6 -00.2 Formal votes: 9,127 96.4 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Brennan 4,468 49.0 John NELSON * ALP 4,659 51.0 -22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,127 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan was NT MLC for Batchelor 1955, Elsey 1956-58, Victoria River 1958-61, 1962-69, 1969-71. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Norman Nelson (1908-91): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== 1961 majority: ALP over Independent 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 14,660 +20.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John NELSON * ALP Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Norman Nelson (1908-91): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 Nelson retired at the 1966 election. Later career: Pastoralist, Mayor of Alice Springs. Died 20 June 1991 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The member for the Northern Territory could vote only on matters affecting the Territory. 2. This was the last occasion of which a member was elected unopposed to the House of Representatives. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== 1963 majority: none (ALP unopposed) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 17,395 +18.7 Votes cast: 14,455 83.1 Informal votes: 500 03.5 Formal votes: 13,955 96.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam CALDER CP 7,221 51.7 Richard Ward + ALP 6,734 48.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,955 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ward was NT MLC for Alice Springs 1947-49, Darwin 1957-60, Port Darwin 1960-63, Ludmilla 1968-74. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Edward Calder (1916-2008): Elected 1966 Born: 10 August 1916, Melbourne Career: Educated Melbourne Grammar School. Bank officer. Military Service 1932-45. Commercial airline pilot. Pastoralist and airline director, Northern Territory. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The member for the Northern Territory acquired full voting rights in 1968. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== 1966 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 21,186 +21.8 Votes cast: 17,727 83.7 +00.6 Informal votes: 613 03.5 00.0 Formal votes: 17,114 96.5 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Brennan 3,377 19.7 Sam Calder * CP 8,281 48.4 -03.3 Alan Gray 252 01.5 Edward Robertson ALP 5,204 30.4 -17.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,114 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Brennan was NT MLC for Batchelor 1955, Elsey 1956-58, Victoria River 1958-61, 1962-69, 1969-71. 2. For Robertson, see Senate NT 1975. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Gray's 252 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brennan 73 29.0 3,450 20.2 Calder * 101 40.1 8,382 49.0 Robertson 78 31.0 5,282 30.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 252 17,114 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Brennan's 3,450 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALDER * 1,755 50.9 10,137 59.2 Robertson 1,695 49.1 6,977 40.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,450 17,114 09.2 07.5 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Edward Calder (1916-2008): Elected 1966, 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== 1969 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 09.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,929 +41.3 Votes cast: 25,808 86.2 +02.5 Informal votes: 1,176 04.6 +01.1 Formal votes: 24,632 95.4 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Allan-Stewart 1,821 07.4 Gordon Briscoe AP 944 03.8 Sam Calder * CP 11,657 47.3 -01.1 Charles Moffatt AP 185 00.8 Edward Robertson ALP 9,676 39.3 +08.9 William Walsh 349 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,632 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Robertson, see Senate NT 1975. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Moffatt's 185 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan-Stewart 28 15.1 1,849 07.5 Briscoe 49 26.5 993 04.0 Calder * 39 21.1 11,696 47.5 Robertson 50 27.0 9,726 39.5 Walsh 19 10.3 368 01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 185 24,632 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Walsh's 368 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan-Stewart 85 23.1 1,934 07.9 Briscoe 69 (18.8 1,062 04.3 Calder * 73 (19.8 11,769 47.8 Robertson 141 38.3 9,867 40.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 368 24,632 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Briscoe's 1,062 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan-Stewart 199 (18.7 2,133 08.7 Calder * 259 24.4 12,028 48.8 Robertson 604 56.9 10,471 42.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,062 24,632 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Allan-Stewart's 2,133 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALDER * 1,388 65.1 13,416 54.5 Robertson 745 34.9 11,216 45.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,133 24,632 04.5 04.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Edward Calder (1916-2008): Elected 1966, 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== 1972 two-party majority: CP over ALP 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,480 +21.9 Votes cast: 30,320 83.1 -03.1 Informal votes: 852 02.8 -01.8 Formal votes: 29,468 97.2 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Allan-Stewart 1,557 05.3 Sam Calder * CP 14,514 49.3 +02.0 John Waters ALP 13,397 45.5 +06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,468 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Allan-Stewart's 1,557 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALDER * 1,008 64.7 15,522 52.7 Waters 549 35.3 13,946 47.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,557 29,468 02.7 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Edward Calder (1916-2008): Elected 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== 1974 two-party majority: CP over ALP 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,885 +12.1 Votes cast: 30,617 74.9 -08.2 Informal votes: 996 03.3 +00.5 Formal votes: 29,621 96.7 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam CALDER * CLP 15,976 53.9 +04.6 James Forbes AP 701 02.4 John Nelson ALP 12,944 43.7 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 29,621 04.9 e 02.2 to CLP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The fall in turnout was due to the partial evacuation of Darwin in the wake of Cyclone Tracy in December 1974. 2. Nelson was member for Northern Territory 1949-66. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Edward Calder (1916-2008): Elected 1966, 1972, 1974, 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== 1975 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 04.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,295 +08.3 Votes cast: 35,982 81.2 +06.3 Informal votes: 1,244 03.5 +00.2 Formal votes: 34,738 96.5 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam Calder * CLP 16,462 47.4 -06.5 Josephine Read AD 2,478 07.1 Ian Smith 987 02.8 John Waters ALP 14,811 42.6 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,738 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Smith's 987 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Calder * 417 42.2 16,879 48.6 Read 290 29.4 2,768 08.0 Waters 280 28.4 15,091 43.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 987 34,738 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Read's 2,768 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALDER * 1,371 49.5 18,250 52.5 Waters 1,397 50.5 16,488 47.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,768 34,738 02.5 02.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Edward Calder (1916-2008): Elected 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977 Calder retired at the 1980 election. Died 30 September 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== 1977 two-party majority: CLP over ALP 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 55,160 +24.5 Votes cast: 45,403 82.3 +01.1 Informal votes: 2,231 04.9 +01.4 Formal votes: 43,172 95.1 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pamela Gardiner 1,129 02.6 Graham Gillian 486 01.1 John McElroy 272 00.6 Max Stewart AD 2,509 05.8 -01.3 Grant Tambling + CLP 18,805 43.6 -03.8 John Waters ALP 17,426 40.4 -02.2 Malcolm Womersley 130 00.3 Gallarwuy Yunupingu 2,415 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Womersley's 130 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardiner 13 10.0 1,142 02.6 Gillian 7 05.4 493 01.1 McElroy 6 04.6 278 00.6 Stewart 11 08.5 2,520 05.8 Tambling + 26 20.0 18,831 43.6 Waters 35 26.9 17,461 40.4 Yunupingu 32 24.6 2,447 05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 130 43,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: McElroy's 278 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardiner 44 15.8 1,186 02.7 Gillian 75 27.0 568 01.3 Stewart 59 21.2 2,579 06.0 Tambling + 53 19.1 18,884 43.7 Waters 29 10.4 17,490 40.5 Yunupingu 18 06.5 2,465 05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 278 43,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Gillian's 568 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gardiner 188 33.1 1,374 03.2 Stewart 129 22.7 2,708 06.3 Tambling + 68 12.0 18,952 43.9 Waters 135 23.8 17,625 40.8 Yunupingu 48 08.5 2,513 05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 568 43,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Gardiner's 1,374 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart 955 69.5 3,663 08.5 Tambling + 166 12.1 19,118 44.3 Waters 148 10.8 17,773 41.2 Yunupingu 105 07.6 2,618 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,374 43,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Yunupingu's 2,618 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Stewart 505 19.3 4,168 09.7 Tambling + 676 25.8 19,794 45.8 Waters 1,437 54.9 19,210 44.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,618 43,172 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Stewart's 4,168 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- TAMBLING + 2,296 55.1 22,090 51.2 Waters 1,872 44.9 21,082 48.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,168 43,172 01.2 01.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grant Ernest John Tambling (1943-2025): Elected 1980 Born: 20 June 1943, Wondai, Queensland Career: Insurance and business consultant. Darwin City Council. Territory politics: NT MLA for Fanny Bay 1974-77. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== 1980 two-party majority: CLP over ALP 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 57,320 +03.9 Votes cast: 46,663 81.4 -00.9 Informal votes: 2,070 04.4 -00.5 Formal votes: 44,593 95.6 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Cain 1,132 02.5 Pamela Gardiner 395 00.9 Joy King AD 1,571 03.5 -02.3 John Reeves ALP 20,764 46.6 +06.2 Strider 252 00.6 Grant Tambling * CLP 20,479 45.9 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,593 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Strider's 252 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cain 25 09.9 1,157 02.6 Gardiner 23 09.1 418 00.9 King 51 20.2 1,622 03.6 Reeves 94 37.3 20,858 46.8 Tambling * 59 23.4 20,538 46.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 252 44,593 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Gardiner's 418 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cain 158 37.8 1,315 02.9 King 125 29.9 1,747 03.9 Reeves 79 18.9 20,937 47.0 Tambling * 56 13.4 20,594 46.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 418 44,593 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Cain's 1,315 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- King 1,003 76.3 2,750 06.2 Reeves 181 13.8 21,118 47.4 Tambling * 131 10.0 20,725 46.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,315 44,593 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: King's 2,750 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- REEVES 2,014 73.2 23,132 51.9 Tambling * 736 26.8 21,461 48.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,750 44,593 01.9 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Grant Tambling (1943-2025): Elected 1980. Defeated 1983 Later career: See Senate Northern Territory 1987 Died 24 January 2025 > John Edward Reeves (born 1952): Elected 1983 Born: 2 January 1952, Stanthorpe, Qld Career: Became solicitor via articles. Solicitor, Alice Springs. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 1 DECEMBER 1984 ==================================================================== 1983 two-party majority: ALP over CLP 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,857 +20.1 Votes cast: 58,871 85.5 +04.1 Informal votes: 2,909 04.9 +00.5 Formal votes: 55,962 95.1 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wiyendji Roberts AD 1,906 03.4 -00.1 Hon Paul Everingham CLP 27,335 48.8 +02.0 Phil Ward 1,191 02.1 John Reeves * ALP 25,140 44.9 -01.7 Strider 390 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,962 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Strider's 390 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roberts 74 19.2 1,980 03.5 Everingham 40 10.4 27,375 48.9 Ward 73 19.0 1,264 02.3 Reeves * 198 51.4 25,338 45.3 (exhausted 5 5 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 390 55,962 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Ward's 1,264 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Roberts 226 17.9 2,206 03.9 Everingham 340 26.9 27,715 49.5 Reeves * 697 55.2 26,035 46.5 (exhausted 1 6 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,264 55,962 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Roberts's 2,206 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- EVERINGHAM 1,032 47.1 28,747 51.4 Reeves * 1,159 52.9 27,194 48.6 (exhausted 15 21 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,206 55,962 01.4 03.3 to CLP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Edward Reeves (born 1952): Elected 1983. Defeated 1984 Later career: Barrister. Judge of the Federal Court of Australia 2007-22. > Paul Anthony Edward Everingham (born 1943): Elected 1984 Born: 4 February 1943, Brisbane Career: Barrister and solicitor. Territory politics: NT MLA for Jingili 1974-84. Chief Minister 1978- 84. Attorney-General 1978-82. Minister for Industrial Development and Tourism 1982-84. Minister for Lands 1982-84. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Everingham sat with the Liberal Party in Parliament. He retired at the 1987 election. Later career: Queensland State President of the Liberal Party -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 MARCH 1990 ==================================================================== 1987 two-party majority: ALP over CLP 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 78,994 -01.2 Votes cast: 70,644 89.4 +09.5 Informal votes: 2,387 03.4 -02.4 Formal votes: 68,257 96.6 +02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tig Donnellan 1,380 02.0 Strider 975 01.4 Warren Snowdon * ALP 34,106 50.0 +03.1 Bob Liddle 1,427 02.1 Helen Galton CLP 27,668 40.5 +04.5 Ron Sterry 801 01.2 Don Beaton 1,900 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 68,257 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Sterry's 801 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donnellan 56 07.0 1,436 02.1 Strider 43 05.4 1,018 01.5 SNOWDON * 81 10.2 34,187 50.1 Liddle 29 03.6 1,456 02.1 Galton 121 15.2 27,789 40.7 Beaton 467 58.6 2,367 03.5 (exhausted 4 4 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 801 68,257 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Strider's 1,018 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donnellan 386 38.1 1,822 02.7 SNOWDON * 361 35.7 34,548 50.6 Liddle 62 06.1 1,518 02.2 Galton 73 07.2 27,862 40.8 Beaton 130 12.8 2,497 03.7 (exhausted 6 10 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,018 68,257 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Liddle's 1,518 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donnellan 231 15.4 2,053 03.0 SNOWDON * 513 34.1 35,061 51.4 Galton 457 30.4 28,319 41.5 Beaton 302 20.1 2,799 04.1 (exhausted 15 25 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,518 68,257 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Donnellan's 2,053 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SNOWDON * 951 47.6 36,012 52.8 Galton 259 13.0 28,578 41.9 Beaton 790 39.5 3,589 05.3 (exhausted 53 78 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,053 68,257 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Beaton's 3,589 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- SNOWDON * 1,486 41.8 37,498 55.0 Galton 2,072 58.2 30,650 45.0 (exhausted 31 109 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,589 68,257 05.0 02.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Edward Snowdon (born 1950): Elected 1987, 1990 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Communications 4 April 1990 to 27 May 1992 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment, Education and Training from 27 May 1992 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 MARCH 1993 ==================================================================== 1990 two-party majority: ALP over CLP 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 91,563 +16.0 Votes cast: 81,303 88.8 -00.6 Informal votes: 2,518 03.1 -00.3 Formal votes: 78,785 96.9 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Warren SNOWDON * ALP 43,578 55.3 +05.4 Arthur Palmer CLP 35,207 44.7 +04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 78,785 05.3 00.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- This was the last occasion on which a House of Representatives seat was contested by only two candidates. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Edward Snowdon (born 1950): Elected 1987, 1990, 1993 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Communications to 24 March 1993 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment, Education and Training from 24 March 1993 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Environment, Sport and Territories for Territories) from 24 December 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== 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 (1939-2024): 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 OCTOBER 1998 ==================================================================== 1996 two-party majority: CLP over ALP 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 104,755 +06.0 Votes cast: 94,888 90.6 +01.5 Informal votes: 3,951 04.2 +00.8 Formal votes: 90,937 95.8 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Craig Seiler AD 4,658 05.1 Barry Nattrass 1,018 01.1 Hon Nick Dondas * CLP 36,014 39.6 -05.4 Natalie Zirngast 624 00.7 Ilana Eldridge Grn 2,753 03.0 -03.2 Peter Schirmer ON 7,401 08.1 Hon Warren Snowdon ALP 38,469 42.3 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 90,937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Snowdon was member for Northern Territory 1987-96. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Zirngast's 624 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Seiler 139 22.3 4,797 05.3 Nattrass 66 10.6 1,084 01.2 Dondas * 95 15.2 36,109 39.7 Eldridge 198 31.7 2,951 03.2 Schirmer 43 06.9 7,444 08.2 Snowdon 83 13.3 38,552 42.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 624 90,937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Nattrass's 1,084 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Seiler 423 39.0 5,220 05.7 Dondas * 233 21.5 36,342 40.0 Eldridge 193 17.8 3,144 03.5 Schirmer 111 10.2 7,555 08.3 Snowdon 124 11.4 38,676 42.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,084 90,937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Eldridge's 3,144 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Seiler 1,437 45.7 6,657 07.3 Dondas * 430 13.7 36,772 40.4 Schirmer 346 11.0 7,901 08.7 Snowdon 931 29.6 39,607 43.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,144 90,937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Seiler's 6,657 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dondas * 2,859 42.9 39,631 43.6 Schirmer 713 10.7 8,614 09.5 Snowdon 3,085 46.3 42,692 46.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,657 90,937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Schirmer’s 8,614 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dondas * 5,320 61.8 44,951 49.4 SNOWDON 3,294 38.2 45,986 50.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,614 90,937 00.6 01.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nicholas Manuel Dondas (1939-2024): Elected 1996. Defeated 1998 Died 9 September 2024 > Warren Edward Snowdon (born 1950): Elected 1987, 1990, 1993. Defeated 1996. Elected 1998 Northern Territory was abolished at the 2001 redistribution, which divided the Territoey into two Divisions. Snowdon contested Lingiari at the 2001 election. --------------------------------------------------------------------