Electoral division of Gillen

Gillen was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It existed between 1974 and 1983, and was named after Francis James Gillen, an Australian anthropologist.

Members for Gillen

Member		Party	Term
	Jim Robertson	Country Liberal	1974–1983

1974 Northern Territory general election: Gillen^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country Liberal	Jim Robertson	1,128	65.7
	Labor	Peter Leunig	589	34.3
Total formal votes			1,717	90.2
Informal votes			187	9.8
Turnout			1,904	82.5
	Country Liberal win		(new seat)

1977 Northern Territory general election: Gillen^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country Liberal	Jim Robertson	1,035	49.9
	Labor	John Thomas	808	39.0
	Progress	Peter Johncock	231	11.1
Total formal votes			2,074	97.6
Informal votes			50	2.4
Turnout			2,124	79.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Jim Robertson	1,216	58.6
	Labor	John Thomas	858	41.4
	Country Liberal hold		Swing

1980 Northern Territory general election: Gillen^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Jim Robertson	1,539	68.7	+18.8
	Labor	Rosalie McDonald	701	31.3	−7.7
Total formal votes			2,240	96.2
Informal votes			88	3.8
Turnout			2,328	81.3
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

^ ^a ^b Wade-Marshall, Dean Jaensch, Deborah (1994). Point of order! : the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 1974-1994. Darwin: Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory. ISBN 0731520769.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ 1980 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 June 1980