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Results of the 1947 Northern Territory general election

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This is a list of electoral district results for the 1947 general election for the Northern Territory Legislative Council in Australia.[1]

Results by electoral district

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Alice Springs

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1947 Northern Territory general election: Alice Springs
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Richard Ward 233 40.4 n/a
Labor Frank Johnson 207 36.9 n/a
Independent Olive Donnellan 88 15.3 n/a
Independent Walter Chalmers 49 8.5 n/a
Total formal votes 577 97.5 n/a
Informal votes 15 2.5 n/a
Turnout 592 80.5 n/a
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor Richard Ward 289 50.1 n/a
Labor Frank Johnson 288 49.1 n/a
Independent win (new seat)

Batchelor

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1947 Northern Territory general election: Batchelor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Fulton 201 44.2 n/a
Independent Frank Kent 158 34.7 n/a
Independent James Newman 96 21.1 n/a
Total formal votes 455 99.3 n/a
Informal votes 3 0.7 n/a
Turnout 458 50.1 n/a
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor William Fulton 241 53.0 n/a
Independent Frank Kent 214 47.0 n/a
Labor win (new seat)

Darwin

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1947 Northern Territory general election: Darwin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Frank Hopkins 566 40.5 n/a
Independent Labor Matthew Luke 240 17.2 n/a
Labor John Meaney 204 14.6 n/a
Independent Patrick McDonald 160 11.4 n/a
Labor John Coleman 142 10.2 n/a
Independent William Seery 160 11.4 n/a
Independent James Kelly 40 2.9 n/a
Total formal votes 1,398 95.9 n/a
Informal votes 60 4.1 n/a
Turnout 1,458 70.1 n/a
After first distribution of preferences
Independent Frank Hopkins 930 66.5 n/a
After second distribution of preferences
Independent Labor Matthew Luke 764 54.6 n/a
Independent win (new seat)

Stuart

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1947 Northern Territory general election: Stuart
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jock Nelson 157 62.3 n/a
Independent John Driver 72 28.6 n/a
Independent Creed Lovegrove 23 9.1 n/a
Total formal votes 252 99.2 n/a
Informal votes 2 0.8 n/a
Turnout 254 61.5 n/a
Labor win (new seat)

Tennant Creek

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1947 Northern Territory general election: Tennant Creek
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Victor Webster 149 57.1 n/a
Labor Owen Rowe 112 42.9 n/a
Total formal votes 261 98.1 n/a
Informal votes 5 1.9 n/a
Turnout 266 88.7 n/a
Independent win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Jaensch, Dean (1990). The Legislative Council of the Northern Territory: An Electoral History 1947–1974. Darwin: Australian National University.