Results of the 1984 Australian federal election in territories

This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1984 federal election for the Australian Capital Territory  and the Northern Territory.

Australian Capital Territory

1984 Australian federal election
(Australian Capital Territory)

5 March 1984
Both Australian Capital Territory seats in the Australian House of Representatives and both seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Bob Hawke Andrew Peacock Party Labor Coalition Last election 2 seats 0 seats Seats won 2 0 Seat change Popular vote 71,637 43,225 Percentage 53.34% 32.19% Swing 10.56 0.15 TPP 61.96% 38.04% TPP swing 3.53 3.53

Turnout 94.1% (CV) — Informal 2.9%

Party		Votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Labor	71,637	53.34	-10.56	2
	Liberal	43,225	32.19	+0.15	0
	Democrats	10,225	7.61
	Nuclear Disarmament	4,945	3.68
	Deadly Serious	2,826	2.10	-0.86
	Independents	1,435	1.07	-0.03
Total		134,293			5
Two-party-preferred vote
	Labor	83,207	61.96	-3.53	2
	Liberal	51,074	38.04	3.53	0
Invalid/blank votes		7,204	5.09	2.88
Turnout		141,497	94.07
Registered voters		150,416
Source: Federal Election Results 1949-1993

Canberra

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Canberra § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Canberra 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ros Kelly	33,454	51.6	−10.4
	Liberal	Gary Humphries	21,667	33.4	−1.2
	Nuclear Disarmament	Robyn Hancock	4,945	7.6	+7.6
	Democrats	Fiona Richardson	4,087	6.3	+6.3
	Deadly Serious	Joanne Hansen	724	1.1	−2.3
Total formal votes			64,877	95.8
Informal votes			2,829	4.2
Turnout			67,706	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ros Kelly	39,946	61.6	−2.1
	Liberal	Gary Humphries	24,931	38.4	+2.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.1

Fraser

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Fraser (Australian Capital Territory) § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Fraser

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Langmore	38,183	55.0	−10.0
	Liberal	John McLaren	21,558	31.1	+0.9
	Democrats	Andrew Freeman	6,138	8.8	+8.8
	Deadly Serious	Rozalyn Daniell	2,102	3.0	+0.5
	Independent	Emile Brunoro	737	1.1	+1.1
	Independent	Kevin Wise	353	0.5	−1.7
	Independent	Arthur Burns	345	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			69,416	94.1
Informal votes			4,375	5.9
Turnout			73,791	94.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	John Langmore	43,261	62.3	−5.1
	Liberal	John McLaren	26,143	37.7	+5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.1

Northern Territory

1984 Australian federal election
(Northern Territory)

5 March 1984
The one Northern Territory seat in the Australian House of Representatives and both seats in the Australian Senate
First party Second party   Leader Andrew Peacock Bob Hawke Party Coalition Labor Last election 0 seats 1 seat Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 27,335 25,140 Percentage 48.8% 44.9% Swing 2.0 1.7 TPP 51.4% 48.6% TPP swing 3.3 3.3

Northern Territory

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Northern Territory § 1984.[edit]

1984 Australian federal election: Northern Territory 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Paul Everingham	27,335	48.8	+2.0
	Labor	John Reeves	25,140	44.9	−1.7
	Democrats	Wiyendji Roberts	1,906	3.4	−0.1
	Independent	Phil Ward	1,191	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	Strider	390	0.7	+0.1
Total formal votes			55,962	95.1
Informal votes			2,909	4.9
Turnout			58,871	85.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Paul Everingham	28,747	51.4	+3.3
	Labor	John Reeves	27,194	48.6	−3.3
	Country Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+3.3

See also

• Results of the 1984 Australian federal election (House of Representatives)
• Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1984–1987