Results of the 1994 Northern Territory general election

Northern Territory general election, 4 June 1994 Legislative Assembly << 1990–1997 >>
Enrolled voters		95,007
Votes cast		76,638		Turnout	80.7%
Informal votes		2,917		Informal	3.8%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Country Liberal	38,266	51.9%	+3.1%	17	+3
	Labor	30,507	41.4%	+4.7%	7	–2
	Independent	4,338	5.9%	–0.8%	1	–1
	Greens	552	0.8%	–2.2%	0	± 0
	Democrats	58	0.1%	+0.1%	0	± 0
Total		73,721			25
Two-party-preferred
	Country Liberal	41,485	56.3%	–0.7
	Labor	32,236	43.7%	+0.7

This is a list of electoral division results for the Northern Territory 1994 General Election in Australia.

Results by electoral division

Arafura

1994 Northern Territory general election: Arafura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice Rioli	1,381	60.8	−6.3
	Independent	Colin Newton	540	23.8	+23.8
	Country Liberal	Lothar Siebert	349	15.4	−17.5
Total formal votes			2,270	90.4
Informal votes			240	9.6
Turnout			2,510	67.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maurice Rioli	1,481	65.3	−1.8
	Country Liberal	Lothar Siebert	789	34.7	+1.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.8

• The two candidate preferred vote was not counted between the Labor and Independent candidates for Arafura.

Araluen

1994 Northern Territory general election: Araluen

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Eric Poole	2,091	70.1	+13.0
	Labor	Mescal Yates	892	29.9	+11.5
Total formal votes			2,983	95.5
Informal votes			140	4.5
Turnout			3,123	83.4
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−0.5

Arnhem

1994 Northern Territory general election: Arnhem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Wes Lanhupuy	1,723	74.5	+18.7
	Country Liberal	Veronica Januschka	590	25.5	−7.4
Total formal votes			2,313	94.4
Informal votes			136	5.6
Turnout			2,449	62.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+13.3

Barkly

1994 Northern Territory general election: Barkly

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Paul Ruger	1,358	46.2	+13.8
	Labor	Maggie Hickey	1,338	45.5	+2.1
	Independent	Geoffrey Freeman	246	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			2,942	95.8
Informal votes			128	4.2
Turnout			3,070	78.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maggie Hickey	1,519	51.6	+1.1
	Country Liberal	Paul Ruger	1,423	48.4	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.1

Braitling

1994 Northern Territory general election: Braitling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Loraine Braham	2,183	71.0	+10.1
	Labor	Charles Carter	894	29.0	+10.5
Total formal votes			3,077	96.1
Informal votes			126	3.9
Turnout			3,203	82.4
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+2.4

Brennan

1994 Northern Territory general election: Brennan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Denis Burke	1,660	52.4	+8.0
	Labor	Geoffrey Carter	1,079	34.1	+2.9
	Independent	Max Ortmann	428	13.5	+13.5
Total formal votes			3,167	96.4	−0.4
Informal votes			117	3.6	+0.4
Turnout			3,284	82.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Denis Burke	1,960	61.9	+1.8
	Labor	Geoffrey Carter	1,207	38.1	−1.8
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+1.8

Casuarina

1994 Northern Territory general election: Casuarina

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Peter Adamson	1,650	55.4	−0.7
	Labor	Clare Martin	1,328	44.6	+7.8
Total formal votes			2,978	96.1
Informal votes			119	3.9
Turnout			3,097	87.3
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−6.1

Fannie Bay

1994 Northern Territory general election: Fannie Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Marshall Perron	1,695	57.9	−0.2
	Labor	Sue Bradley	1,232	42.1	+15.3
Total formal votes			2,927	96.7
Informal votes			99	3.3
Turnout			3,026	87.2
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−2.1

Goyder

1994 Northern Territory general election: Goyder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Terry McCarthy	1,781	53.7	+11.0
	Labor	Jamie Johnson	1,040	31.4	+8.7
	Independent	Gerry Wood	495	14.9	+14.9
Total formal votes			3,316	97.6	+0.9
Informal votes			80	2.4	−0.9
Turnout			3,396	82.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Terry McCarthy	2,181	65.8	+0.2
	Labor	Jamie Johnson	1,135	34.2	−0.2
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

Greatorex

1994 Northern Territory general election: Greatorex

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Richard Lim	1,371	43.9	+12.2
	Labor	Kerrie Nelson	918	29.4	+7.7
	Independent	Denis Collins	835	26.7	−5.0
Total formal votes			3,124	98.2
Informal votes			56	1.8
Turnout			3,180	85.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Richard Lim	1,945	62.3	−10.8
	Labor	Kerrie Nelson	1,179	37.7	+10.8
	Country Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	N/A

Jingili

1994 Northern Territory general election: Jingili

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Rick Setter	1,745	54.3	−4.3
	Labor	Ted Warren	1,467	45.7	+10.5
Total formal votes			3,212	94.8
Informal votes			175	5.2
Turnout			3,387	86.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−4.9

Karama

1994 Northern Territory general election: Karama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Mick Palmer	1,533	50.8	−4.5
	Labor	John Tobin	1,320	43.7	+6.3
	Independent	Christopher Inskip	107	3.6	+3.6
	Democrats	Goncalo Pinto	58	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			3,018	96.6
Informal votes			107	3.4
Turnout			3,125	86.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Mick Palmer	1,640	54.3	−6.5
	Labor	John Tobin	1,378	45.7	+6.5
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−6.5

Katherine

1994 Northern Territory general election: Katherine

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Mike Reed	2,127	70.6	+17.4
	Labor	Gabriela Maynard	885	29.4	+7.8
Total formal votes			3,012	95.6
Informal votes			139	4.4
Turnout			3,151	84.5
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−0.4

Leanyer

1994 Northern Territory general election: Leanyer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Fred Finch	1,912	60.1	+1.6
	Labor	Cossimo Russo	1,269	39.9	+4.1
Total formal votes			3,181	96.1
Informal votes			129	3.9
Turnout			3,310	86.5
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−1.8

MacDonnell

1994 Northern Territory general election: MacDonnell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Neil Bell	1,682	65.9	+12.7
	Country Liberal	Pamela Waudby	870	34.1	+8.6
Total formal votes			2,552	96.5
Informal votes			93	3.5
Turnout			2,645	66.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.4

Millner

1994 Northern Territory general election: Millner

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Phil Mitchell	1,445	47.0	+3.7
	Labor	Ken Parish	1,305	42.4	−14.3
	Greens	Ilana Eldridge	325	10.6	+10.6
Total formal votes			3,075	96.4
Informal votes			114	3.6
Turnout			3,189	82.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Phil Mitchell	1,574	51.2	+7.9
	Labor	Ken Parish	1,501	48.8	−7.9
	Country Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.9

Nelson

1994 Northern Territory general election: Nelson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	1,528	43.7	+23.7
	Independent	Noel Padgham-Purich	1,102	31.5	−9.5
	Labor	Wayne Connop	864	24.7	−8.1
Total formal votes			3,494	97.9	−0.4
Informal votes			76	2.1	+0.4
Turnout			3,570	89.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Phil Mitchell	1,574	66.6	−7.3
	Labor	Ken Parish	1,501	33.4	+7.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Noel Padgham-Purich	1,855	53.1	−10.6
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	1,639	46.9	+10.6
	Independent hold		Swing	−10.6

Nhulunbuy

1994 Northern Territory general election: Nhulunbuy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Syd Stirling	1,350	54.6	−4.5
	Country Liberal	Michael O'Shea	1,124	45.4	+4.5
Total formal votes			2,474	94.3
Informal votes			149	5.7
Turnout			2,623	70.6
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.5

Nightcliff

1994 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Stephen Hatton	1,692	56.3	−4.1
	Labor	Paul Henderson	1,135	37.8	+15.3
	Democrats	Robert Adams	180	6.0	+6.0
Total formal votes			3,007	97.1
Informal votes			89	2.9
Turnout			3,096	84.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Stephen Hatton	1,792	59.6	−2.5
	Labor	Paul Henderson	1,215	40.4	+2.5
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−2.5

Palmerston

1994 Northern Territory general election: Palmerston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Barry Coulter	1,938	59.1	+2.0
	Labor	Kevin Diflo	1,129	34.4	+2.9
	Independent	David Elliott	214	6.5	+6.5
Total formal votes			3,281	97.6
Informal votes			81	2.4
Turnout			3,362	87.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Barry Coulter	2,063	62.9	+1.2
	Labor	Kevin Diflo	1,218	37.1	−1.2
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+1.2

Port Darwin

1994 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Shane Stone	1,909	60.3	+6.8
	Labor	Rodney Haritos	1,032	32.6	+10.7
	Greens	Andrea Jones	227	7.2	−14.0
Total formal votes			3,168	97.4
Informal votes			83	2.6
Turnout			3,251	83.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Shane Stone	1,988	62.7	−1.1
	Labor	Rodney Haritos	1,180	37.3	+1.1
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−1.1

Sanderson

1994 Northern Territory general election: Sanderson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Daryl Manzie	1,699	57.1	+3.2
	Labor	Denise Horvath	1,274	42.9	+11.4
Total formal votes			2,973	96.8
Informal votes			98	3.2
Turnout			3,071	86.9
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−1.9

Stuart

1994 Northern Territory general election: Stuart

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Brian Ede	1,228	51.8	−2.8
	Country Liberal	John Bohning	1,140	48.2	+23.5
Total formal votes			2,368	95.2
Informal votes			118	4.8
Turnout			2,486	66.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−7.9

Victoria River

1994 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Tim Baldwin	1,380	50.8	+2.3
	Labor	Gary Cartwright	1,148	42.2	−9.3
	Independent	John Noble	191	7.0	+7.0
Total formal votes			2,719	95.9
Informal votes			116	4.1
Turnout			2,835	73.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Tim Baldwin	1,480	54.4	+5.9
	Labor	Gary Cartwright	1,239	45.6	−5.9
	Country Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.9

Wanguri

1994 Northern Territory general election: Wanguri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Bailey	1,594	51.6	−4.6
	Country Liberal	Steve Balch	1,496	48.4	+4.6
Total formal votes			3,090	96.6
Informal votes			109	3.4
Turnout			3,199	86.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.6

See also

• 1994 Northern Territory general election
• Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly, 1994–1997