Results of the 1997 Northern Territory general election

Northern Territory general election, 30 August 1997^[1] Legislative Assembly << 1994–2001 >>
Enrolled voters		101,886
Votes cast		80,479		Turnout	79.0	–1.7%
Informal votes		4,161		Informal	5.0%	+1.2%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Country Liberal	41,722	54.7%	+2.8%	18	+1
	Labor	29,365	38.5%	-2.9%	7	±0
	Independent	4,327	5.7%	–1.0%	0	–1
	Democrats	484	0.6%	+0.6%	0	± 0
	Greens	420	0.6%	+0.6%	0	± 0
Total		76,318			25
Two-party-preferred
	Country Liberal		57.9%	+1.6
	Labor		42.1%	–1.6

This is a list of electoral division results for the Northern Territory 1997 General Election in Australia.

Results by electoral division

Arafura

1997 Northern Territory general election: Arafura^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maurice Rioli	1,552	59.0	−1.7
	Country Liberal	Jacob Nayinggul	1,078	41.0	+25.6
Total formal votes			2,630	93.3
Informal votes			188	6.7
Turnout			2,818	66.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−19.0

Araluen

1997 Northern Territory general election: Araluen
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Eric Poole	2,065	69.2	−0.9
	Labor	Lilliah McCulloch	919	30.8	+0.9
Total formal votes			2,984	93.1
Informal votes			223	6.9
Turnout			3,207	84.1
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−0.9

Arnhem

1997 Northern Territory general election: Arnhem
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Ah Kit	1,037	43.9	−30.6
	Country Liberal	Alan Wright	841	35.6	+10.1
	Independent	Lance Lawrence	277	11.7	+11.7
	Greens	Thomas Maywundjiwuy	208	8.8	+8.8
Total formal votes			2,363	92.0
Informal votes			207	8.0
Turnout			2,570	62.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Ah Kit	1,365	57.8	−16.7
	Country Liberal	Alan Wright	998	42.2	+16.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−16.7

Barkly

1997 Northern Territory general election: Barkly
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Maggie Hickey	1,591	56.8	+11.3
	Country Liberal	Mark John	1,118	39.9	−6.2
	Independent	Barry Nattrass	93	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			2,802	94.8
Informal votes			153	5.2
Turnout			2,955	74.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Maggie Hickey	1,625	58.0	+6.0
	Country Liberal	Mark John	1,177	42.0	−6.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.0

Blain

1997 Northern Territory general election: Blain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Barry Coulter	2,491	73.8	+14.7
	Labor	Richard Bawden	884	26.2	−8.2
Total formal votes			3,375	92.9
Informal votes			257	7.1
Turnout			3,632	88.8
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+11.8

Braitling

1997 Northern Territory general election: Braitling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Loraine Braham	1,870	66.4	−4.5
	Labor	Peter Brooke	947	33.6	+4.5
Total formal votes			2,817	93.1
Informal votes			208	6.9
Turnout			3,025	79.8
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−4.5

Brennan

1997 Northern Territory general election: Brennan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Denis Burke	2,747	74.3	+21.9
	Labor	Stephen Bennett	950	25.7	−8.4
Total formal votes			3,697	94.3	−2.1
Informal votes			222	5.7	+2.1
Turnout			3,919	86.7
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+13.3

Casuarina

1997 Northern Territory general election: Casuarina
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Peter Adamson	1,828	56.7	+1.3
	Labor	Douglas McLeod	1,226	38.0	−6.6
	Independent	Timothy Stewart	169	5.2	+5.2
Total formal votes			3,223	96.0
Informal votes			134	4.0
Turnout			3,357	82.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Peter Adamson	1,866	57.9	+3.0
	Labor	Douglas McLeod	1,357	42.1	−3.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+3.0

Drysdale

1997 Northern Territory general election: Drysdale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Stephen Dunham	1,844	57.0	−3.1
	Labor	Paul Nieuwenhoven	908	28.0	−11.9
	Democrats	Stuart Edwards	484	14.9	+14.9
Total formal votes			3,236	95.5
Informal votes			154	4.5
Turnout			3,390	85.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Sephen Dunham	2,048	63.3	+3.0
	Labor	Paul Nieuwenhoven	1,188	36.7	−3.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+3.0

Fannie Bay

1997 Northern Territory general election: Fannie Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clare Martin	1,782	53.0	+10.9
	Country Liberal	Michael Kilgariff	1,582	47.0	−10.9
Total formal votes			3,364	95.7
Informal votes			150	4.3
Turnout			3,514	84.1
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+10.9

Goyder

1997 Northern Territory general election: Goyder
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Terry McCarthy	1,845	59.4	+5.7
	Labor	Wayne Connop	1,070	34.4	+3.0
	Independent	Strider	191	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			3,106	95.9	−1.7
Informal votes			134	4.1	+1.7
Turnout			3,240	83.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Terry McCarthy	1,915	61.7	+1.0
	Labor	Wayne Connop	1,191	38.3	−1.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+1.0

Greatorex

1997 Northern Territory general election: Greatorex
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Richard Lim	1,853	60.5	+16.6
	Labor	Peter Kavanagh	1,211	39.5	+10.1
Total formal votes			3,231	94.8
Informal votes			167	5.2
Turnout			3,398	89.7
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−1.8

Jingili

1997 Northern Territory general election: Jingili
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Steve Balch	1,570	50.9	−3.4
	Labor	Catherine Phillips	1,093	35.4	−10.3
	Independent	Stephen Barnes	310	10.0	+10.0
	Independent	Ross Forday	110	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			3,083	96.1
Informal votes			124	3.9
Turnout			3,207	84.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Steve Balch	1,748	56.7	+2.7
	Labor	Catherine Phillips	1,335	43.3	−2.7
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+2.7

Karama

1997 Northern Territory general election: Karama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Mick Palmer	1,811	51.7	+0.9
	Labor	John Tobin	1,692	48.3	+4.6
Total formal votes			3,503	95.8
Informal votes			154	4.2
Turnout			3,657	85.5
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−1.3

Katherine

1997 Northern Territory general election: Katherine
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Mike Reed	1,984	69.6	−1.0
	Labor	Michael Pierce	583	20.4	−9.0
	Independent	Peter Byers	284	10.0	+10.0
Total formal votes			2,851	95.7
Informal votes			122	4.3
Turnout			2,973	74.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Mike Reed	2,124	74.5	+4.4
	Labor	Michael Pierce	727	25.5	−4.4
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+4.4

MacDonnell

1997 Northern Territory general election: MacDonnell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	John Elferink	945	36.1	+2.0
	Labor	Mark Wheeler	906	34.6	−31.3
	Independent	Kenneth Lechleitner	767	29.3	+29.3
Total formal votes			2,618	95.0
Informal votes			137	5.0
Turnout			2,755	63.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	John Elferink	1,383	52.8	+18.7
	Labor	Mark Wheeler	1,235	47.2	−18.7
	Country Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+18.7

Millner

1997 Northern Territory general election: Millner
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Phil Mitchell	1,782	53.8	+6.8
	Labor	Peter O'Hagan	1,133	34.2	−8.2
	Greens	June Mills	212	6.4	+6.4
	Independent	Ian Mills	187	5.6	+5.6
Total formal votes			3,314	94.8
Informal votes			183	5.2
Turnout			3,497	78.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Phil Mitchell	1,945	58.7	+7.8
	Labor	Peter O'Hagan	1,369	41.3	−7.8
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+7.8

Nelson

1997 Northern Territory general election: Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	1,461	44.5	+0.8
	Independent	Dave Tollner	1,174	35.8	+35.8
	Labor	Theresa Francis	646	19.7	−5.0
Total formal votes			3,281	96.6	−1.3
Informal votes			116	3.4	+1.3
Turnout			3,397	87.8
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	2,122	64.7	+7.8
	Labor	Theresa Francis	1,159	35.3	−7.8
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Chris Lugg	1,661	50.6	+3.7
	Independent	Dave Tollner	1,620	49.4	+49.4
	Country Liberal gain from Independent		Swing	+3.7

Nhulunbuy

1997 Northern Territory general election: Nhulunbuy
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Syd Stirling	1,880	72.1	+17.5
	Country Liberal	Richard Davey	728	27.9	−17.5
Total formal votes			2,608	93.9
Informal votes			170	6.1
Turnout			2,778	66.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+17.5

Nightcliff

1997 Northern Territory general election: Nightcliff
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Stephen Hatton	1,792	49.1	−7.2
	Labor	Paul Henderson	1,411	38.7	+1.0
	Independent	Betty McCleary	360	9.9	+9.9
	Independent	Theo Katapodis	84	2.3	+2.3
Total formal votes			3,647	97.0
Informal votes			114	3.0
Turnout			3,761	87.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Stephen Hatton	1,991	54.6	−4.4
	Labor	Paul Henderson	1,656	45.4	+4.4
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	−4.4

Port Darwin

1997 Northern Territory general election: Port Darwin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Shane Stone	2,083	64.5	+4.3
	Labor	Geoffrey Carter	827	25.6	−7.0
	Independent	Lex Martin	321	9.9	+9.9
Total formal votes			3,231	95.5
Informal votes			153	4.5
Turnout			3,384	84.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Shane Stone	2,164	67.0	+5.0
	Labor	Geoffrey Carter	1,067	33.0	−5.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+5.0

Sanderson

1997 Northern Territory general election: Sanderson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Daryl Manzie	1,992	59.3	+2.2
	Labor	Michael Atkinson	1,369	40.7	−2.2
Total formal votes			3,361	94.5
Informal votes			196	5.5
Turnout			3,557	83.7
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+2.2

Stuart

1997 Northern Territory general election: Stuart
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Toyne	1,190	51.5	−0.4
	Country Liberal	John Bohning	1,120	48.5	+0.4
Total formal votes			2,310	93.8
Informal votes			152	6.2
Turnout			2,462	62.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.4

Victoria River

1997 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Tim Baldwin	1,771	66.1	+15.4
	Labor	Paul La Fontaine	909	33.9	−8.3
Total formal votes			2,680	93.3
Informal votes			193	6.7
Turnout			2,873	69.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+12.1

Wanguri

1997 Northern Territory general election: Wanguri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Bailey	1,649	52.0	+0.4
	Country Liberal	Peter Styles	1,521	48.0	−0.4
Total formal votes			3,170	95.5
Informal votes			150	4.5
Turnout			3,320	85.1
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

References

^ "Legislative Assembly General Election 1997". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
^ Carr, Adam. "NT 1997 Legislative Assembly". Psephos' Election Archive.

[1] "Legislative Assembly General Election 1997". Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

[2] Carr, Adam. "NT 1997 Legislative Assembly". Psephos' Election Archive.

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Results by electoral division

Arafura

Araluen

Arnhem

Barkly

Blain

Braitling

Brennan

Casuarina

Drysdale

Fannie Bay

Goyder

Greatorex

Jingili

Karama

Katherine

MacDonnell

Millner

Nelson

Nhulunbuy

Nightcliff

Port Darwin

Sanderson

Stuart

Victoria River

Wanguri

See also

References