Northern Territory general election, 1974

Northern Territory general election, 1974
19 October 1974 (1974-10-19)
All 19 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly

  First party
 
Leader Goff Letts
Party Country Liberal
Leader's seat Victoria River
Seats won 17 seats
Percentage 49.0%
Elected Majority Leader

Goff Letts
Country Liberal

The first general election for the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday 19 October 1974, and was won by the Country Liberal Party (CLP), formed a few months earlier from the merger of the territorial Country and Liberal parties.

The CLP won 49.01% of the vote, the Labor Party won 30.46% and independent candidates won 20.54%. The Country Liberals took 17 of the 19 assembly seats. The other two were held by independents; Dawn Lawrie won the seat of Nightcliff, and Ron Withnall won the seat of Port Darwin. Despite finishing second in the vote count, Labor was not represented in the assembly.

As the territory was still being prepared for self-government, Country Liberal Leader Goff Letts took the post of Majority Leader, while a seven-person "executive" managed internal affairs.

Results

Northern Territory general election, 19 October 1974[1]
Legislative Assembly
–1977 >>

Enrolled voters 39,027
Votes cast 29,428 Turnout 75.4%
Informal votes 1,493 Informal 5.1%
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change
  Country Liberal 13,690 49.0% 17 + 17
  Labor 8,508 30.5% 0 ± 0
  Independent 5,737 20.5% 2 + 2
Total 27,935     19  
Popular vote
Country Liberal
 
 49.0%
Labor
 
 30.5%
Independents
 
 20.5%
Two-party-preferred vote
Country Liberal
 
 89.5%
Independents
 
 10.5%

Candidates

Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Electorate Labor Candidate CLP Candidate Independent Candidates
 
Alice SpringsJean LeunigBernie KilgariffAlan Gray
ArnhemElizabeth PearceRupert Kentish
BarklyEric MarksIan Tuxworth
CasuarinaAllan DunstanNick DondasRobert McGahey
Dudley Orr
ElseyKevin FrazerLes MacFarlaneLeslie James
James Martin
Fannie BayJames BowditchGrant TamblingEleanor Fisher
John McCormack
GillenPeter LeunigJim Robertson
JingiliThomas BellPaul Everingham
LudmillaHazel RobertsonRoger SteeleEdward D'Ambrosio
Brian Smith
Grahame Stewart
William Sullivan
MacdonnellDave PollockBruce Breaden
Malcolm Wolf
MillnerJack HuntRoger RyanWilliam Forrest
John Quinn
NhulunbuyJohn FlynnMilton BallantyneWilliam Hendry
NightcliffEdward EllisAlfred HooperDawn Lawrie
Port DarwinJames GallacherWilliam JettnerBrian Manning
Ron Withnall*
SandersonMark PhelanLiz AndrewAlexander Allan-Stewart
Herbert Sinclair
StuartHarry NelsonRoger ValeReginald Harris
Stuart ParkGeoffrey LovedayMarshall PerronWilliam Fisher
John McNamee
TiwiJohn NixonHyacinth TungutalumPeter Lawrence
Robert Oaten
Noel Padgham-Purich
Lou Stewart
Victoria RiverGoff LettsWiyendji Nunggula
Charles Renfrey

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  • Jaensch, Dean; Wade-Marshall, Deborah (1984). Northern Territory Electoral Atlas 1974–1984. Australian National University/Flinders University. ISBN 0959924698.

See also

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