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Electoral results for the division of MacDonnell

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral division of MacDonnell in Northern Territory elections.

Members for MacDonnell edit

Member Party Term
  Dave Pollock Country Liberal 1974–1977
  Neville Perkins Labor 1977–1981
  Neil Bell Labor 1981–1997
  John Elferink Country Liberal 1997–2005
  Alison Anderson Labor 2005–2009
  Independent 2009–2011
  Country Liberal 2011–2012

Election results edit

Elections in the 2000s edit

2008 Northern Territory general election: MacDonnell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alison Anderson Unopposed
Labor hold Swing
2005 Northern Territory general election: Macdonnell[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alison Anderson 1,445 51.7 +10.2
Country Liberal John Elferink 866 31.0 -27.5
Greens Andrew Longmire 277 9.9 +9.9
Independent Vincent Forrester 129 4.6 +4.6
Independent David Chewings 77 2.8 +2.8
Total formal votes 2,794 92.2 -2.0
Informal votes 235 7.8 +2.0
Turnout 3,029 67.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Alison Anderson 1,727 61.8 +20.3
Country Liberal John Elferink 1,067 38.2 -20.3
Labor gain from Country Liberal Swing +20.3
2001 Northern Territory general election: MacDonnell[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal John Elferink 1,262 52.1 +19.9
Labor Harold Furber 1,006 41.5 +1.5
Country Liberal Philip Alice 156 6.4 +6.4
Total formal votes 2,424 94.2 -1.7
Informal votes 149 5.8 +1.7
Turnout 2,573 61.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal John Elferink 1,418 58.5 +10.1
Labor Harold Furber 1,006 41.5 -10.1
Country Liberal notional gain from Labor Swing +10.1

Elections in the 1990s edit

1997 Northern Territory general election: MacDonnell[4][5]
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
1994 Northern Territory general election: MacDonnell[6]
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
1990 Northern Territory general election: MacDonnell[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Neil Bell 1,131 53.2
Country Liberal Brendan Heenan 542 25.5
Country Liberal Alison Hunt 453 21.3
Total formal votes 2,126 94.8
Informal votes 116 5.2
Turnout 2,242 69.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Neil Bell 1,351 63.5 -1.8
Country Liberal Brendan Heenan 775 36.5 +1.8
Labor hold Swing -1.8

Elections in the 1980s edit

1987 Northern Territory general election: MacDonnell[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Neil Bell 1,116 72.6 +19.1
Country Liberal J. Davis 315 20.5 -17.5
NT Nationals Ron Liddle 106 6.9 +6.9
Total formal votes 1,537 94.7
Informal votes 86 5.3
Turnout 1,623 52.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Neil Bell 1,144 74.9 +15.9
Country Liberal J. Davis 393 25.1 -15.9
Labor hold Swing +15.9
1983 Northern Territory general election: Macdonnell[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Neil Bell 749 53.5
Country Liberal Ian McKinlay 532 38.0
Democrats Ted Hampton 118 8.4
Total formal votes 1,399 95.0
Informal votes 74 5.0
Turnout 1,473 63.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Neil Bell 824 58.9
Country Liberal Ian McKinlay 575 41.1
Labor hold Swing
1981 MacDonnell by-election[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Neil Bell 1,047 67.7 +10.1
Country Liberal Rosalie Kunoth-Monks 499 32.3 -10.1
Total formal votes 1,546 95.6 -0.2
Informal votes 71 4.4 +0.2
Turnout 1,617 66.6 +5.6
Labor hold Swing +10.1
1980 Northern Territory general election: MacDonnell[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Neville Perkins 817 57.6 -3.2
Country Liberal Rosalie Kunoth-Monks 601 42.4 +9.1
Total formal votes 1,418 95.8
Informal votes 62 4.2
Turnout 1,480 61.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1970s edit

1977 Northern Territory general election: MacDonnell[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Neville Perkins 886 60.8
Country Liberal Dave Pollock 485 33.3
Progress Mark Fidler 86 5.9
Total formal votes 1,457 95.7
Informal votes 65 4.3
Turnout 1,522 61.2
Labor gain from Country Liberal Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1974 Northern Territory general election: MacDonnell[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Dave Pollock 535 53.4
Labor Malcolm Wolf 395 39.4
Independent Bruce Beaden 72 7.2
Total formal votes 1,002 92.7
Informal votes 79 7.3
Turnout 1,081 65.2
Country Liberal win (new seat)
  • Preferences were not distributed.

References edit

  1. ^ "Details of NT 2005 Election" (PDF). ABC.
  2. ^ "2005 Legislative Assembly Election Results" (PDF). NTEC.
  3. ^ "Details of NT 2001 Election" (PDF). ABC.
  4. ^ "General assembly results" (PDF). ntec.nt.gov.au. 1997. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  5. ^ "General assembly results" (PDF). psephos.adam-carr.net. 30 August 1997. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  6. ^ 1994 Legislative Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission
  7. ^ Jaensch, Dean (1990). The 1990 elections in the Northern Territory : a statistical analysis. Klemzig, S. Aust.: Polity Publications. ISBN 0949094803.
  8. ^ 1990 Legislative Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission
  9. ^ 1987 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 March 1987
  10. ^ "Legislative Assembly General Election 1983" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  11. ^ P. Loveday, Dean Jaensch (1983). A Landslide Election, the NT 1983. Darwin: ANU North Australia Research Unit. ISBN 0867844396.
  12. ^ "1981 MacDonnell by-election results" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  13. ^ 1980 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 June 1980
  14. ^ a b 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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