Northern Territory general election, 1983

Northern Territory general election, 1983

3 December 1983

All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly   First party Second party   Leader Paul Everingham Bob Collins Party Country Liberal Labor Leader since 13 August 1977 2 November 1981 Leader's seat Jingili Arafura Last election 11 seats 7 seats Seats won 19 seats 6 seats Seat change 8 1 Percentage 58.2% 35.6% Swing 8.2 3.8

Chief Minister before election Paul Everingham Country Liberal Elected Chief Minister Paul Everingham Country Liberal

A general election was held in the Northern Territory, Australia on Saturday 3 December 1983. The result was a landslide victory for the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP) under Chief Minister Paul Everingham over the Australian Labor Party (ALP) opposition under Opposition leader Bob Collins.

For this election, the size of the assembly was increased from 19 to 25.

The only independent of the Legislative Assembly, Dawn Lawrie, lost her seat of Nightcliff at this election to the CLP.

Retiring MPs

CLP

• Les MacFarlane MLA (Elsey)

Results

Northern Territory general election, 3 December 1983[1] Legislative Assembly << 1980 — 1987 >>
Enrolled voters		62,178
Votes cast		50,716		Turnout	81.6%	+3.6%
Informal votes		1,532		Informal	3.0%	–0.2%
Summary of votes by party
Party		Primary votes	%	Swing	Seats	Change
	Country Liberal	28,637	58.2%	+8.2%	19	+ 8
	Labor	17,505	35.6%	–3.8%	6	– 1
	Independent	2,155	4.4%	–3.7%	0	– 1
	Democrats	887	1.8%	+0.9%	0	± 0
Total		49,184			25

Candidates

Sitting members are in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

Electorate	Held by	Labor Candidate	CLP Candidate	Other Candidates
Arafura	New	Bob Collins	Robert Woodward	Kevin Doolan (Dem)
Araluen	New	Allen Joy	Jim Robertson	Goff Letts (Ind)
Arnhem	Labor	Wes Lanhupuy	David Amos David Daniels	Klaus Roth (Dem)
Barkly	CLP	Charles Hallett	Ian Tuxworth
Berrimah	New	Colin Young	Barry Coulter
Braitling	New	Ross Kerridge	Roger Vale
Casuarina	CLP	Lionel Crompton	Nick Dondas
Elsey	CLP	Trevor Surplice	Roger Steele	James Forscutt (Ind)
Fannie Bay	Labor	Pam O'Neil	Marshall Perron	Gerald Luck (Ind)
Flynn	New	Peter Hughes	Ray Hanrahan	Pamela Gardiner (Ind)
Jingili	CLP	Martin Jacob	Paul Everingham
Koolpinyah	New	Robert Wesley-Smith	Noel Padgham-Purich	Murray Leeder (Dem) Michael Sanderson (Ind)
Leanyer	New	John Waters	Mick Palmer
Ludmilla	CLP	Allan O'Neil	Col Firmin
Macdonnell	Labor	Neil Bell	Ian McKinlay	Ted Hampton (Dem)
Millner	Labor	Terry Smith	Lorraine Palfy	Christopher Fenner (Ind)
Nhulunbuy	Labor	Dan Leo	Kevin Graetz
Nightcliff	Independent	Colin Dyer	Stephen Hatton	Dawn Lawrie (Ind)
Port Darwin	CLP	Russel Kearney	Tom Harris
Sadadeen	New	Morgan Flint	Denis Collins
Sanderson	Labor	June D'Rozario	Daryl Manzie
Stuart	CLP	Brian Ede	Bobby Liddle
Victoria River	Labor	Dennis Bree	Terry McCarthy* Ronald Wright	Jack Doolan (Ind) Maurie Ryan (Dem)
Wagaman	New	Brian Reid	Fred Finch
Wanguri	New	Pat Burke	Don Dale	Edward Miller (Ind)

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.