1994 Northern Territory general election
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A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday 4 June 1994, and was won by the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP). Marshall Perron continued as Chief Minister.
Independent Noel Padgham-Purich retained her seat of Nelson while Independent Denis Collins lost his seat of Greatorex to the CLP.
Retiring MPs
Country Liberal
- Nick Dondas MLA (Casuarina)
- Roger Vale MLA (Braitling)
Results
17 | 1 | 7 |
CLP | Ind | Labor |
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | +/– | |
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Country Liberal | 38,266 | 51.91 | 3.08 | 17 | +3 | |
Labor | 30,507 | 41.38 | 4.74 | 7 | -2 | |
Independents | 4,338 | 5.88 | 0.90 | 1 | -1 | |
Greens | 552 | 0.75 | 2.30 | 0 | ±0 | |
Democrats | 58 | 0.08 | New | 0 | ±0 | |
Total | 73,721 | 100.00 | – | 25 | – | |
Valid votes | 73,721 | 96.19 | ||||
Invalid/blank votes | 2,917 | 3.81 | +0.7 | |||
Total votes | 76,638 | 100.00 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 95,007 | 80.67 | -0.9 |
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Candidates
Sitting members are listed in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.
Electorate | Held by | Labor candidate | CLP candidate | Other candidates |
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Arafura | Labor | Maurice Rioli | Lothar Siebert | Colin Newton (Ind) |
Araluen | CLP | Mescal Yates | Eric Poole | |
Arnhem | Labor | Wes Lanhupuy | Veronica Januschka | |
Barkly | Labor | Maggie Hickey | Paul Ruger | Geoffrey Freeman (Ind) |
Braitling | CLP | Charles Carter | Loraine Braham | |
Brennan | CLP | Geoffrey Carter | Denis Burke | Max Ortmann (Ind) |
Casuarina | CLP | Clare Martin | Peter Adamson | |
Fannie Bay | CLP | Sue Bradley | Marshall Perron | |
Goyder | CLP | Jamie Johnson | Terry McCarthy | Gerry Wood (Ind) |
Greatorex | Independent | Kerrie Nelson | Richard Lim | Denis Collins (Ind) |
Jingili | CLP | Ted Warren | Rick Setter | |
Karama | CLP | John Tobin | Mick Palmer | Christopher Inskip (Ind) Goncalo Pinto (Dem) |
Katherine | CLP | Gabriela Maynard | Mike Reed | |
Leanyer | CLP | Cossimo Russo | Fred Finch | |
MacDonnell | Labor | Neil Bell | Pamela Waudby | |
Millner | Labor | Ken Parish | Phil Mitchell | Ilana Eldridge (Grn) |
Nelson | Independent | Wayne Connop | Chris Lugg | Noel Padgham-Purich (Ind) |
Nhulunbuy | Labor | Syd Stirling | Michael O'Shea | |
Nightcliff | CLP | Paul Henderson | Stephen Hatton | Robert Adams (Dem) |
Palmerston | CLP | Kevin Diflo | Barry Coulter | David Elliott (Ind) |
Port Darwin | CLP | Rodney Haritos | Shane Stone | Andrea Jones (Grn) |
Sanderson | CLP | Denise Horvath | Daryl Manzie | |
Stuart | Labor | Brian Ede | John Bohning | |
Victoria River | Labor | Gary Cartwright | Tim Baldwin | John Noble (Ind) |
Wanguri | Labor | John Bailey | Steve Balch |
Seats changing hands
Seat | Pre-1994 | Swing | Post-1994 | ||||||
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Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
Greatorex | Independent | Denis Collins | 2.5 | 14.8 | 12.3 | Richard Lim | Country Liberal | ||
Millner | Labor | Ken Parish | 6.7 | 7.9 | 1.2 | Phil Mitchell | Country Liberal | ||
Victoria River | Labor | Gary Cartwright | 1.5 | 5.9 | 4.4 | Tim Baldwin | Country Liberal |
Post-election pendulum
The following pendulum is known as the Mackerras pendulum, invented by psephologist Malcolm Mackerras. The pendulum works by lining up all of the seats held in the Legislative Assembly according to the percentage point margin they are held by on a two-party-preferred basis. This is also known as the swing required for the seat to change hands. Given a uniform swing to the opposition or government parties, the number of seats that change hands can be predicted.
Country Liberal seats | |||
Marginal | |||
Millner | Phil Mitchell | CLP | 1.2 |
Jingili | Rick Setter | CLP | 4.3 |
Karama | Mick Palmer | CLP | 4.3 |
Victoria River | Tim Baldwin | CLP | 4.4 |
Casuarina | Peter Adamson | CLP | 5.4 |
Fairly safe | |||
Fannie Bay | Marshall Perron | CLP | 7.9 |
Sanderson | Daryl Manzie | CLP | 7.1 |
Nightcliff | Stephen Hatton | CLP | 9.6 |
Safe | |||
Leanyer | Fred Finch | CLP | 10.1 |
Brennan | Denis Burke | CLP | 11.9 |
Greatorex | Richard Lim | CLP | 12.3 |
Port Darwin | Shane Stone | CLP | 12.7 |
Palmerston | Barry Coulter | CLP | 12.9 |
Goyder | Terry McCarthy | CLP | 15.8 |
Very safe | |||
Araluen | Eric Poole | CLP | 20.1 |
Katherine | Mike Reed | CLP | 20.6 |
Braitling | Loraine Braham | CLP | 21.0 |
Labor seats | |||
Marginal | |||
Barkly | Maggie Hickey | ALP | 1.6 |
Wanguri | John Bailey | ALP | 1.6 |
Stuart | Brian Ede | ALP | 1.8 |
Nhulunbuy | Syd Stirling | ALP | 4.6 |
Fairly safe | |||
Safe | |||
Arafura | Maurice Rioli | ALP | 15.3 |
Macdonnell | Neil Bell | ALP | 15.9 |
Very safe | |||
Arnhem | Wes Lanhupuy | ALP | 24.5 |
Independent seats | |||
Nelson | Noel Padgham-Purich | IND | 3.1 v CLP |
References
- ^ Wade-Marshall, Dean Jaensch, Deborah (1994). The 1994 elections in the Northern Territory : a statistical analysis. Darwin: North Australia Research Unit. ISBN 0949094137.
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