Electoral results for the division of Victoria River

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

Members for Victoria River[edit]

Member Party Term
  Goff Letts Country Liberal 1974–1977
  Jack Doolan Labor 1977–1983
  Terry McCarthy Country Liberal 1983–1990
  Gary Cartwright Labor 1990–1994
  Tim Baldwin Country Liberal 1994–2001

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1970s[edit]

1974 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Goff Letts 717 69.7
Independent Wiyendji Nunggula
Charles Renfrey 		312 30.3
Total formal votes 1,029 94.4
Informal votes 61 5.6
Turnout 1,090 62.6
Country Liberal win (new seat)
  • Preferences were not distributed.
  • The number of votes each individual Independent received is unknown.
1977 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Doolan 690 50.0 +50.0
Country Liberal Goff Letts 589 42.7 –27.0
Progress Frank Favaro 100 7.3 +7.3
Total formal votes 1,379 95.8 +1.4
Informal votes 61 4.2 –1.4
Turnout 1,440 67.7 –5.1
Labor gain from Country Liberal Swing +50.0
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1980s[edit]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Doolan 872 52.6 +2.6
Country Liberal John Millhouse 606 36.6 -6.1
Independent Bronte Douglass 98 5.9 +5.9
Independent Jack McCarthy 82 5.0 +5.0
Total formal votes 1,658 94.8
Informal votes 91 5.2
Turnout 1,749 72.6
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1983 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Terry McCarthy 615 38.1 N/A
Labor Dennis Bree 425 26.3 –26.3
Country Liberal Ronald Wright 326 20.2 N/A
Democrats Maurie Ryan 155 9.6 +9.6
Independent Labor Jack Doolan 95 5.9 +5.9
Total formal votes 1,616 92.8
Informal votes 125 7.2
Turnout 1,741 75.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Terry McCarthy 1,053 65.2 +28.6
Labor Dennis Bree 563 34.9 –17.7
Country Liberal gain from Independent Labor Swing +28.6
1987 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Terry McCarthy 936 58.4 +0.1
Labor Leon White 466 29.1 +2.8
NT Nationals Ronald Wright 130 8.1 +8.1
Independent Lance Lawrence 71 4.4 +4.4
Total formal votes 1,603 94.9
Informal votes 86 5.1
Turnout 1,689 65.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Terry McCarthy 1,072 66.9 +2.9
Labor Leon White 531 33.1 -2.9
Country Liberal hold Swing +2.9

Elections in the 1990s[edit]

1990 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gary Cartwright 1,252 51.5 +11.0
Country Liberal Stephen Dunham 1,181 48.5 -11.0
Total formal votes 2,433 97.0
Informal votes 74 3.0
Turnout 2,507 73.6
Labor gain from Country Liberal Swing +11.5
1994 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Tim Baldwin 1,380 50.8 +2.3
Labor Gary Cartwright 1,148 42.2 -9.3
Independent John Noble 191 7.0 +7.0
Total formal votes 2,719 95.9
Informal votes 116 4.1
Turnout 2,835 73.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Tim Baldwin 1,480 54.4 +5.9
Labor Gary Cartwright 1,239 45.6 -5.9
Country Liberal gain from Labor Swing +5.9
1997 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[8][9]
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

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ 1980 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 June 1980
  3. ^ "Legislative Assembly General Election 1983" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ 1987 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 March 1987
  5. ^ Jaensch, Dean (1990). The 1990 elections in the Northern Territory : a statistical analysis. Klemzig, S. Aust.: Polity Publications. ISBN 0949094803.
  6. ^ 1990 Legislative Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission
  7. ^ 1994 Legislative Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission
  8. ^ "General assembly results" (PDF). ntec.nt.gov.au. 1997. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  9. ^ "General assembly results" (PDF). psephos.adam-carr.net. 30 August 1997. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
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