Elsey was an electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia. One of the original divisions, it was first contested in 1974 and was abolished in 1987. It was named after Elsey National Park. It was largely replaced by the new and considerably smaller electorate of Katherine, as population growth in the town of Katherine had resulted in the removal of much of the rural area of the electorate in the 1986 electoral redistribution.[1]
Members for Elsey
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Les MacFarlane | Country Liberal | 1974–1983 | |
Roger Steele | Country Liberal | 1983–1987 |
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country Liberal | Les MacFarlane | 800 | 63.5 | ||
Labor | Kevin Frazer | 362 | 28.8 | ||
Independent | Leslie James James Martin |
97 | 7.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,259 | 95.5 | |||
Informal votes | 60 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,319 | 70.0 | |||
Country Liberal win | (new seat) |
- Preferences were not distributed.
- The number of votes each individual Independent received is unknown.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country Liberal | Les MacFarlane | 617 | 44.2 | ||
Independent | Davis Daniels Patricia Davies |
696 | 49.8 | ||
Progress | Deidre Killen | 84 | 6.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,397 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 26 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,423 | 69.0 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country Liberal | Les MacFarlane | 726 | 52.0 | ||
Independent | 671 | 48.0 | |||
Country Liberal hold | Swing |
- The number of votes each individual Independent received is unknown.
- The independent candidate that came second on preferences is unknown.
Elections in the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country Liberal | Les MacFarlane | 879 | 45.0 | +0.8 | |
Labor | Maged Aboutaleb | 580 | 29.7 | +29.7 | |
Independent | James Forscutt | 188 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
Independent | Patricia Davies | 174 | 8.9 | ||
Independent | Laurence Hughes | 93 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Independent | R.T. Reilly | 38 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 1,952 | 96.4 | |||
Informal votes | 73 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,025 | 74.6 | |||
After distribution of preferences | |||||
Country Liberal | Les MacFarlane | 1,014 | 51.9 | ||
Labor | Maged Aboutaleb | 655 | 33.6 | ||
Independent | James Forscutt | 283 | 14.5 | ||
Country Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed to completion.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country Liberal | Roger Steele | 978 | 49.7 | ||
Labor | Trevor Surplice | 540 | 27.5 | ||
Independent | James Forscutt | 448 | 22.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,966 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 47 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,013 | 81.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country Liberal | Roger Steele | 1,294 | 65.8 | ||
Labor | Trevor Surplice | 672 | 34.2 | ||
Country Liberal hold | Swing |
References
- ^ Jaensch, Dean; Loveday, Peter. Challenge from the Nationals: The Territory Election 1987 (PDF). pp. 132, 201.
- ^ 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.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ 1980 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 June 1980
- ^ "Legislative Assembly General Election 1983" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 August 2020.