1994 Northern Territory general election

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1994 Northern Territory general election
Flag of the Northern Territory.svg
  1990 4 June 1994 (1994-06-04) 1997  

All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout80.7 (Decrease2.svg 0.9 pp)
 First partySecond party
 
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Leader Marshall Perron Brian Ede
Party Country Liberal Labor
Leader since14 July 19882 November 1990
Leader's seat Fannie Bay Stuart
Last election14 seats9 seats
Seats won177
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote38,26630,507
Percentage51.9%41.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.1Increase2.svg 4.8
TPP 56.3%43.7%
TPP Decrease2.svg 0.7Increase2.svg 0.7

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Chief Minister before election

Marshall Perron
Country Liberal

Elected Chief Minister

Marshall Perron
Country Liberal

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.

Contents

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

Results

1717
CLPIndLabor
Summary of the results of the 1994 Northern Territory general election, Legislative Assembly [1]
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PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Country Liberal 38,26651.91Increase2.svg 3.0817+3
Labor 30,50741.38Increase2.svg 4.747-2
Independents4,3385.88Decrease2.svg 0.901-1
Greens 5520.75Decrease2.svg 2.300±0
Democrats 580.08New0±0
Total73,721100.0025
Valid votes73,72196.19
Invalid/blank votes2,9173.81+0.7
Total votes76,638100.00
Registered voters/turnout95,00780.67-0.9
Country Liberal 41,48556.27
Labor 32,23643.73
Total73,721100.00
Popular vote
Country Liberal
51.91%
Labor
41.38%
Others
0.83%
Independents
5.88%
Two-party-preferred vote
Country Liberal
56.30%
Labor
43.70%
Seats
Country Liberal
68.00%
Labor
28.00%
Independents
4.00%

Candidates

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

ElectorateHeld by Labor CLP Other
Arafura Labor Maurice Rioli Lothar SiebertColin Newton (Ind)
Araluen CLP Mescal Yates Eric Poole
Arnhem Labor Wes Lanhupuy Veronica Januschka
Barkly Labor Maggie Hickey Paul RugerGeoffrey 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

SeatPre-1994SwingPost-1994
PartyMemberMarginMarginMemberParty
Greatorex  Independent Denis Collins 2.514.812.3 Richard Lim Country Liberal 
Millner  Labor Ken Parish 6.77.91.2 Phil Mitchell Country Liberal 
Victoria River  Labor Gary Cartwright 1.55.94.4 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 CLP1.2
Jingili Rick Setter CLP4.3
Karama Mick Palmer CLP4.3
Victoria River Tim Baldwin CLP4.4
Casuarina Peter Adamson CLP5.4
Fairly safe
Fannie Bay Marshall Perron CLP7.9
Sanderson Daryl Manzie CLP7.1
Nightcliff Stephen Hatton CLP9.6
Safe
Leanyer Fred Finch CLP10.1
Brennan Denis Burke CLP11.9
Greatorex Richard Lim CLP12.3
Port Darwin Shane Stone CLP12.7
Palmerston Barry Coulter CLP12.9
Goyder Terry McCarthy CLP15.8
Very safe
Araluen Eric Poole CLP20.1
Katherine Mike Reed CLP20.6
Braitling Loraine Braham CLP21.0
Labor seats
Marginal
Barkly Maggie Hickey ALP1.6
Wanguri John Bailey ALP1.6
Stuart Brian Ede ALP1.8
Nhulunbuy Syd Stirling ALP4.6
Fairly safe
Safe
Arafura Maurice Rioli ALP15.3
Macdonnell Neil Bell ALP15.9
Very safe
Arnhem Wes Lanhupuy ALP24.5
Independent seats
Nelson Noel Padgham-Purich IND3.1 v CLP

References

  1. Wade-Marshall, Dean Jaensch, Deborah (1994). The 1994 elections in the Northern Territory : a statistical analysis. Darwin: North Australia Research Unit. ISBN   0949094137.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)