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The 2001 Norfolk Island legislative election was held on 29 November 2001 to elect the 10th Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly, the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island.
The election, which was initially scheduled for 2003, was called early instead following the results of the early election referendum. [1]
Following the elections, Geoff Gardner replaced Ronald Nobbs as Chief Minister on 5 December. [2]
Source: [3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Geoff Gardner (elected) | 930 | 10.06 | ||
| Independent | David Buffett (elected) | 859 | 9.29 | ||
| Independent | Ivens Buffett (elected) | 712 | 7.70 | ||
| Independent | George Smith (elected) | 656 | 7.10 | ||
| Independent | Graeme Donaldson (elected) | 646 | 6.99 | ||
| Independent | Stephanie Jack (elected) | 546 | 5.91 | ||
| Independent | Chloe Nicholas (elected) | 519 | 5.62 | ||
| Independent | John Brown (elected) | 504 | 5.45 | ||
| Independent | Ronald Nobbs (elected) | 491 | 5.31 | ||
| Independent | Neville Christian | 488 | 5.28 | ||
| Independent | Adrian Cook | 480 | 5.19 | ||
| Independent | Colleen Evans | 435 | 4.71 | ||
| Independent | Bruce Walker | 351 | 3.80 | ||
| Independent | Alan McCoy | 311 | 3.36 | ||
| Independent | Brian Bates | 309 | 33.4 | ||
| Independent | William Sanders | 305 | 3.30 | ||
| Independent | Michael Perkins | 261 | 2.82 | ||
| Independent | Nadia Cuthbertson | 261 | 2.82 | ||
| Independent | Graeme Woolley | 179 | 1.94 | ||
| Total formal votes | 9,243 | 100.0 | |||
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