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Registered | 1,332 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 91.22% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2004 Norfolk Island legislative election was held on 20 October 2004 to elect the 11th Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly, the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island.
The election was held three months after the murder of Assembly member Ivens Buffett, who also served as Deputy Chief Minister and Lands Minister. His seat remained vacant until the election. [1]
Geoff Gardner remained Chief Minister following the election. [2]
Electors each had nine equal votes, which could be divided in any way between candidates, but no more than four votes could be given to any particular individual candidate. This variation of cumulative voting is called "weighted first past the post". [3]
14 candidates contested the election. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Geoff Gardner (elected) | 1,809 | 17.22 | ||
Independent | Tim Sheridan (elected) | 1,436 | 13.67 | ||
Independent | Neville Christian (elected) | 949 | 9.04 | ||
Independent | Lorraine Boudan (elected) | 838 | 7.98 | ||
Independent | Ron Nobbs (elected) | 810 | 7.71 | ||
Independent | David Buffett (elected) | 755 | 7.19 | ||
Independent | John Brown (elected) | 674 | 6.42 | ||
Independent | Vicky Jack (elected) | 652 | 6.21 | ||
Independent | Tim Brown (elected) | 628 | 5.98 | ||
Independent | Chloe Barbara Nicholas | 566 | 5.39 | ||
Independent | Ric Newton Ion Robinson | 512 | 4.87 | ||
Independent | John Walsh | 426 | 4.06 | ||
Independent | Terence Jope | 226 | 2.15 | ||
Independent | Craig Andrew Robinson | 222 | 2.11 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,503 | 100.0 | |||
Total formal ballots | 1,167 | 96.05 | |||
Informal votes | 48 | 3.95 | |||
Turnout | 1,215 | 91.22 |
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