2006 Stuart by-election

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2006 Stuart by-election
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23 September 2006
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Labor Placeholder.png CountryLiberal Placeholder.png
IND
Candidate Karl Hampton Rex Granites Japanangka Gary Cartwright
Party Labor Country Liberal Independent
Popular vote1,180420 [lower-alpha 1] 287
Percentage57.1%20.4%13.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg 14.2ppDecrease2.svg 8.4ppIncrease2.svg 13.9pp
TPP 67.6%32.4%
TPP swingDecrease2.svg 3.7ppIncrease2.svg 3.7pp

MP before election

Peter Toyne
Labor

Elected MP

Karl Hampton
Labor

A by-election for the seat of Stuart in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 23 September 2006. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor member Peter Toyne, the Minister for Health, on 29 August 2006 due to ill health. The seat had been held by the Labor Party since 1983, with Toyne as the member since 1996.

The Labor Party selected indigenous policy adviser Karl Hampton as its candidate. The opposition Country Liberal Party endorsed two candidates, while three independents also contested, including the CLP's 2005 candidate Anna Machado. Hampton easily won the by-election.

Results

Stuart by-election, 2006 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Karl Hampton 1,18057.1-14.2
Independent Gary Cartwright 28713.9+13.9
Country Liberal Rex Granites Japanangka23311.3§
Country Liberal Lloyd Spencer-Nelson1869.0§
Independent Anna Machado1577.6+7.6
Independent Peter Wilson221.1+1.1
Total formal votes2,06586.4-9.0
Informal votes32413.6+9.0
Turnout 2,38953.9-5.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Karl Hampton 1,39667.6-3.7
Country Liberal Rex Granites Japanangka66932.4+3.7
Labor hold Swing -3.7

§ The combined CLP vote was 20.3%, a decrease of 8.4% from the 2005 result.

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References

  1. The CLP endorsed two candidates, Rex Granites Japanangka and Lloyd Spencer Nelson, who finished third and fourth, respectively (although after the distribution of preferences, the former made the two-party-preferred contest). The figures shown are the combined totals of both candidates.
  1. 2006 Stuart by-election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 23 September 2006