2013 Wanguri by-election

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2013 Wanguri by-election
Flag of the Northern Territory.svg
16 February 2013
 First partySecond party
  Nicole Manison 2017.jpg CountryLiberal Placeholder.png
Candidate Nicole Manison Rhianna Harker
Party Labor Country Liberal
Popular vote2,4281,059
Percentage65.2%28.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg 8.2ppDecrease2.svg 14.6pp
TPP 69.5%30.6%
TPP swingIncrease2.svg 12.4ppDecrease2.svg 12.4pp

MP before election

Paul Henderson
Labor

Elected MP

Nicole Manison
Labor

A by-election for the seat of Wanguri in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 16 February 2013. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor Party (ALP) member and former Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Paul Henderson on 25 January 2013, following the defeat of Henderson's government at the 2012 territory election. [1]

Contents

Candidates

Nominations for the by-election closed on 1 February 2013. Rhianna Harker, who contested Wanguri at the 2012 general election, was endorsed by the Country Liberal Party as its candidate. [2] The Australian Labor Party candidate was Nicole Manison. [3] Peter Rudge contested the by-election as an independent candidate—he had previously stood as a candidate for Nightcliff in the 2012 election. [4]

Results

Wanguri by-election, 2013 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Nicole Manison 2,42865.2+8.2
Country Liberal Rhianna Harker1,05928.4−14.6
Independent Peter Rudge2376.4+6.4
Total formal votes3,72496.4–1.7
Informal votes1413.6+1.7
Turnout 3,86577.5−11.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Nicole Manison 2,58569.4+12.4
Country Liberal Rhianna Harker1,13930.6−12.4
Labor hold Swing +12.4

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