Electoral division of Alice Springs

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Alice Springs
Northern Territory—Legislative Assembly
Territory Northern Territory
Created1947 (Legislative Council)
1974 (Legislative Assembly)
Namesake Alice Springs

Alice Springs was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. Originally created for the Legislative Council in 1947, the seat had 735 electors and elected a single member. It became one of the Legislative Assembly's original electorates and was contested at the 1974 election, and was named after the town of Alice Springs. It was abolished in 1983 and replaced by the new seats of Araluen, Braitling and Sadadeen.

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Members for Alice Springs

Legislative Council

MemberPartyTerm
  Lionel Rose Independent 1962–1965
  North Australia 1965
 Charles Orr Labor 1965–1971

Legislative Assembly

MemberPartyTerm
  Bernie Kilgariff Country Liberal 1974–1975
  Eric Manuell Country Liberal 1976–1977
  Rod Oliver Country Liberal 1977–1979
  Independent 1979–1980
  Denis Collins Country Liberal 1980–1983

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Northern Territory general election: Alice Springs [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Bernie Kilgariff 1,31972.2N/A
Labor Jean Leunig37720.6N/A
Independent Alan Gray1317.2N/A
Total formal votes1,82794.5N/A
Informal votes1065.5N/A
Turnout 1,93375.7N/A
Country Liberal win(new seat)
1976 Alice Springs by-election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Eric Manuell 87453.2-19.0
Labor Piper60236.6+16.0
Independent Alan Gray16810.2+3.0
Total formal votes1,64497.2+2.7
Informal votes482.8-2.7
Turnout 1,69266.2-9.5
Country Liberal hold Swing
1977 Northern Territory general election: Alice Springs [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Rod Oliver 92951.1N/A
Labor Rosalie McDonald64435.4N/A
Progress Brian Evans24513.5N/A
Total formal votes1,81896.9N/A
Informal votes593.1N/A
Turnout 1,87773.0N/A
Country Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

1980 Northern Territory general election: Alice Springs [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Denis Collins 99943.8-7.3
Independent Rod Oliver 62027.1+27.1
Labor Ted Hampton50522.1-13.3
Independent Dave Pollock 1587.1+7.1
Total formal votes2,28297.4N/A
Informal votes602.6N/A
Turnout 2,34278.0N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Liberal Denis Collins 1,17051.3N/A
Independent Rod Oliver 1,11248.7N/A
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A

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References

  1. 1 2 Wade-Marshall, Dean Jaensch, Deborah (1994). Point of order! : the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 1974-1994. Darwin: Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory. ISBN   0731520769.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ 1976 Alice Springs By-Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 February 1976
  3. ↑ 1980 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 June 1980
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