Electoral division of Flynn

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Flynn was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It existed between 1983 and 1990 and was named after John Flynn, founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

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Members for Flynn

MemberPartyTerm
  Ray Hanrahan Country Liberal 1983–1988
  Enzo Floreani NT Nationals 1988–1990

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983 Northern Territory general election: Flynn [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Ray Hanrahan 130667.7
Labor Peter Hughes56429.2
Independent Pamela Gardeiner603.1
Total formal votes1,93096.7
Informal votes653.3
Turnout 1,99582.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Ray Hanrahan 1,33669.2
Labor Peter Hughes59430.8
Country Liberal hold Swing
1987 Northern Territory general election: Flynn [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Ray Hanrahan 82950.6-17.1
NT Nationals Jacqueline Anderson41225.1+25.1
Labor John Omond39924.3-4.9
Total formal votes1,64096.7
Informal votes563.3
Turnout 1,69663.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Ray Hanrahan 1,13269.00.0
Labor John Omond50831.00.0
Country Liberal hold Swing 0.0
1988 Flynn by-election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Di Shanahan69439.3+15.0
NT Nationals Enzo Floreani 55331.3+6.2
Country Liberal June Tuzewski52029.4-21.2
Total formal votes2,94195.7-1.1
Informal votes1334.3+1.1
Turnout 3,07475.8-7.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
NT Nationals Enzo Floreani 97955.4+55.4
Labor Di Shanahan78844.6+13.6
NT Nationals gain from Country Liberal Swing N/A

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References

  1. ↑ "Legislative Assembly General Election 1983" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ↑ P. Loveday, Dean Jaensch (1983). A Landslide Election, the NT 1983. Darwin: ANU North Australia Research Unit. ISBN   0867844396.
  3. ↑ 1987 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 March 1987
  4. ↑ "Flynn By-Election 1988 Results" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
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