Electoral division of Gillen

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Gillen was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It existed between 1974 and 1983, and was named after Francis James Gillen, an Australian anthropologist.

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Members for Gillen

MemberPartyTerm
  Jim Robertson Country Liberal 1974–1983

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Northern Territory general election: Gillen [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Jim Robertson 1,12865.7
Labor Peter Leunig58934.3
Total formal votes1,71790.2
Informal votes1879.8
Turnout 1,90482.5
Country Liberal win(new seat)
1977 Northern Territory general election: Gillen [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Jim Robertson 1,03549.9
Labor John Thomas80839.0
Progress Peter Johncock23111.1
Total formal votes2,07497.6
Informal votes502.4
Turnout 2,12479.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Jim Robertson 1,21658.6
Labor John Thomas85841.4
Country Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

1980 Northern Territory general election: Gillen [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Jim Robertson 1,53968.7+18.8
Labor Rosalie McDonald70131.3-7.7
Total formal votes2,24096.2
Informal votes883.8
Turnout 2,32881.3
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. ↑ 1980 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 June 1980
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