Electoral division of Koolpinyah

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Koolpinyah was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It existed from 1983 to 1990 when it was replaced by Nelson.

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Members for Koolpinyah

MemberPartyTerm
  Noel Padgham-Purich Country Liberal 1983–1987
  Independent 1987–1990

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983 Northern Territory general election: Koolpinyah [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Noel Padgham-Purich 1,39762.5
Labor Robert Wesley-Smith52323.4
Independent Michael Sanderson1757.8
Democrats Murray Leeder1396.2
Total formal votes2,23498.5
Informal votes351.5
Turnout 2,26986.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Noel Padgham-Purich 1,56670.1
Labor Robert Wesley-Smith66829.9
Country Liberal hold Swing
1987 Northern Territory general election: Koolpinyah [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Noel Padgham-Purich 73932.6+32.6
Labor Peter Ivinson54524.0+0.6
NT Nationals David Loveridge49721.9+21.9
Country Liberal Pat Loftus48821.5-41.0
Total formal votes2,26998.1
Informal votes431.9
Turnout 2,31278.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Noel Padgham-Purich 1,56168.8+68.8
NT Nationals David Loveridge70831.2+31.2
Independent 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
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