Electoral division of Ludmilla

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Ludmilla was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. One of the Legislative Assembly's original electorates, it was first contested at the 1974 election and was abolished in 1990. It was named after the Darwin suburb of Ludmilla.

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Members for Ludmilla

MemberPartyTerm
  Roger Steele Country Liberal 1974–1983
  Col Firmin Country Liberal 1983–1990
  Independent 1990–1990

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Northern Territory general election: Ludmilla [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Roger Steele 56936.4
Labor Hazel Robertson45028.8
Independent Edward D'Ambrosio
Brian Smith
Grahame Stewart
William Sullivan		54534.9
Total formal votes1,56495.2
Informal votes784.8
Turnout 1,64280.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Roger Steele 78557.3
Labor Hazel Robertson58642.7
Country Liberal win(new seat)
1977 Northern Territory general election: Ludmilla [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Roger Steele 88946.9
Labor Christopher Draffin74539.3
Progress Terry Johnson26213.8
Total formal votes1,89697.7
Informal votes452.3
Turnout 1,94179.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Roger Steele 1,05355.5
Labor Christopher Draffin84344.5
Country Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

1980 Northern Territory general election: Ludmilla [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Roger Steele 1,28458.5+11.6
Labor Kay Spurr73933.7-5.6
Independent Roy Barden1737.9+7.9
Total formal votes2,19697.8
Informal votes502.2
Turnout 2,24682.4
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A
1983 Northern Territory general election: Ludmilla [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Col Firmin 1,11758.2
Labor Allan O'Neil80341.8
Total formal votes1,92097.3
Informal votes522.7
Turnout 1,97285.3
Country Liberal hold Swing
1987 Northern Territory general election: Ludmilla [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Col Firmin 74940.8-17.4
Labor Chris McMah44924.5-17.3
NT Nationals Brian Thomas42323.1+23.1
Independent Sydney Cross21311.6+11.6
Total formal votes1,83496.6
Informal votes653.4
Turnout 1,89963.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Liberal Col Firmin 1,21266.1
NT Nationals Brian Thomas62233.9
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
  3. ↑ "Legislative Assembly General Election 1983" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ↑ 1987 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 March 1987
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