Electoral division of Tiwi

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Tiwi 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 existed until 1983. It was named after the Tiwi Islands.

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Members for Tiwi

MemberPartyTerm
  Hyacinth Tungutalum Country Liberal 1974–1977
  Noel Padgham-Purich Country Liberal 1977–1983

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Northern Territory general election: Tiwi [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Hyacinth Tungutalum 45445.4
Independent Peter Lawrence
Robert Oaten
Noel Padgham-Purich
Lou Stewart		39139.1
Labor John Nixon15615.6
Total formal votes1,00194.3
Informal votes615.7
Turnout 1,06267.6
Country Liberal win(new seat)
1977 Northern Territory general election: Tiwi [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Harry Maschke
Bernard Tipiloura		49542.5
Country Liberal Noel Padgham-Purich
Cyril Rioli		39333.7
Independent Terrence O'Brien
Strider		14312.3
Progress George Ryan13411.5
Total formal votes1,16589.1
Informal votes14210.9
Turnout 1,30777.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Noel Padgham-Purich 61252.5
Labor 55347.5
Country Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

1980 Northern Territory general election: Tiwi [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Liberal Noel Padgham-Purich 97351.5+17.8
Labor Harry Maschke81343.1+0.6
Marijuana Jenny Smither723.8+3.8
Independent Len McAlear301.6+1.6
Total formal votes1,88893.7
Informal votes1276.3
Turnout 2,01582.5
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.
  2. ↑ 1980 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 June 1980


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