Electoral division of Wagaman

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Wagaman was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It existed from 1983 to 1987 and was named after the Darwin suburb of Wagaman.

Members for Wagaman

Member		Party	Term
	Fred Finch	Country Liberal	1983–1987

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983 Northern Territory general election: Wagaman^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country Liberal	Fred Finch	1,265	61.1
	Labor	Brian Reid	807	38.9
Total formal votes			2,072	97.3
Informal votes			58	2.7
Turnout			2,130	89.2
	Country Liberal hold		Swing

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References

↑ "Legislative Assembly General Election 1983" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
↑ 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)

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[1] "Legislative Assembly General Election 1983" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

[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)

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