Electoral results for the division of Goyder

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral division of Goyder in Northern Territory elections.

Members for Goyder

Member		Party	Term
	Terry McCarthy	Country Liberal	1990–2001
	Peter Maley	Country Liberal	2001–2005
		Independent	2005
	Ted Warren	Labor	2005–2008
	Kezia Purick	Country Liberal	2008–2015
		Independent	2015–present

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1990 Northern Territory general election: Goyder ^{[1] [2]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Terry McCarthy	1,069	42.7	N/A
	Labor	Jack Ah Kit	568	22.7	N/A
	Independent	Kezia Purick	330	13.2	N/A
	NT Nationals	Ian Tuxworth	238	9.5	N/A
	Independent	Thomas Starr	185	7.4	N/A
	Greens	Louise Size	116	4.6	N/A
Total formal votes			2,506	96.7	N/A
Informal votes			86	3.3	N/A
Turnout			2,592	83.3	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Terry McCarthy	1,644	65.6	N/A
	Labor	Jack Ah Kit	862	34.4	N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Terry McCarthy	1,355	54.1	N/A
	Independent	Kezia Purick	1,151	45.9	N/A
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1994 Northern Territory general election: Goyder ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Terry McCarthy	1,781	53.7	+11.0
	Labor	Jamie Johnson	1,040	31.4	+8.7
	Independent	Gerry Wood	495	14.9	+14.9
Total formal votes			3,316	97.6	+0.9
Informal votes			80	2.4	-0.9
Turnout			3,396	82.4	-0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Terry McCarthy	2,181	65.8	+0.2
	Labor	Jamie Johnson	1,135	34.2	-0.2
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+0.2

1997 Northern Territory general election: Goyder ^{[4] [5]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Terry McCarthy	1,845	59.4	+5.7
	Labor	Wayne Connop	1,070	34.4	+3.0
	Independent	Strider	191	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			3,106	95.9	-1.7
Informal votes			134	4.1	+1.7
Turnout			3,240	83.0	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Terry McCarthy	1,915	61.7	+1.0
	Labor	Wayne Connop	1,191	38.3	-1.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections in the 2000s

2001 Northern Territory general election: Goyder ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Peter Maley	2,092	57.7	-3.9
	Labor	Alan Smith	986	27.2	-5.7
	One Nation	Merv Stewart	273	7.5	+7.5
	Independent	Diana Rickard	272	7.5	+7.5
Total formal votes			3,623	96.7	+1.0
Informal votes			122	3.3	-1.0
Turnout			3,745	85.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Peter Maley	2,313	63.8	+0.1
	Labor	Alan Smith	1,310	36.2	-0.1
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+0.1

2005 Northern Territory general election: Goyder ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ted Warren	1,376	35.7	+11.1
	Country Liberal	Keith Phasey	1,359	35.3	-21.4
	Independent	Mary Walshe	534	13.9	+13.9
	Independent	Andrew Blackadder	339	8.8	+8.8
	Greens	Diana Rickard	246	6.4	+6.4
Total formal votes			3,854	96.7	+0.3
Informal votes			133	3.3	-0.3
Turnout			3,987	88.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ted Warren	1,989	51.6	+16.4
	Country Liberal	Keith Phasey	1,865	48.4	-16.4
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+16.4

2008 Northern Territory general election: Goyder ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Kezia Purick	2,183	58.4	+7.9
	Labor	Ted Warren	1,556	41.6	−7.9
Total formal votes			3,739	95.7	−1.0
Informal votes			169	4.3	+1.0
Turnout			3,908	83.2
	Country Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+7.9

Elections in the 2010s

2012 Northern Territory general election: Goyder ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Kezia Purick	2,731	62.2	+3.8
	Labor	Damian Smith	1,291	29.4	−12.2
	One Nation	John Kearney	368	8.4	+8.4
Total formal votes			4,391	96.9	+1.2
Informal votes			142	3.1	−1.2
Turnout			4,533	85.2	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Kezia Purick	2,929	66.7	+8.3
	Labor	Damian Smith	1,462	33.3	−8.3
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+8.3

2016 Northern Territory general election: Goyder ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kezia Purick	2,496	55.0	+55.0
	Country Liberal	Carolyn Reynolds	919	20.2	−41.4
	Labor	Mick Taylor	860	18.9	−11.0
	Greens	Billee McGinley	188	4.1	+3.7
	Citizens Electoral Council	Peter Flynn	76	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			4,539	98.3	+1.5
Informal votes			78	1.7	−1.5
Turnout			4,617	82.6	−3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mick Taylor	1,679	52.0	+18.0
	Country Liberal	Carolyn Reynolds	1,551	48.0	−18.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Kezia Purick	3,109	75.3	+75.3
	Country Liberal	Carolyn Reynolds	1,020	24.7	−41.3
	Independent gain from Country Liberal		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 2020s

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Northern Territory general election § Goyder.[ edit ]

2020 Northern Territory general election: Goyder ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Kezia Purick	1,459	31.1	−23.9
	Country Liberal	Phil Battye	1,289	27.5	+7.2
	Territory Alliance	Rachael Wright	614	13.1	+13.1
	Labor	Mick Taylor	590	12.6	−6.4
	Independent	Pauline Cass	283	6.0	+6.0
	Independent	Ted Warren	249	5.3	+5.3
	Greens	Karen Fletcher	147	3.1	−1.0
	Independent	Trevor Jenkins	64	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			4,695	96.1	N/A
Informal votes			189	3.9	N/A
Turnout			4,884	87.5	N/A
Two-party-preferred result [lower-alpha 1] [18]
	Country Liberal	Phil Battye	3,024	64.4	+16.4
	Labor	Mick Taylor	1,671	35.6	−16.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Kezia Purick	2,665	56.8	−18.5
	Country Liberal	Phil Battye	2,030	43.2	+18.5
	Independent hold		Swing	−18.5

2024 Northern Territory general election: Goyder

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Belinda Kolstad
	Country Liberal	Andrew Mackay
	Labor
Total formal votes
Informal votes
Turnout
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Andrew Mackay
	Labor
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Belinda Kolstad
	Country Liberal	Andrew Mackay
	TBD win		Swing

Notes

1. Estimated two-party count by Antony Green.

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