Electoral results for the division of Katherine

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

Members for Katherine

Member		Party	Term
	Mike Reed	Country Liberal	1987–2003
	Fay Miller	Country Liberal	2003–2008
	Willem Westra van Holthe	Country Liberal	2008–2016
	Sandra Nelson	Labor	2016–2020
	Jo Hersey	Country Liberal	2020–present

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1987 Northern Territory general election: Katherine ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Mike Reed	858	45.2	N/A
	NT Nationals	Jim Forscutt	545	28.7	N/A
	Labor	Phil Maynard	497	26.2	N/A
Total formal votes			1,900	96.0	N/A
Informal votes			79	4.0	N/A
Turnout			1,979	73.2	N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Mike Reed	1,062	55.9	N/A
	NT Nationals	Jim Forscutt	838	44.1	N/A
	Country Liberal win		(new seat)

Elections in the 1990s

1990 Northern Territory general election: Katherine ^{[2] [3]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Mike Reed	1,442	53.2	+8.0
	Labor	Phil Maynard	586	21.6	-4.6
	NT Nationals	Jim Forscutt	539	19.9	-8.8
	Independent	Laurie Hughes	145	5.3	+5.3
Total formal votes			2,712	98.3	N/A
Informal votes			47	1.7	N/A
Turnout			2,759	82.5	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Mike Reed	1,926	71.0	+15.1
	Labor	Phil Maynard	786	29.0	+29.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	N/A

1994 Northern Territory general election: Katherine ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Mike Reed	2,127	70.6	+17.4
	Labor	Gabriela Maynard	885	29.4	+7.8
Total formal votes			3,012	95.6	N/A
Informal votes			139	4.4	N/A
Turnout			3,151	84.5	N/A
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	-0.4

1997 Northern Territory general election: Katherine ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Mike Reed	1,984	69.6	-1.0
	Labor	Michael Pierce	583	20.4	-9.0
	Independent	Peter Byers	284	10.0	+10.0
Total formal votes			2,851	95.7	N/A
Informal votes			122	4.3	N/A
Turnout			2,973	74.5	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Mike Reed	2,124	74.5	+4.4
	Labor	Michael Pierce	727	25.5	-4.4
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+4.4

Elections in the 2000s

2001 Northern Territory general election: Katherine ^{[7] [8]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Mike Reed	1,596	52.2	-17.7
	Labor	Michael Peirce	794	26.0	+4.9
	Independent	Tony Coutts	327	10.7	+10.7
	One Nation	Rob Phillips	299	9.8	+9.8
	Independent	John Donnellan	40	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			3,056	96.8	N/A
Informal votes			100	3.2	N/A
Turnout			3,156	82.8	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Mike Reed	1,970	64.5	-9.8
	Labor	Michael Peirce	1,086	35.5	+9.8
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	-9.8

2003 Katherine by-election ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Fay Miller	1,231	41.9	-10.3
	Labor	Sharon Hillen	955	32.5	+6.5
	Independent	Jim Forscutt	524	17.8	+17.8
	Independent	Markus Bader	120	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	Peter Byers	111	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			2,941	95.7	-1.1
Informal votes			133	4.3	+1.1
Turnout			3,074	75.8	-7.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Fay Miller	1,596	54.3	-10.2
	Labor	Sharon Hillen	1,345	45.7	+10.2
	Country Liberal hold		Swing

2005 Northern Territory general election: Katherine ^{[10] [11]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Fay Miller	1,930	52.6	-1.3
	Labor	Sharon Hillen	1,736	47.4	+21.7
Total formal votes			3,666	96.5	N/A
Informal votes			133	3.5	N/A
Turnout			3,799	81.8	N/A
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	-12.7

2008 Northern Territory general election: Katherine ^{[12] [13]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Willem Westra van Holthe	1,836	50.9	−1.7
	Labor	Sharon Hillen	1,131	31.4	−15.8
	Independent	Toni Tapp Coutts	638	17.7	+17.7
Total formal votes			3,605	96.6	N/A
Informal votes			126	3.4	N/A
Turnout			3,731	75.8	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Willem Westra van Holthe	2,106	58.4	+5.7
	Labor	Sharon Hillen	1,499	41.6	−5.7
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+5.7

Elections in the 2010s

2012 Northern Territory general election: Katherine ^{[14] [15]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Willem Westra van Holthe	2,729	66.1	+15.1
	Labor	Cerise King	864	20.9	−10.5
	Independent	Teresa Cummings	537	13.0	+13.0
Total formal votes			4,130	98.2	N/A
Informal votes			77	1.8	N/A
Turnout			4,207	81.3	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Willem Westra van Holthe	2,984	72.3	+13.8
	Labor	Cerise King	1,146	27.7	−13.8
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+13.8

2016 Northern Territory general election: Katherine ^{[16] [17]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Willem Westra van Holthe	1,434	35.2	−30.9
	Labor	Sandra Nelson	1,274	31.3	+10.4
	1 Territory	Braedon Earley	744	18.3	+18.3
	Independent	Dean David	285	7.0	+7.0
	Shooters and Fishers	Chris Righton	278	6.8	+6.8
	Independent	Leon Cellier	58	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			4,073	98.4	N/A
Informal votes			66	1.6	N/A
Turnout			4,139	78.3	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Sandra Nelson	1,843	50.5	+22.7
	Country Liberal	Willem Westra van Holthe	1,810	49.5	−22.7
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+22.7

Elections in the 2020s

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

2020 Northern Territory general election: Katherine ^{[18] [19]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kate Ganley	1,281	33.0	+2.1
	Country Liberal	Jo Hersey	1,264	32.5	−1.7
	Territory Alliance	Melanie Usher	1,132	29.1	+29.1
	Independent	Clinton Booth	209	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			3,886	96.3	N/A
Informal votes			151	3.7	N/A
Turnout			4,037	70.2	N/A
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Jo Hersey	2,041	52.5	+4.1
	Labor	Kate Ganley	1,845	47.5	−4.1
	Country Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.1

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