Northern Territory general election, 2001
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A general election was held in the Northern Territory, Australia, on 18 August 2001. The centre-left Australian Labor Party (ALP), led by Clare Martin, won a surprising victory over the Country Liberal Party (CLP). Before this, the CLP had held 18 out the 25 seats in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly to the ALP's 7. After this election, the ALP held the majority with 13 seats to the CLP's 10, consigning the CLP to opposition for the first time since the Territory gained responsible government Martin became Chief Minister, succeeding the CLP's Denis Burke.
While the CLP won a bare majority of the two-party vote, Labor picked up a significant swing in the Darwin area. Labor took all but one seat in the capital, including all seven seats in the more diverse northern part of the city. In the process, Labor unseated four sitting MLAs. The result was not known for several days, in part due to a very close race in Millner between CLP incumbent Phil Mitchell and Labor challenger Matthew Bonson. Ultimately, Bonson won by a knife-edge margin of 82 votes, giving Labor a bare majority.
Two independents won seats at this election. Former CLP member Loraine Braham won the seat of Braitling and Gerry Wood won the seat of Nelson.
Retiring MPs
Labor
- Maggie Hickey MLA (Barkly)
- Maurice Rioli MLA (Arafura)
CLP
- Stephen Hatton MLA (Nightcliff)
- Daryl Manzie MLA (Sanderson)
- Terry McCarthy MLA (Goyder)
- Eric Poole MLA (Araluen)
Results
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Northern Territory general election, 18 August 2001[1] | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 105,506 | |||||
| Votes cast | 84,994 | Turnout | 80.56% | +1.57% | ||
| Informal votes | 3,627 | Informal | 4.27% | –0.90% | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Country Liberal | 36,926 | 45.38% | –9.29% | 10 | – 8 | |
| Labor | 33,038 | 40.60% | +2.12% | 13 | + 6 | |
| Independent | 8,583 | 10.55% | +5.10% | 2 | +2 | |
| One Nation | 1,074 | 1.32% | +1.32% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Democrats | 692 | 0.85% | +0.22% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Territory Alliance | 622 | 0.76% | +0.76% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Socialist Alliance | 432 | 0.53% | +0.53% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Total | 81,367 | 25 | ||||
| Two-party-preferred | ||||||
| Labor | 39,099 | 48.1% | ||||
| Country Liberal | 42,268 | 51.9% | ||||
Candidates
Sitting members are in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.
| Electorate | Held By | Labor Candidate | CLP Candidate | Other Candidates |
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| Arafura | Labor | Marion Scrymgour | Marius Puruntatamori | John Christopherson (Ind) Dorothy Fox (Ind) |
| Araluen | CLP | Michael Bowden | Jodeen Carney | John Bohning (Ind) Meredith Campbell (Ind) |
| Arnhem | Labor | Jack Ah Kit | Cliff Thompson Alan Wright | Lance Lawrence (Ind) |
| Barkly | Labor | Elliot McAdam | Bill Cross | Gavin Carpenter (Ind) |
| Blain | CLP | Peter Shew | Terry Mills | Joseph Mulqueeney (TAP) |
| Braitling | CLP | Peter Brooke | Peter Harvey | Loraine Braham (Ind) |
| Peter Jarvis (Ind) Eddie Taylor (Ind) | ||||
| Brennan | CLP | Simon Hall | Denis Burke | Duncan Dean (Ind) |
| Casuarina | CLP | Kon Vatskalis | Peter Adamson | Necmi Bayram (TAP) Craig Seiler (Dem) |
| Daly | CLP | Rob Knight | Tim Baldwin | Wayne Norris (ON) Frank Spry (Dem) |
| Drysdale | CLP | Inger Peirce | Stephen Dunham | |
| Fannie Bay | Labor | Clare Martin | Mary Cunningham | Peter Johnston (SA) |
| Goyder | CLP | Alan Smith | Peter Maley | Diana Rickard (Ind) Merv Stewart (ON) |
| Greatorex | CLP | Peter Kavanagh | Richard Lim | David Mortimer (Ind) |
| Johnston | CLP | Chris Burns | Steve Balch | Joanne Sangster (Dem) |
| Karama | CLP | Delia Lawrie | Mick Palmer | |
| Katherine | CLP | Michael Peirce | Mike Reed | Tony Coutts (Ind) John Donnellan (Ind) Rob Phillips (ON) |
| Macdonnell | CLP | Harold Furber | Philip Alice | |
| John Elferink | ||||
| Millner | CLP | Matthew Bonson | Phil Mitchell | Andrew Arthur (Ind) Diane Baird (Ind) Andrew Ivinson (TAP) |
| Nelson | CLP | Bob Hare | Chris Lugg | Tony Hardwick (ON) |
| Gerry Wood (Ind) | ||||
| Nhulunbuy | Labor | Syd Stirling | Peter Manning | Gordon Davey (ON) David Mitchell (Ind) |
| Nightcliff | CLP | Jane Aagaard | Jason Hatton | Peter Ivinson (TAP) Gary Meyerhoff (SA) |
| Port Darwin | CLP | Chris Bond | Sue Carter | Nick Dondas (Ind) |
| Sanderson | CLP | Len Kiely | Peter Poniris | Gary Haslett (Ind) Susan Murdoch (TAP) |
| Stuart | Labor | Peter Toyne | Ken Lechleitner | |
| Wanguri | Labor | Paul Henderson | Robyn Cahill | Meredith de Landelles (SA) |
External links
- Northern Territory Election 2001 Department of the Parliamentary Library
References
- ↑ "Details of NT 2001 Election" (PDF). ABC.
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