1987 Barkly by-election

A by-election for the seat of Barkly in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 5 September 1987. Ian Tuxworth's election to the seat of Barkly was declared void after independent candidate Maggie Hickey challenged the result on the basis that the Labor candidate, Keith Hallet, held British nationality and was not an Australian citizen. Due to the close result (Tuxworth had won by only 19 votes), Justice John Nader voided the election on 30 July 1987.

Ian Tuxworth would recontest as the NT Nationals candidate and Maggie Hickey would recontest as the Labor candidate.

Result

Barkly by-election, 1987
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NT Nationals Ian Tuxworth 1,000 42.0 N/A
Labor Maggie Hickey 886 37.2 -2.5
Country Liberal Malcolm Holt 391 16.4 -43.9
Independent Kevin Conway 104 4.4 N/A
Total formal votes 2,381 94.4
Informal votes 141 5.6
Turnout 2,522 68.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
NT Nationals Ian Tuxworth 1,332 55.9 N/A
Labor Maggie Hickey 1,049 44.1 +4.4
NT Nationals gain from Country Liberal SwingN/A

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