1994 Northern Territory general election
A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday 4 June 1994, and was won by the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP). Marshall Perron continued as Chief Minister.
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All 25 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly 13 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 80.7 ( 0.9 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Independent Noel Padgham-Purich retained her seat of Nelson while Independent Denis Collins lost his seat of Greatorex to the CLP.
Retiring MPs
Country Liberal
- Nick Dondas MLA (Casuarina)
- Roger Vale MLA (Braitling)
Results
| 17 | 1 | 7 |
| CLP | Ind | Labour |
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Northern Territory general election, 4 June 1994[1] | ||||||
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| Enrolled voters | 95,007 | |||||
| Votes cast | 76,638 | Turnout | 80.7% | -0.9% | ||
| Informal votes | 2,917 | Informal | 3.8% | +0.7% | ||
| Summary of votes by party | ||||||
| Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
| Country Liberal | 38,266 | 51.9% | +3.1% | 17 | +3 | |
| Labor | 30,507 | 41.4% | +4.7% | 7 | –2 | |
| Independent | 4,338 | 5.9% | –0.8% | 1 | –1 | |
| Greens | 552 | 0.8% | –2.2% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Democrats | 58 | 0.1% | +0.1% | 0 | ± 0 | |
| Total | 73,721 | 25 | ||||
| Two-party-preferred | ||||||
| Country Liberal | 41,485 | 56.3% | –0.7 | |||
| Labor | 32,236 | 43.7% | +0.7 | |||
Candidates
Sitting members are in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.
Seats changing hands
| Seat | Pre-1994 | Swing | Post-1994 | ||||||
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| Party | Member | Margin | Margin | Member | Party | ||||
| Greatorex | Independent | Denis Collins | 2.5 | 14.8 | 12.3 | Richard Lim | Country Liberal | ||
| Millner | Labor | Ken Parish | 6.7 | 7.9 | 1.2 | Phil Mitchell | Country Liberal | ||
| Victoria River | Labor | Gary Cartwright | 1.5 | 5.9 | 4.4 | Tim Baldwin | Country Liberal | ||
Post-election pendulum
The following pendulum is known as the Mackerras Pendulum, invented by psephologist Malcolm Mackerras. The pendulum works by lining up all of the seats held in the Legislative Assembly according to the percentage point margin they are held by on a two-party-preferred basis. This is also known as the swing required for the seat to change hands. Given a uniform swing to the opposition or government parties, the number of seats that change hands can be predicted.
| COUNTRY LIBERAL SEATS | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Millner | Phil Mitchell | CLP | 1.2 |
| Jingili | Rick Setter | CLP | 4.3 |
| Karama | Mick Palmer | CLP | 4.3 |
| Victoria River | Tim Baldwin | CLP | 4.4 |
| Casuarina | Peter Adamson | CLP | 5.4 |
| Fairly safe | |||
| Fannie Bay | Marshall Perron | CLP | 7.9 |
| Sanderson | Daryl Manzie | CLP | 7.1 |
| Nightcliff | Stephen Hatton | CLP | 9.6 |
| Safe | |||
| Leanyer | Fred Finch | CLP | 10.1 |
| Brennan | Denis Burke | CLP | 11.9 |
| Greatorex | Richard Lim | CLP | 12.3 |
| Port Darwin | Shane Stone | CLP | 12.7 |
| Palmerston | Barry Coulter | CLP | 12.9 |
| Goyder | Terry McCarthy | CLP | 15.8 |
| Very safe | |||
| Araluen | Eric Poole | CLP | 20.1 |
| Katherine | Mike Reed | CLP | 20.6 |
| Braitling | Loraine Braham | CLP | 21.0 |
| LABOR SEATS | |||
| Marginal | |||
| Barkly | Maggie Hickey | ALP | 1.6 |
| Wanguri | John Bailey | ALP | 1.6 |
| Stuart | Brian Ede | ALP | 1.8 |
| Nhulunbuy | Syd Stirling | ALP | 4.6 |
| Fairly safe | |||
| Safe | |||
| Arafura | Maurice Rioli | ALP | 15.3 |
| Macdonnell | Neil Bell | ALP | 15.9 |
| Very safe | |||
| Arnhem | Wes Lanhupuy | ALP | 24.5 |
| INDEPENDENT SEATS | |||
| Nelson | Noel Padgham-Purich | IND | 3.1 v CLP |
References
- Wade-Marshall, Dean Jaensch, Deborah (1994). The 1994 elections in the Northern Territory : a statistical analysis. Darwin: North Australia Research Unit. ISBN 0949094137.