Electoral results for the division of Barkly

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

Members for Barkly
MemberPartyTerm
  Ian Tuxworth Country Liberal Party 1974–1987
  NT Nationals 1987–1990
  Maggie Hickey Labor Party 1990–2001
  Elliot McAdam Labor Party 2001–2008
  Gerry McCarthy Labor Party 2008–2020
  Steve Edgington Country Liberal Party 2020–present

Election results

Elections in the 1970s
1974 Northern Territory general election: Barkly[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Ian Tuxworth 558 53.0 N/A
Labor Eric Marks 495 47.0 N/A
Total formal votes 1,053 94.5 N/A
Informal votes 61 5.5 N/A
Turnout 1,114 67.7 N/A
Country Liberal win (new seat)
1977 Northern Territory general election: Barkly[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Ian Tuxworth 603 44.5 -8.5
Labor Jean Havnen 365 26.9 -20.1
Progress Neville Andrews 233 17.2 +17.2
Independent Margaret Conway
Billy Foster		 154 11.4 N/A
Total formal votes 1,355 94.8 N/A
Informal votes 74 5.2 N/A
Turnout 1,429 68.2 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Ian Tuxworth 816 60.2 +7.2
Labor Jean Havnen 539 39.8 -7.2
Country Liberal hold Swing
  • The number of votes each independent candidate received is unknown.

Elections in the 1980s
1980 Northern Territory general election: Barkly[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Ian Tuxworth 1,018 54.8 +10.3
Labor William Thomson 631 33.9 +7.0
Progress Neville Andrews 210 11.3 -5.9
Total formal votes 1,859 93.0 N/A
Informal votes 140 7.0 N/A
Turnout 1,999 71.1 N/A
Country Liberal hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1983 Northern Territory general election: Barkly[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Ian Tuxworth 1,045 60.3 +5.5
Labor Charles Hallett 688 39.7 +5.8
Total formal votes 1,733 96.3 N/A
Informal votes 67 3.7 N/A
Turnout 1,800 74.2 N/A
Country Liberal hold Swing
1987 Northern Territory general election: Barkly[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NT Nationals Ian Tuxworth 729 37.9 +37.9
Independent Maggie Hickey 581 30.2 +30.2
Labor Keith Hallett 314 16.3 -23.4
Country Liberal Gary Smith 301 15.6 -44.7
Total formal votes 1,925 94.4 N/A
Informal votes 114 5.6 N/A
Turnout 2,039 65.8 N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
NT Nationals Ian Tuxworth 972 50.5 +50.5
Independent Maggie Hickey 953 49.5 +49.5
NT Nationals gain from Country Liberal Swing
  • This election was declared void by the Court of Disputed Returns.[6]
1987 Barkly by-election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NT Nationals Ian Tuxworth 1,000 42.0 +42.0
Labor Maggie Hickey 886 37.2 -2.5
Country Liberal Malcolm Holt 391 16.4 -43.9
Independent Kevin Conway 104 4.4 +4.4
Total formal votes 2,381 94.4 N/A
Informal votes 141 5.6 N/A
Turnout 2,522 68.3 N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
NT Nationals Ian Tuxworth 1,332 55.9 +55.9
Labor Maggie Hickey 1,049 44.1 +4.4
NT Nationals gain from Country Liberal Swing
  • Percentages compared to 1983 election.

Elections in the 1990s
1990 Northern Territory general election: Barkly[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maggie Hickey 1,062 43.4 +6.2
Country Liberal Paul Ruger 791 32.4 +16.4
NT Nationals Kenneth Purvis 464 19.0 –23.0
Independent Tony Boulter 94 3.8 +3.8
Independent Charles Hallett 34 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 2,445 93.7 N/A
Informal votes 163 6.3 N/A
Turnout 2,608 81.1 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maggie Hickey 1,239 50.7 +6.6
Country Liberal Paul Ruger 1,206 49.3 +49.3
Labor gain from NT Nationals Swing+7.5
  • Percentages compared to 1987 by-election.
1994 Northern Territory general election: Barkly[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Paul Ruger 1,358 46.2 +13.8
Labor Maggie Hickey 1,338 45.5 +2.1
Independent Geoffrey Freeman 246 8.4 +8.4
Total formal votes 2,942 95.8 N/A
Informal votes 128 4.2 N/A
Turnout 3,070 78.2 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maggie Hickey 1,519 51.6 +0.9
Country Liberal Paul Ruger 1,423 48.4 –0.9
Labor hold Swing+1.1
1997 Northern Territory general election: Barkly[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Maggie Hickey 1,591 56.8 +11.3
Country Liberal Mark John 1,118 39.9 –6.2
Independent Barry Nattrass 93 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 2,802 94.8 N/A
Informal votes 153 5.2 N/A
Turnout 2,955 74.4 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Maggie Hickey 1,625 58.0 +6.4
Country Liberal Mark John 1,177 42.0 –6.4
Labor hold Swing+6.0

Elections in the 2000s
2001 Northern Territory general election: Barkly[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Elliot McAdam 1,635 56.4 –0.4
Country Liberal Bill Cross 720 24.8 –15.1
Independent Gavin Carpenter 543 18.7 +18.7
Total formal votes 2,898 96.5 N/A
Informal votes 106 3.5 N/A
Turnout 3,004 78.4 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Elliot McAdam 1,810 62.5 +4.5
Country Liberal Bill Cross 1,088 37.5 –4.5
Labor hold Swing+4.5
2005 Northern Territory general election: Barkly[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Elliot McAdam 2,135 71.4 +13.8
Country Liberal Val Dyer 767 25.7 +1.2
Independent Janeen Bulsey 87 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 2,989 96.2 N/A
Informal votes 118 3.8 N/A
Turnout 3,107 74.1 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Elliot McAdam 2,183 73.0 +9.6
Country Liberal Val Dyer 806 27.0 –9.6
Labor hold Swing+9.6
2008 Northern Territory general election: Barkly[13][14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gerry McCarthy 1,777 60.9 –10.9
Country Liberal Mick Adams 801 27.5 +3.2
Independent Randall Gould 265 9.1 +9.1
Independent Barry Nattrass 73 2.5 +2.5
Total formal votes 2,916 95.3 N/A
Informal votes 144 4.7 N/A
Turnout 3,060 65.1 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gerry McCarthy 1,914 65.6 –8.6
Country Liberal Mick Adams 1,002 34.4 +8.6
Labor hold Swing–8.6

Elections in the 2010s
2012 Northern Territory general election: Barkly[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gerry McCarthy 1,450 45.2 −15.8
Country Liberal Rebecca Healy 1,162 36.2 +8.7
First Nations Valda Shannon 467 14.5 +14.5
Independent Stewart Wiley 131 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 3,210 96.3 N/A
Informal votes 122 3.7 N/A
Turnout 3,332 64.9 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gerry McCarthy 1,849 57.6 −8.0
Country Liberal Rebecca Healy 1,485 42.4 +8.0
Labor hold Swing−8.0
2016 Northern Territory general election: Barkly[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Gerry McCarthy 1,387 43.1 −2.0
Independent Elliot McAdam 869 27.1 +27.1
Country Liberal Tony Jack 595 18.5 −17.7
Independent Jack Green 367 11.4 +11.4
Total formal votes 3,218 98.4 N/A
Informal votes 53 1.6 N/A
Turnout 3,271 63.1 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Gerry McCarthy 1,864 62.2 +4.7
Country Liberal Tony Jack 1,132 37.8 −4.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Gerry McCarthy 1,739 58.0 +0.4
Independent Elliot McAdam 1,260 42.0 +42.0
Labor hold SwingN/A

Elections in the 2020s
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Northern Territory general election § Barkly[edit]
2020 Northern Territory general election: Barkly[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Steve Edgington 1,431 41.6 +24.6
Labor Sid Vashist 1,238 36.0 −12.6
Independent Gadrian Hoosan 663 19.3 +19.3
Independent Daniel Mulholland 109 3.2 +3.2
Total formal votes 3,441 95.7 N/A
Informal votes 156 4.3 N/A
Turnout 3,597 63.2 N/A
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Steve Edgington 1,723 50.1 +15.9
Labor Sid Vashist 1,718 49.9 −15.9
Country Liberal gain from Labor Swing+15.9

References
  1. Wade-Marshall, Dean Jaensch, Deborah (1994). Point of order! : the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 1974-1994. Darwin: Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory. ISBN 0731520769.
  2. Wade-Marshall, Dean Jaensch, Deborah (1994). Point of order! : the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 1974-1994. Darwin: Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory. ISBN 0731520769.
  3. Barkly – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 June 1980
  4. Barkly – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 3 December 1983
  5. Barkly – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 March 1987
  6. "Dual citizen rows: Tennant Creek had them first". News. Alice Springs News. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  7. Barkly – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 5 September 1987
  8. Barkly – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 27 October 1990
  9. Barkly – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 4 June 1994
  10. Barkly – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 30 August 1997
  11. Barkly – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 18 August 2001
  12. Barkly – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 18 June 2005
  13. Barkly – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 9 August 2008
  14. "Barkly - 2008 Northern Territory Election - ABC Elections" (PDF). ABC. 2008-08-09. Retrieved 2020-09-08.
  15. Barkly – Electorate Summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 25 August 2012
  16. Barkly – Electorate summary, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 9 September 2016
  17. "Electorate summary: Barkly". NTEC. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
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