1974 Northern Territory general election
19 October 1974 (1974-10-19)
All 19 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.4
  First party Second party
 
Leader Goff Letts Richard Ward
Party Country Liberal Labor
Leader's seat Victoria River
(won seat)		 N/A
Seats won 17 0
Popular vote 13,690 8,508
Percentage 49.0% 30.5%
Elected Majority Leader

Goff Letts
Country Liberal

The first general election for the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday 19 October 1974, and was won by the Country Liberal Party (CLP), formed a few months earlier from the merger of the territorial Country and Liberal parties.

The CLP won 49.01% of the vote, the Labor Party won 30.46% and independent candidates won 20.54%. The Country Liberals took 17 of the 19 assembly seats. The other two were held by independents; Dawn Lawrie won the seat of Nightcliff, and Ron Withnall won the seat of Port Darwin. Despite finishing second in the vote count, Labor failed to win any seats, therefore being a landslide victory for the Country Liberals. Its support was spread out across the Territory, and was not concentrated in enough areas to translate into seats.

As the territory was still being prepared for self-government, Country Liberal Leader Goff Letts took the post of Majority Leader–equivalent to a state premier. Instead of a cabinet, a seven-person "executive" managed internal affairs.

Results

Summary of the results of the 1974 Northern Territory general election, Legislative Assembly[1]
PartyVotes%Seats
Country Liberal13,69049.0117
Labor8,50830.460
Independents5,73720.542
Total27,935100.0019
Valid votes27,93594.93
Invalid/blank votes1,4935.07
Total votes29,428100.00
Registered voters/turnout39,02775.40
Popular vote
Country Liberal
 
 49.0%
Labor
 
 30.5%
Independents
 
 20.5%
Seats
Country Liberal
 
 89.5%
Independents
 
 10.5%

Candidates

Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk is used.

Electorate ALP candidate CLP candidate Independent candidates
 
Alice SpringsJean LeunigBernie KilgariffAlan Gray
ArnhemElizabeth PearceRupert Kentish
BarklyEric MarksIan Tuxworth
CasuarinaAllan DunstanNick DondasRobert McGahey
Dudley Orr
ElseyKevin FrazerLes MacFarlaneLeslie James
James Martin
Fannie BayJames BowditchGrant TamblingEleanor Fisher
John McCormack
GillenPeter LeunigJim Robertson
JingiliThomas BellPaul Everingham
LudmillaHazel RobertsonRoger SteeleEdward D'Ambrosio
Brian Smith
Grahame Stewart
William Sullivan
MacdonnellDave PollockBruce Breaden
Malcolm Wolf
MillnerJack HuntRoger RyanWilliam Forrest
John Quinn
NhulunbuyJohn FlynnMilton BallantyneWilliam Hendry
NightcliffEdward EllisAlfred HooperDawn Lawrie
Port DarwinJames GallacherWilliam JettnerBrian Manning
Ron Withnall*
SandersonMark PhelanLiz AndrewAlexander Allan-Stewart
Herbert Sinclair
StuartHarry NelsonRoger ValeReginald Harris
Stuart ParkGeoffrey LovedayMarshall PerronWilliam Fisher
John McNamee
TiwiJohn NixonHyacinth TungutalumPeter Lawrence
Robert Oaten
Noel Padgham-Purich
Lou Stewart
Victoria RiverGoff LettsWiyendji Nunggula
Charles Renfrey

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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

See also

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