2013 Norfolk Island legislative election
13 March 2013
  First party Second party
 
IND
Leader N/A No leader
Party Independents Liberal
Last election 8 seats 0 seats
Seats won 8 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Chief Minister before election

David Buffett
Independent

 Resulting Chief Minister

Lisle Snell
Independent

The 2013 Norfolk Island legislative election was held on 13 March 2013 to elect the 14th Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly, the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island.

This was the last election for the Assembly before it was abolished in 2015 and replaced with the Norfolk Island Regional Council as part of the removal of Norfolk Island's semi-self-governing status.[1]

Following the elections, Lisle Snell replaced David Buffett as Chief Minister on 24 March.[2]

Background

Nine members are elected to the Assembly for a three-year term. Electors each have nine equal votes, which could be divided in any way between candidates, but no more than two votes could be given to any particular individual candidate. This variation of cumulative voting is called "weighted first past the post".

Incumbent members Craig Anderson, Mike King and Andre Nobbs did not seek re-election in 2013. As a result, this meant the Norfolk Island Labor Party − led by King − did not contest the election, however the Norfolk Liberals ran two candidates.[3][4][5]

Results

15 candidates ran at the elections.[5]

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Lisle Snell (elected)
Independent Robin Adams (elected)
Independent Ronald Ward (elected)
Independent Timothy Sheridan (elected)
Independent Melissa Ward (elected)
Independent David Buffett (elected)
Liberal Dave Porter (elected)
Independent Ronald Nobbs (elected)
Independent Hadyn Evans (elected)
Liberal Ian Anderson
Independent Fred Howe
Independent John Kelly
Independent Neville Christian
Independent Rhonda Griffiths
Independent Rob Ward

References

  1. ↑ "Norfolk Island self-government to be replaced by local council". The Guardian.
  2. ↑ Norfolk Island government website Archived 9 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Norfolk Island 'may lose self-government'". Sydney Morning Herald.
  4. ↑ "Bankrupt former penal colony Norfolk Island battles to keep its autonomy". The Independent.
  5. 1 2 "NON Government News". Norfolk Online News.
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