Palmerston was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It existed from 1987 to 1997. It was named after the town of Palmerston.
Members for Palmerston
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Barry Coulter | Country Liberal | 1987–1997 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1980s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country Liberal | Barry Coulter | 1,429 | 53.2 | ||
Labor | Tony Henry | 821 | 30.5 | ||
NT Nationals | Michael Ting | 438 | 16.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,688 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 72 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,760 | 81.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country Liberal | Barry Coulter | 1,751 | 65.1 | -6.9 | |
Labor | Tony Henry | 937 | 34.9 | +6.9 | |
Country Liberal hold | Swing | -6.9 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country Liberal | Barry Coulter | 1,382 | 57.1 | +3.9 | |
Labor | Chris Draffin | 763 | 31.5 | +1.0 | |
Greens | Timothy Fowler | 144 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
NT Nationals | Ronald Wright | 131 | 5.4 | -10.9 | |
Total formal votes | 2,420 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 79 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,499 | 83.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country Liberal | Barry Coulter | 1,494 | 61.7 | +0.2 | |
Labor | Chris Draffin | 926 | 38.3 | -0.2 | |
Country Liberal hold | Swing | +0.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country Liberal | Barry Coulter | 1,938 | 59.1 | +2.0 | |
Labor | Kevin Diflo | 1,129 | 34.4 | +2.9 | |
Independent | David Elliott | 214 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
Total formal votes | 3,281 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 81 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,362 | 87.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country Liberal | Barry Coulter | 2,063 | 62.9 | +1.2 | |
Labor | Kevin Diflo | 1,218 | 37.1 | -1.2 | |
Country Liberal hold | Swing | +1.2 |
References
[edit]- ^ 1987 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 March 1987
- ^ Jaensch, Dean (1990). The 1990 elections in the Northern Territory : a statistical analysis. Klemzig, S. Aust.: Polity Publications. ISBN 0949094803.
- ^ 1990 Legislative Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission
- ^ 1994 Legislative Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission