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Northern Territory general election, 1983

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3 December 1983 (1983-12-03)
  
1987 →

11 seats
  
7 seats

58.2%
  
35.6%

Date
  
3 December 1983

13 August 1977
  
2 November 1981

19 seats
  
6 seats

8.2
  
3.8

Northern Territory general election, 1983 httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediaenthumb4

Winner
  
Paul Everingham

A general election was held in the Northern Territory, Australia on Saturday 3 December 1983. The result was a landslide victory for the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP) under Chief Minister Paul Everingham over the Australian Labor Party (ALP) opposition under Opposition leader Bob Collins.

Contents

For this election, the size of the assembly was increased from 19 to 25.

The only independent of the Legislative Assembly, Dawn Lawrie, lost her seat of Nightcliff at this election to the CLP.

CLP

  • Les MacFarlane MLA (Elsey)
  • Candidates

    Sitting members are in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour.

    References

    Northern Territory general election, 1983 Wikipedia