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Northern Territory general election, 1997

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30 August 1997 (1997-08-30)
  
2001 →

16 seats
  
7 seats

2
  
1

Date
  
30 August 1997

26 May 1995
  
16 April 1996

18 seats
  
6 seats

54.5%
  
38.5%

Winner
  
Shane Stone

A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday August 30, 1997, and was won by the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP).

Contents

Shane Stone continued as Chief Minister.

During the previous term, the CLP had lost the seat of Fannie Bay to Labor in a by-election. The CLP did not win the seat back, but managed to take MacDonnell from Labor and Nelson from Independent Noel Padgham-Purich.

Labor

  • Neil Bell MLA (MacDonnell)

    • Country Liberal

  • Fred Finch MLA (Leanyer)
  • Rick Setter MLA (Jingili)

    • Independent

  • Noel Padgham-Purich MLA (Nelson)

    • Candidates

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

    References

    Northern Territory general election, 1997 Wikipedia
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