2010 Norfolk Island legislative election

2010 Norfolk Island legislative election
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All 9 seats on the Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
Leader N/A Mike King Craig Anderson
Party Independents Labor Liberal
Last election 8 seats Did not contest 1 seat
Seats won 7 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 9,085 1,309 834
Percentage 77.75% 13.59% 8.66%
Swing Decrease 15.44pp Increase 13.59pp Increase 1.85pp
Chief Minister before election

Andre Nobbs
Independent

Resulting Chief Minister

David Buffett
Independent

The 2010 Norfolk Island legislative election was held on 17 March 2010 to elect the 13th Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly, the prime legislative body of Norfolk Island.[1]

Following the elections, David Buffett replaced Andre Nobbs as Chief Minister on 24 March, having returned to the Assembly after losing his seat at the previous election in 2007.[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".

The Norfolk Island Labor Party and Norfolk Liberals both contested the election. Labor, led by Mike King, ran four candidates, while incumbent MLA Ian Anderson led the Liberals.[3][4]

Results

965 votes (83.05%) were cast in-person inside Rawson Hall, with an additional 105 absentee votes (9.04%). Counting was completed the following day on 18 March.[5]

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Timothy Sheridan (elected) 934 9.70 +3.35
Liberal Craig Anderson (elected) 813 8.44 +8.44
Independent Andre Nobbs (elected) 717 7.45 −5.52
Independent David Buffett (elected) 576 5.98 +2.33
Independent Melissa Ward (elected) 554 5.75 +5.75
Labor Mike King (elected) 545 5.66 +5.66
Independent Lisle Snell (elected) 472 4.90 −1.79
Independent Rhonda Griffiths (elected) 459 4.77 +4.77
Independent Robin Adams (elected) 452 4.69 +4.69
Independent Neville Christian 445 4.62 −2.69
Independent Brendon Christian 385 4.00 −7.84
Labor Allan Tavenor 358 3.72 +3.72
Independent Robert Goldsworthy 313 3.25 +3.25
Independent Ric Robinson 297 3.08 +3.08
Independent Richard Kleiner 269 2.79 +2.79
Independent Wallace Beadman 257 2.67 +2.67
Independent Stephanie Jack 254 2.64 −5.66
Independent Frederick Howe 232 2.41 +1.29
Labor Brendon King 215 2.23 +2.23
Labor Julie Burns 191 1.98 +1.98
Independent Phillip Jones 169 1.75 +1.75
Independent Nadia Cuthbertson 164 1.70 +1.70
Independent Greame Woolley 158 1.64 +1.64
Independent Maureen King 144 1.50 –1.74
Independent Norris Buffett 109 1.13 +1.13
Independent Terence Jope 88 0.91 −1.20
Independent Douglas Jackson 39 0.40 +0.40
Liberal Ian Anderson 21 0.22 −6.59
Total formal votes 9,630 100.0
Total formal ballots 1,070 92.08 −1.59
Informal votes 92 7.92 +1.59

References

  1. ^ "Assembly". Norfolk.gov.nf. Archived from the original on 13 November 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  2. ^ Norfolk Island government website Archived 9 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Norfolk Votes 2010 - Mike King". TVNI.
  4. ^ "Norfolk Island 'may lose self-government'". Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. ^ "Election 2010". Archived from the original on 21 June 2010.