Electoral division of Elsey

Elsey was an electoral division of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly in Australia. One of the original divisions, it was first contested in 1974 and was abolished in 1987. It was named after Elsey National Park. It was largely replaced by the new and considerably smaller electorate of Katherine, as population growth in the town of Katherine had resulted in the removal of much of the rural area of the electorate in the 1986 electoral redistribution.[1]

Members for Elsey

Member Party Term
  Les MacFarlane Country Liberal 1974–1983
  Roger Steele Country Liberal 1983–1987

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Northern Territory general election: Elsey[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Les MacFarlane 800 63.5
Labor Kevin Frazer 362 28.8
Independent Leslie James
James Martin 		97 7.7
Total formal votes 1,259 95.5
Informal votes 60 4.5
Turnout 1,319 70.0
Country Liberal win (new seat)
  • Preferences were not distributed.
  • The number of votes each individual Independent received is unknown.
1977 Northern Territory general election: Elsey[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Les MacFarlane 617 44.2
Independent Davis Daniels
Patricia Davies 		696 49.8
Progress Deidre Killen 84 6.0
Total formal votes 1,397 98.2
Informal votes 26 1.8
Turnout 1,423 69.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Liberal Les MacFarlane 726 52.0
Independent 671 48.0
Country Liberal hold Swing
  • The number of votes each individual Independent received is unknown.
  • The independent candidate that came second on preferences is unknown.

Elections in the 1980s

1980 Northern Territory general election: Elsey[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Les MacFarlane 879 45.0 +0.8
Labor Maged Aboutaleb 580 29.7 +29.7
Independent James Forscutt 188 9.6 +9.6
Independent Patricia Davies 174 8.9
Independent Laurence Hughes 93 4.8 +4.8
Independent R.T. Reilly 38 1.9 +1.9
Total formal votes 1,952 96.4
Informal votes 73 3.6
Turnout 2,025 74.6
After distribution of preferences
Country Liberal Les MacFarlane 1,014 51.9
Labor Maged Aboutaleb 655 33.6
Independent James Forscutt 283 14.5
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed to completion.
1983 Northern Territory general election: Elsey[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Roger Steele 978 49.7
Labor Trevor Surplice 540 27.5
Independent James Forscutt 448 22.8
Total formal votes 1,966 97.7
Informal votes 47 2.3
Turnout 2,013 81.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Roger Steele 1,294 65.8
Labor Trevor Surplice 672 34.2
Country Liberal hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Jaensch, Dean; Loveday, Peter. Challenge from the Nationals: The Territory Election 1987 (PDF). pp. 132, 201.
  2. ^ a b Wade-Marshall, Dean Jaensch, Deborah (1994). Point of order! : the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 1974-1994. Darwin: Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory. ISBN 0731520769.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ 1980 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 June 1980
  4. ^ "Legislative Assembly General Election 1983" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 August 2020.