1974 Northern Territory general election

April 2022 May 2021 1974 Northern Territory general election Australia parliamentary no 1977 Northern Territory general election 1977 All 19 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly 10 yes 1974 10 19 75.4 Goff Letts 1976.jpg 130 130 170 15 0 center Goff Letts Country Liberal Party Victoria River (won seat) 13,690 49.0% 17 170x170px Richard Ward Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch) Did not contest 8,508 30.5% N/A 0 1974 Northern Territory Election.svg 300px Majority Leader Goff Letts Country Liberal Party The first general election for the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday 19 October 1974. The Country Liberal Party (CLP), formed a few months earlier from the merger of the territorial Country and Liberal parties, won a landslide victory with 49.01% of the vote. The Labor Party won 30.46% and independent candidates won 20.54%. The Country Liberals took 17 of the 19 assembly seats. The other two were held by independents; Dawn Lawrie won the seat of Nightcliff, and Ron Withnall won the seat of Port Darwin. Despite finishing second in the vote count, Labor failed to win any seats. Its support was spread out across the Territory, and was not concentrated in enough areas to translate into seats. As the territory was still being prepared for self-government, Country Liberal leader Goff Letts took the post of Majority Leader–equivalent to a state premier. Instead of a cabinet, a seven-person "executive" managed internal affairs. This would be the first of the CLP's eight consecutive election victories. The party would govern the territory for 28 years, one of the longest unbroken runs in government in Australia. Results Results of the 1974 Northern Territory general electionFile:1974 NT Legislative Assembly.svg Summary of the results of the 1974 Northern Territory general election, Legislative AssemblyWade-Marshall Dean Jaensch, Deborah Point of order! : the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 1974-1994 1994 Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory Darwin 0731520769 Country Liberal Labor Independents 17 0 2 39027 1493 13690 8508 5737Popular vote var(--background-color-interactive) 600px 410px Country Liberal Country Liberal Party 49.0 Labor Australian Labor Party 30.5 Independents Independent (politician) 20.5 Seats var(--background-color-interactive) 600px 410px Country Liberal Country Liberal Party 89.5 Independents Independent (politician) 10.5 Candidates Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk is used. Electorate Labor CLP Independent Alice Springs Jean Leunig Bernie Kilgariff Alan GrayArnhem Elizabeth Pearce Rupert Kentish Barkly Eric Marks Ian Tuxworth Casuarina Allan Dunstan Nick Dondas Robert McGaheyDudley OrrElsey Kevin Frazer Les MacFarlane Leslie JamesJames MartinFannie Bay James Bowditch Grant Tambling Eleanor FisherJohn McCormackGillen Peter Leunig Jim Robertson Jingili Thomas Bell Paul Everingham Ludmilla Hazel Robertson Roger Steele Edward D'AmbrosioBrian SmithGrahame StewartWilliam SullivanMacdonnell Dave Pollock Bruce BreadenMalcolm WolfMillner Jack Hunt Roger Ryan William ForrestJohn QuinnNhulunbuy John Flynn Milton Ballantyne William HendryNightcliff Edward Ellis Alfred Hooper Dawn LawriePort Darwin James Gallacher William Jettner Brian ManningRon Withnall*Sanderson Mark Phelan Liz Andrew Alexander Allan-StewartHerbert SinclairStuart Harry Nelson Roger Vale Reginald HarrisStuart Park Geoffrey Loveday Marshall Perron William FisherJohn McNameeTiwi John Nixon Hyacinth Tungutalum Peter LawrenceRobert OatenNoel Padgham-PurichLou StewartVictoria River Goff Letts Wiyendji NunggulaCharles Renfrey References Jaensch Dean Wade-Marshall Deborah Northern Territory Electoral Atlas 1974–1984 1984 Australian National University/Flinders University 0959924698 See also First Letts Executive Second Letts Executive Third Letts Executive Fourth Letts Executive Category:Elections in the Northern Territory Category:1974 elections in Australia Category:1970s in the Northern Territory Category:October 1974 in Australia