1981 MacDonnell by-election

May 2022 May 2023 Northern Territory parliamentary no 28 March 1981 Neil Bell Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch) 1,047 67.7% 10.1 150x150px Ngarla Kunoth (Rosalie Kunoth-Monks).jpg 220 100 150 0 40 Rosalie Kunoth-Monks Country Liberal Party 499 32.3% 10.1 MP Neville Perkins Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch) Neil Bell Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch) A by-election for the seat of MacDonnell in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 28 March 1981. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Labor Party member Neville Perkins, the first indigenous person in Australia to hold a shadow ministry in an Australian parliament. The seat had been held by Perkins since 1977. The CLP selected Aboriginal film activist Rosalie Kunoth-Monks, as its candidate. The Labor candidate was Neil Bell. Results MacDonnell by-election, 19811981 MacDonnell by-election results https://ntec.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/587824/1981_MacDonnell_by-election.pdf Northern Territory Electoral Commission 29 August 2020 6 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200406135403/https://ntec.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/587824/1981_MacDonnell_by-election.pdf deadNorthern Territory Electoral Atlas 1974-1984, Dean Jaensch & Deborah Wade-Marshall, Australian National University Labor NT Neil Bell 1,047 67.7 +10.1 CLP Rosalie Kunoth-Monks 499 32.3 -10.1 1,546 95.6 -0.2 71 4.4 +0.2 1,617 66.6 +5.6 Labor NT +10.1 References Category:1981 elections in Australia Category:Northern Territory by-elections