1976 Alice Springs by-election

December 2023 February 2023 Northern Territory parliamentary no 7 February 1976 First preference 150x150px Eric Manuell Country Liberal Party 874 53.2% 19.0 Australian Labor Party ALP 150x150px John Piper Australian Labor Party 602 36.6% 16.0 Independent politician IND 150x150px Alan Gray Independent politician 168 10.2% 3.0 MP Bernie Kilgariff Country Liberal Party Eric Manuell Country Liberal Party A by-election for the seat of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 7 February 1976. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Country Liberal Party (CLP) member Bernie Kilgariff, the Deputy Majority Leader, to run for one of two newly created seats in the Australian Senate for the Northern Territory in the 1975 federal election.Territory pioneer dies Nigel Adlam Northern Territory News 14 April 2010 http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2010/04/14/139581_ntnews.html 30 August 2020 Results 1976 Alice Springs by-election1976 Alice Springs By-Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 February 1976Northern Territory Electoral Atlas 1974-1984, Dean Jaensch & Deborah Wade-Marshall, Australian National University CLP Eric Manuell 874 53.2 -19.0 Labor NT John Piper 602 36.6 +16.0 Independent Alan Gray 168 10.2 +3.0 1,644 97.2 +2.7 48 2.8 -2.7 1,692 66.2 -9.5 CLP Preferences were not distributed. References Alice Springs by-election Alice Springs by-election, 1976 Alice Springs by-election Category:Northern Territory by-elections