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1977 Northern Territory general election

Field	Value
election_name	1977 Northern Territory general election
country	Australia
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1974 Northern Territory general election
previous_year	1974
next_election	1980 Northern Territory general election
next_year	1980
seats_for_election	All 19 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
majority_seats	10
election_date
turnout	75.9 ( 0.5 pp)
image1
leader1	Goff Letts
leader_since1	19 October 1974
party1	Country Liberal Party
leaders_seat1	Victoria River
(lost seat)
popular_vote1	12,769
percentage1	40.1%
swing1	8.9
last_election1	17 seats
seats1	12
seat_change1	5
image2
leader2	Jon Isaacs
leader_since2	–
party2	Australian Labor Party (Northern Territory Branch)
leaders_seat2	None
(won Millner)
popular_vote2	12,165
percentage2	38.2%
swing2	7.7
last_election2	0 seats
seats2	6
seat_change2	6
map_image	1977 Northern Territory Election.svg
map_size	300px
title	Majority Leader
before_election	Goff Letts
before_party	Country Liberal Party
after_election	Paul Everingham
after_party	Country Liberal Party

(lost seat)

(won Millner)

A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday 13 August 1977. Though the election was won by the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP), the party lost five of its seven executive members. Surprisingly, one of the casualties was Majority Leader Goff Letts—one of the few instances where a major-party leader at any level in Australia lost his own seat. The election also marked the emergence of the Labor Party as a parliamentary force: Labor took six seats in the new assembly.

The Progress Party contested the elections, winning 9.76% of the primary vote across the territory, but failed to secure any assembly seats.

The Country Liberals chose Paul Everingham to succeed Letts as Majority Leader. Everingham appointed a new Executive, which included future Chief Ministers Marshall Perron and Ian Tuxworth. The following year, the Territory attained self-government. Everingham became Chief Minister, while his Executive became a Ministry with greatly expanded powers.

Independent Dawn Lawrie retained her seat of Nightcliff at this election, while Ron Withnall lost his seat of Port Darwin to the CLP.

Retiring MPs

CLP

Eric Manuell MLA (Alice Springs)
Hyacinth Tungutalum MLA (Tiwi)

Results

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Candidates

Sitting members are listed in bold. Successful candidates are highlighted in the relevant colour. Where there is possible confusion, an asterisk is used.

Electorate	Held by	Labor	CLP	Progress	Other
Alice Springs	CLP	Rosalie McDonald		Rod Oliver	Brian Evans
Arnhem	CLP		Bob Collins	Rupert Kentish	Phillip Brain
Barkly	CLP	Jean Havnen		Ian Tuxworth	Neville Andrews	Margaret Conway
Billy Foster
Casuarina	CLP	Dennis Bree		Nick Dondas	Robert Hoey
Elsey	CLP			Les MacFarlane	Deidre Killen	Davis Daniels
Patricia Davies
Fannie Bay	CLP		Pam O'Neil	Grant Tambling	Edward Osgood	William Fisher
Gillen	CLP	John Thomas		Jim Robertson	Peter Johncock
Jingili	CLP	Diana Rickard		Paul Everingham	David Cooper	John McCormack
George Tarasidis
Ludmilla	CLP	Christopher Draffin		Roger Steele	Terry Johnson
Macdonnell	CLP		Neville Perkins	Dave Pollock	Mark Fidler
Millner	CLP		Jon Isaacs	Roger Ryan	Elva Pearce
Nhulunbuy	CLP	Denise Fincham		Milton Ballantyne	Jacob De Vries
Nightcliff	Independent		Ronald Nobbs	Uldis Blums		Dawn Lawrie
Port Darwin	Independent	Michael Scott		Tom Harris	Ian Smith	Brian Manning
Ron Withnall
Sanderson	CLP		June D'Rozario	Liz Andrew	Geoffrey Bennett	Kitty Fischer
Herbert Sinclair
Stuart	CLP	Trevor Cutter		Roger Vale	Kenneth Kitto
Stuart Park	CLP	Judith Muras		Marshall Perron	Kenneth Day	Ernest Chin
Tiwi	CLP	Harry Maschke
Bernard Tipiloura		Noel Padgham-Purich*
Cyril Rioli	George Ryan	Terrence O'Brien
Strider
Victoria River	CLP		Jack Doolan	Goff Letts	Frank Favaro

Seats changing hands

Seat	Post-1977	Party	Member	Margin	Margin	Member	Party
Arnhem	Country Liberal	Rupert Kentish	16.9	34.1	17.2	Bob Collins	Labor
Fannie Bay	Country Liberal	Grant Tambling	N/A	N/A	1.1	Pam O'Neil	Labor
Macdonnell	Country Liberal	Dave Pollock	7.9	20.8	13.8	Neville Perkins	Labor
Millner	Country Liberal	Roger Ryan	14.3	26.5	12.2	Jon Isaacs	Labor
Port Darwin	Independent	Ron Withnall	3.3	13.8	10.5	Tom Harris	Country Liberal
Sanderson	Country Liberal	Liz Andrew	6.5	14.8	8.3	June D'Rozario	Labor
Victoria River	Country Liberal	Goff Letts	19.7	23.4	3.7	Jack Doolan	Labor

References

(1994). "Point of order! : the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory 1974–1994". Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory.

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