Electoral division of Tiwi

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Tiwi was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. One of the Legislative Assembly's original electorates, it was first contested at the 1974 election, and existed until 1983. It was named after the Tiwi Islands.

Members for Tiwi[]

Member Party Term
  Hyacinth Tungutalum Country Liberal 1974–1977
  Noel Padgham-Purich Country Liberal 1977–1983

Election results[]

Elections in the 1970s[]

1974 Northern Territory general election: Tiwi[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Hyacinth Tungutalum 454 45.4
Independent Peter Lawrence
Robert Oaten
Noel Padgham-Purich
Lou Stewart 		391 39.1
Labor John Nixon 156 15.6
Total formal votes 1,001 94.3
Informal votes 61 5.7
Turnout 1,062 67.6
Country Liberal win (new seat)
  • Preferences were not distributed.
  • The number of votes each individual Independent received is unknown.
1977 Northern Territory general election: Tiwi[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Harry Maschke
Bernard Tipiloura 		495 42.5
Country Liberal Noel Padgham-Purich
Cyril Rioli 		393 33.7
Independent Terrence O'Brien
Strider 		143 12.3
Progress George Ryan 134 11.5
Total formal votes 1,165 89.1
Informal votes 142 10.9
Turnout 1,307 77.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Noel Padgham-Purich 612 52.5
Labor 553 47.5
Country Liberal hold Swing
  • The number of votes each individual Independent, Labor and CLP candidate received is unknown.
  • The Labor candidate that came second on preferences is unknown.

Elections in the 1980s[]

1980 Northern Territory general election: Tiwi[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Noel Padgham-Purich 973 51.5 +17.8
Labor Harry Maschke 813 43.1 +0.6
Marijuana Jenny Smither 72 3.8 +3.8
Independent Len McAlear 30 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 1,888 93.7
Informal votes 127 6.3
Turnout 2,015 82.5
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 1980 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 June 1980


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