Electoral division of Leanyer

Leanyer was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It existed from 1983 to 1997 (when it was replaced by Drysdale), and was named after the Darwin suburb of Leanyer.

Members for Leanyer

Member		Party	Term
	Mick Palmer	Country Liberal	1983–1987
	Fred Finch	Country Liberal	1987–1997

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983 Northern Territory general election: Leanyer[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Mick Palmer	1,940	65.9
	Labor	John Waters	1,002	34.1
Total formal votes			2,942	96.6
Informal votes			105	3.4
Turnout			3,047	90.8
	Country Liberal hold		Swing

1987 Northern Territory general election: Leanyer[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Fred Finch	1,105	43.0	-22.9
	Labor	David Lamb-Jenkins	996	38.7	+4.6
	NT Nationals	David Wane	471	18.3	+18.3
Total formal votes			2,572	97.1
Informal votes			77	2.9
Turnout			2,649	78.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Fred Finch	1,447	56.3	-6.7
	Labor	David Lamb-Jenkins	1,125	43.7	+6.7
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	-6.7

Elections in the 1990s

1990 Northern Territory general election: Leanyer[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Fred Finch	1,638	58.5	+15.5
	Labor	Jim Davidson	1,002	35.8	-2.9
	NT Nationals	Alan MacKenzie	158	5.6	-12.7
Total formal votes			2,798	97.9
Informal votes			61	2.1
Turnout			2,859	87.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Fred Finch	1,733	61.9	+5.6
	Labor	Jim Davidson	1,065	38.1	-5.6
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+5.6

1994 Northern Territory general election: Leanyer[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Fred Finch	1,912	60.1	+1.6
	Labor	Cossimo Russo	1,269	39.9	+4.1
Total formal votes			3,181	96.1
Informal votes			129	3.9
Turnout			3,310	86.5
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	-1.8

References

1. "Legislative Assembly General Election 1983" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
2. 1987 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 March 1987
3. Jaensch, Dean (1990). The 1990 elections in the Northern Territory : a statistical analysis. Klemzig, S. Aust.: Polity Publications. ISBN 0949094803.
4. 1990 Legislative Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission
5. 1994 Legislative Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission