Electoral results for the division of Millner

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral division of Millner in Northern Territory elections.

Members for Millner
MemberPartyTerm
  Roger Ryan Country Liberal 1974–1977
  Jon Isaacs Labor 1977–1981
  Terry Smith Labor 1981–1991
  Ken Parish Labor 1991–1994
  Phil Mitchell Country Liberal 1994–2001
  Matthew Bonson Labor 2001–2008

Election results

Elections in the 1970s
1974 Northern Territory general election: Millner[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Roger Ryan 711 45.4
Labor Jack Hunt 425 27.1
Independent William Forrest
John Quinn		 430 27.5
Total formal votes 1,566 95.3
Informal votes 77 4.7
Turnout 1,643 79.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Roger Ryan 946 64.3
Labor Jack Hunt 526 35.7
Country Liberal win (new seat)
  • The number of votes each individual Independent received is unknown.
1977 Northern Territory general election: Millner[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jon Isaacs 951 57.6
Country Liberal Roger Ryan 548 33.2
Progress Elva Pearce 151 9.2
Total formal votes 1,650 98.0
Informal votes 34 2.0
Turnout 1,684 81.6
Labor gain from Country Liberal Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1980s
1980 Northern Territory general election: Millner[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jon Isaacs 1,020 51.8 -5.8
Country Liberal John Robinson 949 48.2 +15.0
Total formal votes 1,969 97.0
Informal votes 60 3.0
Turnout 2,029 84.8
Labor hold SwingN/A
1981 Millner by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Terry Smith 822 46.9 -4.9
Country Liberal John Robinson 703 40.1 -8.1
Democrats Rosemary Harris 120 10.4 +10.4
Independent Peter Lawrence 35 2.0 +2.0
Independent William Harding 12 0.7 +0.7
Total formal votes 1,754 96.9 -0.1
Informal votes 56 3.1 +0.1
Turnout 1,810 75.6 -9.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Terry Smith 950 54.2 +2.4
Country Liberal John Robinson 804 45.8 -2.4
Labor hold Swing+2.4
1983 Northern Territory general election: Millner[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Terry Smith 1,130 52.5
Country Liberal Lorraine Palfy 934 43.8
Independent Christopher Fenner 79 3.7
Total formal votes 2,152 98.4
Informal votes 36 1.6
Turnout 2,188 85.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Terry Smith 1,171 54.4
Country Liberal Lorraine Palfy 981 45.6
Labor hold Swing
1987 Northern Territory general election: Millner[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Terry Smith 1,293 61.9 +9.4
Country Liberal John Baban 533 25.5 -18.3
NT Nationals Michael Foley 263 12.9 +12.9
Total formal votes 2,089 97.0
Informal votes 65 3.0
Turnout 2,154 72.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Terry Smith 1,363 65.2 +13.2
Country Liberal John Baban 726 34.8 -13.2
Labor hold Swing+13.2

Elections in the 1990s
1990 Northern Territory general election: Millner[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Terry Smith 1,570 56.7
Country Liberal Janice Collins 1,198 43.3
Total formal votes 2,768 96.7
Informal votes 93 3.3
Turnout 2,861 84.7
Labor hold Swing-1.9
1991 Millner by-election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ken Parish 1,266 51.1 -5.6
Country Liberal Janice Collins 561 22.7 -20.6
Independent Colin Firmin 361 14.6 +14.6
Independent Peter Byers 288 11.6 +11.6
Total formal votes 2,476 95.8 -0.9
Informal votes 109 4.2 +0.9
Turnout 2,585 70.4 -14.3
Labor hold Swing
1994 Northern Territory general election: Millner[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Phil Mitchell 1,445 47.0 +3.7
Labor Ken Parish 1,305 42.4 -14.3
Greens Ilana Eldridge 325 10.6 +10.6
Total formal votes 3,075 96.4
Informal votes 114 3.6
Turnout 3,189 82.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Phil Mitchell 1,574 51.2 +7.9
Labor Ken Parish 1,501 48.8 -7.9
Country Liberal gain from Labor Swing+7.9
1997 Northern Territory general election: Millner[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Phil Mitchell 1,782 53.8 +6.8
Labor Peter O'Hagan 1,133 34.2 -8.2
Greens June Mills 212 6.4 +6.4
Independent Ian Mills 187 5.6 +5.6
Total formal votes 3,314 94.8
Informal votes 183 5.2
Turnout 3,497 78.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Phil Mitchell 1,945 58.7 +7.8
Labor Peter O'Hagan 1,369 41.3 -7.8
Country Liberal hold Swing+7.8

Elections in the 2000s
2001 Northern Territory general election: Millner[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Phil Mitchell 1,633 46.0 -7.8
Labor Matthew Bonson 1,571 44.2 +10.1
Independent Diane Baird 168 4.7 +4.7
Independent Andrew Arthur 116 3.3 +3.3
Territory Alliance Andrew Ivinson 64 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 3,552 94.6 -0.2
Informal votes 202 5.4 +0.2
Turnout 3,754 83.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Matthew Bonson 1,817 51.2 +9.9
Country Liberal Phil Mitchell 1,735 48.8 -9.9
Labor gain from Country Liberal Swing+9.9
2005 Northern Territory general election: Millner[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Matthew Bonson 1,888 52.7 +8.5
Independent Phil Mitchell 758 21.2 +21.2
Country Liberal Paul Mossman 598 16.7 -29.3
Greens Rob Hoad 293 8.2 +8.2
Independent Rob Inder-Smith 45 1.3 +1.3
Total formal votes 3,582 97.2 +2.6
Informal votes 102 2.8 -2.6
Turnout 3,684 83.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Matthew Bonson 2,429 67.8 +16.7
Country Liberal Paul Mossman 1,153 32.2 -16.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Matthew Bonson 2,250 62.8 +11.6
Independent Phil Mitchell 1,332 37.2 +37.2
Labor hold SwingN/A

References
  1. 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
  3. 1981 Millner By-Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 21 November 1981
  4. "Legislative Assembly General Election 1983" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  5. P. Loveday, Dean Jaensch (1983). A Landslide Election, the NT 1983. Darwin: ANU North Australia Research Unit. ISBN 0867844396.
  6. 1987 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 March 1987
  7. Jaensch, Dean (1990). The 1990 elections in the Northern Territory : a statistical analysis. Klemzig, S. Aust.: Polity Publications. ISBN 0949094803.
  8. 1990 Legislative Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission
  9. 1991 Millner By-election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission
  10. 1994 Legislative Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission
  11. "General assembly results" (PDF). ntec.nt.gov.au. 1997. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  12. "General assembly results" (PDF). psephos.adam-carr.net. 30 August 1997. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
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  14. "Details of NT 2005 Election" (PDF). ABC.
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