Electoral results for the division of Victoria River

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

Members for Victoria River

Member		Party	Term
	Goff Letts	Country Liberal	1974–1977
	Jack Doolan	Labor	1977–1983
	Terry McCarthy	Country Liberal	1983–1990
	Gary Cartwright	Labor	1990–1994
	Tim Baldwin	Country Liberal	1994–2001

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Goff Letts	717	69.7
	Independent	Wiyendji Nunggula Charles Renfrey	312	30.3
Total formal votes			1,029	94.4
Informal votes			61	5.6
Turnout			1,090	62.6
	Country Liberal win		(new seat)

• Preferences were not distributed.
• The number of votes each individual Independent received is unknown.

1977 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Doolan	690	50.0
	Country Liberal	Goff Letts	589	42.7
	Progress	Frank Favaro	100	7.3
Total formal votes			1,379	95.8
Informal votes			61	4.2
Turnout			1,440	67.7
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1980s

1980 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Doolan	872	52.6	+2.6
	Country Liberal	John Millhouse	606	36.6	-6.1
	Independent	Bronte Douglass	98	5.9	+5.9
	Independent	Jack McCarthy	82	5.0	+5.0
Total formal votes			1,658	94.8
Informal votes			91	5.2
Turnout			1,749	72.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1983 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Terry McCarthy	615	38.1
	Labor	Dennis Bree	425	26.3
	Country Liberal	Ronald Wright	326	20.2
	Democrats	Maurie Ryan	155	9.6
	Independent Labor	Jack Doolan	95	5.9
Total formal votes			1,616	92.8
Informal votes			125	7.2
Turnout			1,741	75.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Terry McCarthy	1,053	65.2
	Labor	Dennis Bree	563	34.9
	Country Liberal gain from Independent Labor		Swing

1987 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Terry McCarthy	936	58.4
	Labor	Leon White	466	29.1
	NT Nationals	Ronald Wright	130	8.1
	Independent	Lance Lawrence	71	4.4
Total formal votes			1,603	94.9
Informal votes			86	5.1
Turnout			1,689	65.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Terry McCarthy	1,072	66.9	+2.9
	Labor	Leon White	531	33.1	-2.9
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+2.9

Elections in the 1990s

1990 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Gary Cartwright	1,252	51.5	+11.0
	Country Liberal	Stephen Dunham	1,181	48.5	-11.0
Total formal votes			2,433	97.0
Informal votes			74	3.0
Turnout			2,507	73.6
	Labor gain from Country Liberal		Swing	+11.5

1994 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Tim Baldwin	1,380	50.8	+2.3
	Labor	Gary Cartwright	1,148	42.2	-9.3
	Independent	John Noble	191	7.0	+7.0
Total formal votes			2,719	95.9
Informal votes			116	4.1
Turnout			2,835	73.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Tim Baldwin	1,480	54.4	+5.9
	Labor	Gary Cartwright	1,239	45.6	-5.9
	Country Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+5.9

1997 Northern Territory general election: Victoria River[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Tim Baldwin	1,771	66.1	+15.4
	Labor	Paul La Fontaine	909	33.9	-8.3
Total formal votes			2,680	93.3
Informal votes			193	6.7
Turnout			2,873	69.0
	Country Liberal hold		Swing	+12.1

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. "Legislative Assembly General Election 1983" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
4. 1987 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 March 1987
5. Jaensch, Dean (1990). The 1990 elections in the Northern Territory : a statistical analysis. Klemzig, S. Aust.: Polity Publications. ISBN 0949094803.
6. 1990 Legislative Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission
7. 1994 Legislative Election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission
8. "General assembly results" (PDF). ntec.nt.gov.au. 1997. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
9. "General assembly results" (PDF). psephos.adam-carr.net. 30 August 1997. Retrieved 2020-08-28.