Electoral division of Gillen

Gillen was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It existed between 1974 and 1983, and was named after Francis James Gillen, an Australian anthropologist.

Members for Gillen

Member Party Term
  Jim Robertson Country Liberal 1974–1983

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Northern Territory general election: Gillen[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Jim Robertson 1,128 65.7
Labor Peter Leunig 589 34.3
Total formal votes 1,717 90.2
Informal votes 187 9.8
Turnout 1,904 82.5
Country Liberal win (new seat)
1977 Northern Territory general election: Gillen[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Jim Robertson 1,035 49.9
Labor John Thomas 808 39.0
Progress Peter Johncock 231 11.1
Total formal votes 2,074 97.6
Informal votes 50 2.4
Turnout 2,124 79.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Jim Robertson 1,216 58.6
Labor John Thomas 858 41.4
Country Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

1980 Northern Territory general election: Gillen[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Jim Robertson 1,539 68.7 +18.8
Labor Rosalie McDonald 701 31.3 −7.7
Total formal votes 2,240 96.2
Informal votes 88 3.8
Turnout 2,328 81.3
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A

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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ 1980 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 June 1980