Electoral division of Koolpinyah

Koolpinyah was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. It existed from 1983 to 1990 when it was replaced by Nelson.

Members for Koolpinyah

Member		Party	Term
	Noel Padgham-Purich	Country Liberal	1983–1987
		Independent	1987–1990

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1983 Northern Territory general election: Koolpinyah[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Liberal	Noel Padgham-Purich	1,397	62.5
	Labor	Robert Wesley-Smith	523	23.4
	Independent	Michael Sanderson	175	7.8
	Democrats	Murray Leeder	139	6.2
Total formal votes			2,234	98.5
Informal votes			35	1.5
Turnout			2,269	86.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country Liberal	Noel Padgham-Purich	1,566	70.1
	Labor	Robert Wesley-Smith	668	29.9
	Country Liberal hold		Swing

1987 Northern Territory general election: Koolpinyah[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Noel Padgham-Purich	739	32.6	+32.6
	Labor	Peter Ivinson	545	24.0	+0.6
	NT Nationals	David Loveridge	497	21.9	+21.9
	Country Liberal	Pat Loftus	488	21.5	−41.0
Total formal votes			2,269	98.1
Informal votes			43	1.9
Turnout			2,312	78.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Noel Padgham-Purich	1,561	68.8	+68.8
	NT Nationals	David Loveridge	708	31.2	+31.2
	Independent gain from Country Liberal		Swing	N/A

References

1. "Legislative Assembly General Election 1983" (PDF). Northern Territory Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
2. P. Loveday, Dean Jaensch (1983). A Landslide Election, the NT 1983. Darwin: ANU North Australia Research Unit. ISBN 0867844396.
3. 1987 Legislative Assembly Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 7 March 1987