Electoral division of Ludmilla

Ludmilla was an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australia's Northern Territory. One of the Legislative Assembly's original electorates, it was first contested at the 1974 election and was abolished in 1990. It was named after the Darwin suburb of Ludmilla.

Members for Ludmilla

Member Party Term
  Roger Steele Country Liberal 1974–1983
  Col Firmin Country Liberal 1983–1990
  Independent 1990–1990

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1974 Northern Territory general election: Ludmilla[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Roger Steele 569 36.4
Labor Hazel Robertson 450 28.8
Independent Edward D'Ambrosio
Brian Smith
Grahame Stewart
William Sullivan 		545 34.9
Total formal votes 1,564 95.2
Informal votes 78 4.8
Turnout 1,642 80.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Roger Steele 785 57.3
Labor Hazel Robertson 586 42.7
Country Liberal win (new seat)
  • The number of votes each individual Independent received is unknown.
1977 Northern Territory general election: Ludmilla[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Roger Steele 889 46.9
Labor Christopher Draffin 745 39.3
Progress Terry Johnson 262 13.8
Total formal votes 1,896 97.7
Informal votes 45 2.3
Turnout 1,941 79.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Roger Steele 1,053 55.5
Labor Christopher Draffin 843 44.5
Country Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1980s

1980 Northern Territory general election: Ludmilla[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Roger Steele 1,284 58.5 +11.6
Labor Kay Spurr 739 33.7 −5.6
Independent Roy Barden 173 7.9 +7.9
Total formal votes 2,196 97.8
Informal votes 50 2.2
Turnout 2,246 82.4
Country Liberal hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
1983 Northern Territory general election: Ludmilla[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Col Firmin 1,117 58.2
Labor Allan O'Neil 803 41.8
Total formal votes 1,920 97.3
Informal votes 52 2.7
Turnout 1,972 85.3
Country Liberal hold Swing
1987 Northern Territory general election: Ludmilla[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Col Firmin 749 40.8 −17.4
Labor Chris McMah 449 24.5 −17.3
NT Nationals Brian Thomas 423 23.1 +23.1
Independent Sydney Cross 213 11.6 +11.6
Total formal votes 1,834 96.6
Informal votes 65 3.4
Turnout 1,899 63.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Liberal Col Firmin 1,212 66.1
NT Nationals Brian Thomas 622 33.9
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
  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