1977 Northern Territory general election information
1977 Northern Territory general election
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13 August 1977 (1977-08-13)
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All 19 seats of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly 10 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
75.9 ( 0.5 pp)
First party
Second party
ALP
Leader
Goff Letts
No leader
Party
Country Liberal
Labor
Leader since
19 October 1974
–
Leader's seat
Victoria River (lost seat)
–
Last election
17 seats
0 seats
Seats won
12
6
Seat change
5
6
Popular vote
12,769
12,165
Percentage
40.1%
38.2%
Swing
8.9
7.7
Majority Leader before election
Goff Letts
Country Liberal
Elected Majority Leader
Paul Everingham
Country Liberal
A general election was held in the Northern Territory on Saturday 13 August 1977. Though the election was won by the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP), the party lost five of its seven executive members. Surprisingly, one of the casualties was Majority Leader Goff Letts—one of the few instances where a major-party leader at any level in Australia lost his own seat. The election also marked the emergence of the Labor Party as a parliamentary force: Labor took six seats in the new assembly.
The Progress Party contested the elections, winning 9.76% of the primary vote across the territory, but failed to secure any assembly seats.
The Country Liberals chose Paul Everingham to succeed Letts as Majority Leader. Everingham appointed a new Executive, which included future Chief Ministers Marshall Perron and Ian Tuxworth. The following year, the Territory attained self-government. Everingham became Chief Minister, while his Executive became a Ministry with greatly expanded powers.
Independent Dawn Lawrie retained her seat of Nightcliff at this election, while Ron Withnall lost his seat of Port Darwin to the CLP.
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