1999 Blain by-election

1999 Blain by-election
31 July 1999
  First party Second party Third party
 
IND
Candidate Terry Mills Nicole Cridland Peter Gandofi
Party Country Liberal Labor Independent
Popular vote 1,599 1,396 352
Percentage 46.4% 40.5% 10.2%
Swing 27.4 14.3 10.2
TPP 53.3% 46.7%
TPP swing 20.5 20.5
MP before election

Barry Coulter
Country Liberal

Elected MP

Terry Mills
Country Liberal

A by-election for the seat of Blain in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly was held on 31 July 1999. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of Country Liberal Party (CLP) member Barry Coulter, a former Deputy Chief Minister. Coulter had held Blain, and its predecessors Berrimah and Palmerston, since 1983.

The CLP selected Terry Mills, a private school Principal, as its candidate. The Labor candidate was Nicole Cridland.

Results

Blain by-election, 1999[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Liberal Terry Mills 1,599 46.4 −27.4
Labor Nicole Cridland 1,396 40.5 +14.3
Independent Peter Gandolfi 352 10.2 +10.2
Greens Beryl Brugmans 101 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 3,448 96.6 +3.7
Informal votes 122 3.4 −3.7
Turnout 3,570 77.4 −11.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country Liberal Terry Mills 1,838 53.3 −20.5
Labor Nicole Cridland 1,610 46.7 +20.5
Country Liberal hold Swing −20.5

References

  1. ^ 1999 Blain by-election Results, Northern Territory Electoral Commission, 31 July 1999
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