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Electoral division of Koolpinyah

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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

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

Election results

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Elections in the 1980s

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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

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  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